Help! I need a couple of good stories

Allison & Jim Baensch mbody at iinet.net.au
Fri Nov 30 13:32:47 PST 2007


Hi Lisa,
I get a lot of delectable food for thought and feeling from your  
wonderfully wise and friendly emails.
Thank you.

Hi Michael, I have no experiences to offer you, but am pleased you  
raised the question and wish you all the best.

Allison
(From a rather steamy-warm Healesville (S E Australia) Saturday, on  
my way to the local organic vege market.)


On 01/12/2007, at 8:05 AM, Lisa Heft wrote:

> Michael - another thing to keep in mind - often when there is  
> grief, loss,
> rage, fear - it is important to have a 2 or 2.5 day Open Space.
>
> Open Space or not - what people tend to do on Day 1 is name their  
> story
> .... sometimes over, and over, and over again.  They need to do  
> this until
> a point when they feel truly witnessed... Then, with a good dinner  
> (will
> you design that the food for dinner is shared? Amazing to break  
> bread with
> people to get a different sense for them), a good chat in the bar (or
> whatever), a good sleep, and a nice warm shower...
>
> ...people tend to not let go of their old story entirely, but can  
> carry it
> with them, as it were, as they co-create a new story into the  
> future.  On
> Day 2, it is not as if things are solved - it is just ... a little ...
> breathing room.  Day 2 you will often feel a shift.
>
> So my recommendation is to - if you can - ensure there will be 2 or  
> 2.5
> days.  More room to name things, to feel things, to muddle through
> together.
>
> I also think that your framing of the day will help - your co- 
> creation of
> the theme / focusing question with your client, your way of opening  
> the
> circle.  And: if you can, if there are different languages, it will  
> help
> to include those languages on your posters / signs.  Inclusivity,  
> respect,
> presence.
>
> Open Space will do the rest.
>
> From Kansas City, USA (where I am facilitating tomorrow an Open  
> Space with
> immigrant and refugee farmers from Somalia, Cambodia, Mexico and  
> Central
> America, Korea)
>
> Lisa
>
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