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spark
2012. 2. 24. 오후 6:19에 "Agneta Setterwall" <agneta.setterwall at telia.com>님이
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> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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