Law of Two Feet

[Joelle Lyons Everett]

In one Open Space, a fairly short meeting, a woman came to me and asked if I 
thought that Open Space did not work very well for shy people.   I replied 
that shy people often seemed to be comfortable speaking in the smaller groups.   
She said that she thought we should add active facilitation to make sure that 
everyone had a chance to speak.   I did not offer to do that, but encouraged 
her to find a group that interested her, to speak up if she wished, and to use 
her two feet to find the right spot.

All the groups were in one room, and I observed for a bit.   Although the 
small groups were set up with extra chairs so a new person could easily join the 
circle, this woman pulled up a chair well outside the circle, behind the backs 
of many participants.   She listened for just a few minutes, then moved to a 
different group.   She repeated this same pattern several times, then left the 
meeting.

I did not observe "space invader" behavior in the small groups, though 
perhaps there were 


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