[OSList] energy field...... outcomes

[Michael Herman]

i like this, florian.  it reminds me that some time ago i started describing
(to would-be facilitators) the practice of open space as a series of
decisions.  when i'm training or coaching others, we always work with a real
situation, so the decisions they/we make have real consequences.  they raise
the questions, i lay out as many different options as i've seen, tried,
heard of, and talk a bit about what option i like in that situation and why
i like it.  they talk about same, and ultimately make a choice.  then they
go facilitate and test our choices.  in this way, i've come to understand
open space facilitation as a practice in resting into a flow or stream of
decisions.  as my practice grows, i am able to process more and different
data sets into my decisions.  always, in open space, there is no pre-set
agenda or other such structures to default to, but there are some mileposts
(opening, evening news, etc).  in each moment, i'm taking in all kinds of
info, everything that i can be aware of, even if not totally consciously and
verbally, and making a decision.  do i sit, stand, walk out, speak, ring,
clean, eat, etc?  i keep stretching the field/layers i'm paying attention
to, i keep deciding, and always the info is partial.  always there is
uncertainty.  and i like what you say because always after the fact there is
more and better data, and the opportunity to second guess myself.  there is
some learning in reflecting on consequences, relative to expectations,
guesses, desires i had at the moment of each decision, but as you say, next
time will always be different.  so the review may be interesting, but i
don't think it gives us anything more than perhaps a wider array of options,
or a bigger data set.  it doesn't give us more certainty.  we don't really
"know" anything as a result of our analysis.  and maybe we really know less,
so are more uncertain.  in deeper.



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Michael Herman
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:52 AM, fischer florian <info at ff-wey.com> wrote:

>
> Am 03.08.2011 um 02:40 schrieb Birgitt Williams:
>
> ......
> When a meeting goes well, there are many factors, including how well we
> created an energy field as facilitators and how well we did this together
> with our sponsors. We recognize that in both our observer role and in our
> role as energy field generators, we influence the meeting and the outcomes
> of the meeting.****
> ** **
> Blessings to all,****
> Birgitt****
> ** **
> ** **
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> Dear Birgitt, the blessings surely are working.
>
> I would like to put my two sense into our space,
> about „... when a meeting goes well ...“
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> I wonder wether there are useful criteria about the „wellness“ of a
> meeting.
> There are criteria from the view of the sponsor,
> there are criteria from the view of the facilitator,
> there are criteria from the view of the majority of the participants,
> there are criteria from the view of a minority of the participants,
> there are criteria from the view 10 days later
> there are criteria from the view half a year later
> there are criteria from the view of the participants families
> there are criteria from the view of the clients of the participants
> and all the criteria are more or less different.
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> What seems well today may work bad some weeks later.
> what seems bad just after the meeting, may work in longterm perfect.
> Nobody knows about the ripling-effect.
> Speaking or measuring in terms of well or bad may only work on the level of
> personal impression
> but it says nothing about the multidirectional spring-off of a meeting
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> The recent book from Marve and Sandra »Don´t just do something, stand
> there«
> is about »...Meetings that matter«
> Is there a word »Mattering« ? This seems to me very usefull,
> because every meeting and every event matters in various directions,
> nobody knows the effects in longterm.
> We as facilitators and every connected participant
> only should trust in having done the best within the process.
> The wellness can only be within ourselves.
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> My two cents.
> And best greetings
> Florian
>
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> Florian Fischer
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