Self-organizing universe and tatsers

[Ralph Copleman]

I recall doing a taster for a group of about 35 once.  I think I  
arranged three sessions of 20 minutes each.  I will never do that  
again.  It was stupid.  Another time I had a group of 20 top  
executives at an airline wanting to understand open space – would I  
please take 20 minutes or so to give them a sample.  I asked them to  
arrange themselves into a circle, and I did the opening – after  
warning them they might feel kind of frustrated at not having the  
chance to act on what they'd be feeling.  That worked like a charm.   
Six weeks later I was opening space for 120 of their employees and  
preferred corporate customers.

In general I agree with Michael Pannwitz, three sessions are almost  
always better than two.  My personal rule, however, is that I will  
never facilitate anopen space gathering that is not at least four  
hours long from start to close.  When I have told this to clients who  
want to "try it" for 2 or 3 hours, they often wind up hiring me to do  
a full day.

On another topic, if I believe in the reality of self-organization,  
how can I NOT believe the universe has been self-organizing right from  
the very start - and before?

Ralph Copleman

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