OSonOS Holland

[Gerard Muller]

Dear All,

We had a great OSonOS last Friday. I felt you should see a statement 
from one of the discussions :-)

Gerard Muller



Issue:   Beliefs: 	What beliefs are important to attract OST clients?
			What beliefs do the organizations need for successfull  OST?			
What are important beliefs for good OST Facilitators?


Conclusions:   We attract our experience based on beliefs held 
especially at the subconscious mind. It is important to consider what 
limiting beliefs or fears we have in doing and attracting OST and then 
create new empowering beliefs of what we want instead. These new 
beliefs attract a new reality/experience.

Some Beliefs
I am open enough to hold space.
I have the energy I need to facilitate.
I have the courage to say no when the conditions are not right for OST.
I know when the conditions are right for OST.
I believe that groups find the energy to come to action.
I easily communicate the principles of OST & they get it.
I attract people that live the principles of OST.
I trust the process of OST and it works for me.
I am open to the outcome in OST.
OST always works and I trust it.
I create the space for people to be engaged and responsible when I 
facilitate.
I know how to invite and I attract the right people that are needed.
When I make mistakes, I open the space for myself and others to learn.
I believe in the responsibility of all the people involved.
Wisdom leads to harmony.
The wisdom is always in the room.
I am Open Space.
I hold the attitude and essence of Open Space.

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Gerard -- this seems to me to be an outstanding "Check List" for anybody
considering opening some space. And I am not sure how it fits exactly, but
it made me think of something I had just written for the 3rd Edition of the
User's Guide under the heading of Consultation with the Client/Sponsor. Went
like this--

	"It is a common admonition that we should “Trust the Process.” And
in the case of Open Space Technology, that trust would seem to be clearly
warranted given the 20 year experience in thousands of situations. But when
it comes to the critical consultation with the sponsor/client, I don’t think
that admonition is really to the point. For the skeptical manager,
executive, or official – the utter simplicity of Open Space renders it
suspect, for how could anything so simple do so much? And even if it did
work “in general” – could it ever possibly work with this group? I seriously
doubt that any amount of argument will turn this corner. 
	A more relevant admonition would be “Trust the People.” To be sure,
neither Open Space, nor any other approach that I can think of, will enable
an incompetent group of malcontents to perform like champions. Some people
have referred to Open space as “Magical”, but it is not that magical. 
	That said, I have never encountered a group in an Open Space that
had come together of their own volition to serve a common cause, company, or
country, that did not possess the necessary passion and internal resources
to address (or at least begin to address) the issues at hand. They may well
disagree violently on the details, and potential paths forward, they may
argue every inch of the way, but at the end of the day they have always
reached some useful point of resolution. That may not be the end of the
story, and perhaps only a useful beginning – but the people did it. That
should not be surprising, because collectively they possess resources and
knowledge different from, and vastly in excess of that possessed by any
single “leader” – or group of external experts. They possess an addition
critical element: They Care, at least to the point that they have given of
their time and person to be there.
	In the final analysis, when consulting with the sponsor/client – the
critical question is, Do you trust the people? If the answer is yes, then
probably you should give the people space to find resolution for the common
issue. If the answer is no, then other options need to be considered."

Harrison

Harrison Owen
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Subject: OSonOS Holland

Dear All,

We had a great OSonOS last Friday. I felt you should see a statement 
from one of the discussions :-)

Gerard Muller



Issue:   Beliefs: 	What beliefs are important to attract OST clients?
			What beliefs do the organizations need for
successfull  OST?			
What are important beliefs for good OST Facilitators?


Conclusions:   We attract our experience based on beliefs held 
especially at the subconscious mind. It is important to consider what 
limiting beliefs or fears we have in doing and attracting OST and then 
create new empowering beliefs of what we want instead. These new 
beliefs attract a new reality/experience.

Some Beliefs
I am open enough to hold space.
I have the energy I need to facilitate.
I have the courage to say no when the conditions are not right for OST.
I know when the conditions are right for OST.
I believe that groups find the energy to come to action.
I easily communicate the principles of OST & they get it.
I attract people that live the principles of OST.
I trust the process of OST and it works for me.
I am open to the outcome in OST.
OST always works and I trust it.
I create the space for people to be engaged and responsible when I 
facilitate.
I know how to invite and I attract the right people that are needed.
When I make mistakes, I open the space for myself and others to learn.
I believe in the responsibility of all the people involved.
Wisdom leads to harmony.
The wisdom is always in the room.
I am Open Space.
I hold the attitude and essence of Open Space.

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