Law of Two Feet

[Brendan McKeague]

Bui - your questioning is so important - I hear 
similar concerns voiced from many participants in 
the OS Facilitation co-learning programs I host.

 From where I sit, I can never predict just what 
behaviours are going to occur in any one group - 
we don't know who is going to be there, how long 
they will stay, the degrees of 
passion/compassion, honesty, empathy, aggression 
et al - and thus the learning that participants will undergo.

So my energy really goes into 'holding' all of 
that and allowing whatever happens...

and if someone chooses to leave a community due 
to their experience of an Open Space - it is not, 
in my view, the OS process that will cause them 
to leave - although they might well need to blame 
someone or something to enable them to justify 
their choice - it will be their perception of 
what goes on, or went on, and their response to it....

Cheers
Brendan


At 09:06 AM 16/02/2007, you wrote:
>Diana,Tania thanks for the additional observations. It is reassuring.
>
>The reference to a 2x4 came from Harrison.
>
>Búi
>
>Diana Larsen wrote:
>>That's not a 2x4, that's just learning from 
>>experience. No conflict resolution needed. I've 
>>never seen anyone leave a community as a result 
>>of their experiences in open space, unless they 
>>decided it was the best move for them. And used their own two feet.
>
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