[OSList] the oracle's musings

[Agneta Setterwall]

I do not trust people if they say there is no distrust. Os at least, I 
am very suspicious.

I think the good thing is to be explicit about it, to take it for 
granted as a human condition. And then talk about it again and again and 
built our fragile moments of trust and bridges of compromises.

And of course I, as most people, I love the moments of trust!

Agneta

doug skrev 2012-02-24 03.34:
> Harrison and Kerry--
>
> (Wonderful to see you back on the list the last few months, Kerry!)
>
> Peggy Holman in her Engaging Emergence has hinted (maybe she said it 
> outright) that a little bit of distrust can actually help the Open 
> Space, equating it to just so much more diversity, if I recall.
>
> Comments on distrust among the participants as a good thing?
>
>             :- Doug.
>
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> On 02/23/2012 05:27 PM, Kerry Napuk wrote:
>> Hi Harrison
>>
>> Enjoyed your analogy of teaching someone to fish in lieu of handing them
>> a fish.  It certainly is applicable to the failures of traditional
>> foreign aid.
>>
>> Yeah, Open Space is easy.  I facilitated my first group with 175 people
>> in an old tram works in Glasgow for the entire theatre sector of
>> Scotland.  My training was reading your Handbook and a weekend course in
>> OD.  But, like most simple things, you can spend your life working on
>> it.  So, simple it is, but practising and perfecting it is an art.
>>
>> I now have done over 100 events with a bit more than 7,000 participants
>> and I still am amazed at large group energy and dynamics.  It sure beats
>> facilitating top teams in organisations who, agree a vision and
>> strategy, then watch it fail when they try to cascade it downwards.
>> Nobody buys in, because they were not a part of its creation.
>>
>> It is far easier to get the whole system in one room and let people
>> commit at the point of participation.  After all, what more can you ask
>> than an organisation creating the space where people totally equal
>> contribute and participate on a level field.  Nobody is in control and
>> nobody can influence outcomes.  So, there can be no stacked deck or
>> hidden agendas.
>>
>> That is yet another thing so brilliant about Open Space, you can seed
>> the field with grass and players far faster than any other large group
>> process.  Flexibility is the hallmark of Open Space, along with its
>> complete bottom up self organisation driven by motivation and action
>> through _*passion* _(care enough about something to stand up in front of
>> everyone with your burning issue) *_and responsibility_* (care enough to
>> lead a group and do something about your passion.)
>>
>> Simple it is, but you can spend a life time working on it.  In this
>> respect, Open Space has a Zen like quality.  Practise, practise, polish,
>> polish.
>>
>> So, thank you Harrison for your laziness and penchant for martinis.  You
>> have done well.  And we all can attest to your generosity as David
>> Osborne discovered.  You gave your creation to the world without strings
>> and without royalties.  Bravo!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Kerry
>> Edinburgh
>>
>>
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