A minor point - perhaps.

[Sharon Quarrington]

I've found that with some of our Open Spaces one of the client members  
often "fix" the messy paper and pens setup in the middle of the ring -  
and if that happens I leave it alone and sure enough once we open the  
Market Place Chaos takes over and those neat stack disappear fairly  
quickly.

For those clients I see this as a reflection of their journey into  
Open Space - and if they are starting from a place of high structure  
then that is reflected in the setup.

I will intervene though if someone trys to "straighten" the marketplace.

It's always interesting to see how things seem to work out in the end ;)

Sharon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Wade
> Sent: 26 novembre 2009 07:29
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: [OSLIST] A minor point - perhaps.
>
> I've noticed that many Open Space events include an extremely neat
> arrangement of pens and paper in the centre of the opening circle; for
> example with several stacks of paper and with pens in orderly rows, placed
> uniformly around the centre point
>
> I tend to place those resources more simply - a single stack of paper
> (fanned to make it easy to grab a sheet) and - literally - a pile of pens
> poured from a bucket
>
> Does it matter? If so, why?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jim Wade
>
> *

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