Experienced OSer need reassurance!

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Joanna,
thanks for sharing.
With open space, it seems, its not always like with everything else. Be 
ready to find your 27th or 100th to be the hardest!
I have changed my "mantra" from "trust the group" to "The group 
selforganizes", it seems to assist my stance of not being attached to 
what the group actually does.
Took a look at your www...the photo of the four excited kids in the 
section workshop created a fat smile in my soul...
Now that you have worked with ost
I invite you to include yourself in the worldmap, join 414 other 
colleagues worldwide
> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/

Greetings from Berlin
mmp


Joanna Fletcher wrote:
> Hey gang! First of all, THANKS for the awesome support and reminders 
> that I didn’t really have to DO anything.
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> I screwed up the script hugely; I was not very grounded; my theme 
> statement was less than inspiring. And it still worked. In spades.
> 
>  
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> They came up with the most incredible titles and ideas. I was bursting 
> with joy at their creativity and deep engagement with the theme. I had a 
> lot of people ask me questions and I just parroted back a principle or 
> the law.
> 
>  
> 
> Then I turned it over to the group and LEFT THE ROOM. As I walked out 
> the door, I heard people yell “WAIT! Hey! What….” And I kept walking, 
> repeating the mantra, trust the group, trust the group, trust the group. 
> I found a chair and ate a banana, heart racing, visions of being fired 
> dancing in my head. Five minutes later, I walked back in and everything 
> was working just fine – a couple of groups in the corridor, some in the 
> room, some outside. They produced awesome feedback and we have a clear 
> place to go for the next class.
> 
>  
> 
> Here it is; like everything else, the first time is the hardest, and I 
> can’t wait to do it again with a different group tomorrow.
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> Many many thanks and blessings to you all,
> 
>  
> 
> Joanna Fletcher
> 
> Lion Life Coaching
> 
> jo at lionlifecoaching.com
> 
> 604-340-1855
> 
> www.lionlifecoaching.com

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Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
www.boscop.de   www.michaelmpannwitz.de


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