Is whatever information present the right information??

[Harrison Owen]

Ah – The Expert Syndrome! And experts can be helpful if you clearly
understand the question for which they have the answer. But more often than
not I find that people are foggy about the question. So when it comes to the
“right” people – particularly in a community setting – the ones with the
question, a question they really care about are the right ones for a start.
And then strange things can happen, particularly if the people discover that
the answer to their question lies right in the middle of their own
experience, contacts, and energy. At that point, they turn out to be The
Expert. And that is called empowerment. And who knows, the people may well
come up with a solution (answer) that nobody every thought of before.
Experts, on the other hand, tend to provide answers to questions they know
about – and if you don’t fit into their box, you just don’t fit. Of course
if the people do need some more help, there are such things as phones and
internet.

 

Harrison 

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bui K.
Petersen
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 7:11 PM
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Subject: Is whatever information present the right information??

 

Thanks to everyone on this list, I am learning more and more about OST. But
every couple of weeks I get a new question.

"Whoever comes is the right people" totally makes sense.  But what about the
information needed? We have all been at "conventional" meetings where
nothing was accomplished due to lack of proper information. How do we deal
with that in Open Space? Obviously the invitations is critical but we can't
really be sure that the people with expertise will show up unless we pay
them. Can we?

When we are working with groups or communities with few resources, how can
we make sure that the right information (legal, technical etc.) is in the
room?

Looking forward to everyone's wonderful and enlightened responses.

Thanks,

Búi

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Búi K. Petersen, Cert. ConRes.
mediator and facilitator
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Vancouver, B.C. Canada 
Phone: 604.724.4954
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