OS and mediation

[Christine Whitney Sanchez]

Great analogy, Harold.  Thanks!

Christine

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On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Harold Shinsato wrote:

> Dear Arno,
>
> Open Space is a bit analogous to organizational meditation if you  
> think about it.
>
> A traditional leader is similar to the ego in our consciousness,  
> with the illusion of command and control. In Open Space, the  
> "leader" takes a breather and just watches what's present in the  
> psyche of the organization and lets it surface - "how fascinating" -  
> and then refuses to refocus the organization on any one topic at  
> least during the time of the Open Space.
>
>     Harold
>
> On 11/12/10 1:45 AM, Arno Baltin wrote:
>>
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>> I have seen on the list comments from listers with connections to  
>> mediation. I am intersted in possible overlappings of these two  
>> methods.
>> After expressing once my skepsis on traditional conference  
>> arrangement (on a mediatiors annual conference) I was encouraged to  
>> suggest alternatives. I suggested OS. This idea developed into  
>> search for a mix of mediation and OS. The min. program is still  
>> dividing annual meeting between time for presentations and OS. The  
>> max. program could be some arrangement including OS and mediation  
>> practice.
>> So, what you think?
>>
>> Arno
>>
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