Open Space -- A Quiet Revolution

[Brendan McKeague]

At 10:22 PM 9/02/2007, you wrote:
Anyhow, when they administered the test they
>discovered that for all the clients who had participated in open space there
>was the largest increase in test scores anybody had ever seen. The
>director's conclusion was that OS was the most effective therapeutic
>modality they had ever employed.

Harrison - this reminds me of a very powerful 'self-therapy session' 
I experienced in an OS event a few years ago....
During the lunch break of a two-day OS with over 100 participants, a 
man in his late fifties came over to me and with a very puzzled look 
on his face, said:

"You remember this morning when you explained to us about that Law of 
Two Feet business, I didn't really understand what you meant, so 
forgot about it....then I went into the first session and this bloke 
was just hogging the whole conversation - I was so bored and angry I 
could have throttled him - but I just sat there out of politeness and 
fear and I didn't move....
Then it was break time and I had a nice cuppa and some fresh air and 
was really looking forward to the second session and went along to 
get into it - and guess what - the same bloke was there too and 
starting to do exactly the same thing - just hogging the whole thing 
- so I said to myself, I've had enough of this and I GOT UP AND 
WALKED RIGHT OUT in front of him, (this man's facial expression at 
this stage of his story was absolutely priceless to behold - I will 
never forget the joyful look on his face) - and you know, I felt 
really great - it was the first time in my life I had ever done 
anything so bold and out-of-place....and after that, I just walked in 
and out of a few groups for the rest of the morning and I had a great 
time...now I'm off to enjoy the afternoon!"

I know that there are many such stories in the OS chronicles - such 
'liberation' is a joy to see and costs nothing in therapeutic fees - 
a quiet (and inexpensive) revolution indeed!

Cheers
Brendan

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