[OSList] the oracle's musings

[Stanley Park]

It seems to me ho reminds us to  let it Be just to enjoy witnessing theyall
be taken of by themselves.^^
2012. 2. 24. 오후 10:25에 "Artur Silva" <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>님이 작성:

> Agreed! It is always good to hear from you, Kerry.
>
> Artur
>
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> *From:* Kerry Napuk <knapuk at gmail.com>
> *To:* oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:27 PM
> *Subject:* [OSList] the oracle's musings
>
> 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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