OSLIST - Indifferent Grad Students

[Barry Owen]

For what it's worth, I have opened space several times for students in an
MBA program and have experienced what I thought was indifference.

Looking back on it, I remember that in nearly every case there was
significant impact from each event - They left the Open Space event and
actually made things happen that would not have otherwise happened.

DURING the event was this indifference thingie, and I remember leaving every
event thinking it had flopped only to hear of great happenings 2-3 months
later.

My theory is one of their posturing and competition  in that academic
environment and lack of trust in the process . . . It was "weird" and not
conforming to the curriculum even though the class was for a "Change
Management" class.

These grad students were fighting the process DURING the event . . . and
embraced it some time later after having enough time (I guess) to cogitate.

After 3 years of doing these, the invitations for me to do them ceased. I
sometimes wonder if that is because it is not part of the traditional
curriculum.

Best,
b


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Heather <hyleslie at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Larry,
> Your report is really interesting. Congratulations on that positive
> feedback! May I confirm that you were conducting OS with *graduate
> students* (ie: people pursuing MA or PhD degrees)? What type of program /
> discipline? I ask b/c in my experience, graduate students have been anything
> but indifferent. Cynical perhaps, self-absorbed, concerned about success,
> financial issues and mastery of the specialised vocabulary / theory/
> knowledge base of their discipline, often seeking respect or feeling stymied
> by their research / programs of study; but not indifferent, and never
> concerned about disagreeing with others; except perhaps their supervisory
> committee members.
>
> So I'm really curious as to what was causing these grad students to feel
> indifferent?
>
> thanks,
> Heather
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