Creating Space in Construction (long'ish)

[Harrison Owen]

I always knew Bumble Bees were trouble makers! Buzzing in, out, and off!!!
If you don't like bumblers, I am sure anything else would do so long as it
catches the flavor. As Open Space has wandered from language to language I
am sure that there have been many changes as well. 

 

My original point was simply to acknowledge and honor a set of behaviors(
and the people who exhibit them) that you find in all conferences; however
those behaviors are traditionally frowned upon. Every conference has
somebody who doesn't make it into a session, and they are referred to as
slackers, indolent, and other negative things. As for folks who come and go
- they are a disaster! Both types just ruin The Plan, otherwise known as the
conference design, and their appearance clearly indicates that the
facilitator is not doing his or her job - which is to keep everything under
control!!

 

What a difference in Open Space! People come when they want, do what they
care to, and everything works! It shouldn't, but it does - and I think that
Bumble Bees and Butterflies (by whatever name) show the way. And of course,
the facilitator takes a nap.

 

Harrison

 

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And I think it works a lot better when you honor the Bumble Bees and
Butterflies who always show up. They are not weird. They are wonderful.

True Harrison - and I think I was certainly deflected a bit by the fears of
the organisers in response to the previous workshop (especially the tortoise
references) which had been declared a disaster - then again, as it led to
the Open Space - it was obviously just the right thing to have happened, eh!

That will be a stinging question for the next time I feel such a tension
point...

By the way, 'bumble bees' are an introduced pest here in Australia - they
have been declared as 'notifiable' and need to be contained or exterminated
- stealing food supplies from the over 1500 species of native bees....so I'm
reliably informed...!  

Is there a question about the 'appropriation of metaphors' - the
cross-cultural sensitivities that may exist in certain parts of our world...
I'm careful to use the term 'Bee' here in Australia - 'Bumble Bees' may
trigger a whole other metaphor about European Invasion....
and then again, that is a fact of history and part of present reality....

Cheers
A pondering Brendan



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