[OSList] How the invitation and question should be?

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Juan, well, since you persist:
I did mention the conditions I work under regularly, that is since 1996 
when I ran into OST, and that worked well for a predictable and 
productive unfolding of the forces of selforganisation with all the 
associated fun and other side-effects.
So much to the "First".
The "Second", regarding the invitation and the theme would definitely be 
my "issues" if I were a participant or the sponsor, not in my role as 
facilitator. As facilitator, after talking about the prerequisites at a 
contact meeting,  I would assist the sponsor in his search for a theme 
(in fact, I do offer a 3,5 hour Planning Meeting which I facilitate in 
which, among other things, a theme is formulated) and in designing a 
process for getting an invitation out (also part of that Planning 
Meeting)...this is all the work of the sponsor true to the admonition to 
facilitators "Never work harder than you have to" and "Never delude 
yourself in being in control".
As to your offer to "imagine...a sponsor that can make all these people 
to be alive" I have to pass, just cant imagine it or perhaps I dont 
really care to meet all those dead villains and geniuses and will follow 
the string of "exquisite answers" in this "playful inquiry"...
Have a great time in Chile
mmp


On 28.06.2012 00:52, JL Walker wrote:
> And up to this illustrated and funny moment (thanks so much for it to
> Harrison, Robyn & Michael), I only want to remember the points of this
> playful inquiry:
>
> Please go to the following page: http://cliptank.com/ab/PeoplePainting2.htm
>
> (Take note that you can place the cursor on each person for knowing who is,
> and that if you want you can make click on it for being redirected to its
> biography in Wikipedia).
>
> Imagine now that you are contacted by a magical and powerful sponsor that
> can makes all these people to be alive again and that ask it to you to
> facilitate an open space with all them.
>
> First, what would be your conditions to work on it?
>
> Second, how do you think the invitation and the theme (or question) for this
> incredible event should be?
>
> I'm sure that many of you have also other exquisite answers to share with
> all of us.
>
> With hope, joyful and curiosity,
>
> Juan Luis
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] En nombre de Harrison Owen
> Enviado el: miércoles, 27 de junio de 2012 16:27
> Para: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
> Asunto: Re: [OSList] How the invitation and question should be?
>
> Ah Michael -- Have pity on Juan Luis. But I do agree. The 5 essential
> preconditions for Open Space are just that -- "essential." Any time somebody
> reports an Open Space that was less than it could be it is almost
> guaranteed... the conditions were not present. Without a real business
> issue, nobody cares. Without complexity, there is really no reason to have a
> meeting (solve it!). Without diversity there is not sufficient richness in
> the points of view to achieve novel solutions. Without passion and conflict
> -- there is no juice to move things along. And without a real sense of
> urgency, all that wonderful passion loses focus and power. All true -- but
> do you really have to send the offending facilitator to the Star Chamber,
> Purgatory, or worse? ("And I would not hire a facilitator who could not,
> ripped out of a deep sleep at 2 am , recite these before drinking a cup of
> coffee"). I think maybe 40 lashes with a wet noodle might do.
>
> Harrison
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Michael M
> Pannwitz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:10 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Subject: Re: [OSList] How the invitation and question should be?
>
> Of course, JLW, one can save oneself and others a lot of aggrevation,
> displeasure, white anger, wasted time and energy... by being a stickler on
> this. HO translated these five conditions into our "field" of work, they
> originally come from natural scientists who were wondering how life
> originated... they are also the preconditions for the unfolding of
> self-organisation.
>
> 1)There is a real business issue, the more real and the more needed, the
> better 2)There is a high degree of complexity, the more complex the better
> not only because if befuddles everyone but also because it requires the
> whole system to get a hold on it 3)There is a lot of diversity in terms of
> people and points of view (in the case at hand, neither the victims nor the
> beneficiaries of those in the painting are present, yet)... the more
> diverse, the better 4)Conflicting and passionate people and issues 5)A
> decision time of yesterday, the more urgency, the better
>
> If any of these conditions are not in place or not fully in place, things
> will not unfold to its full extent, selforganisation will not unfold to its
> optimum... whenever problems, difficulties etc. turn up in an os event or in
> the action planning they have their root in those 5 conditions not being in
> place sufficiently.
>
> Now, this stuff is on page 16 of the Users Guide, Third Edition.
> And I would not hire a facilitator who could not, ripped out of a deep sleep
> at 2 am , recite these before drinking a cup of coffee.
>
> Its also good to transpose these conditions into ones own tongue
> (mother-tongue) to get the full meaning, here is my attempt in German:
> 1)Handelt es sich um eine komplexe Fragestellung?
> 2)Ist die Zusammensetzung der Teilnehmenden mannigfalting?
> 3)Ist die Fragestellung konfliktträchtig?
> 4)Ist es dringend?
> 5)Handelt es sich um eine offene Frage.
>
> This stuff is in "Meine open space Praxis", page 22-23.
>
> Greetings from Berlin just a few days away from the next Stammtisch where
> these and other earth-shattering issues such as why the Germans did not win
> the European Soccer Championship will be passionately discussed... if there
> is none in your neighborhood, convene one or join us in Berlin... for all
> Stammtische around the world have a look here (its part of the OS World Map)
>> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/stammtisch.htm
>
> mmp
>
>
>
> On 27.06.2012 14:24, JL Walker wrote:
>> And only for a matter of my weak memory can you please only list this
>> five pre-conditions my dear Michael?
>> JLW
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
>> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] En nombre de Michael M
>> Pannwitz Enviado el: miércoles, 27 de junio de 2012 4:43
>> Para: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> Asunto: Re: [OSList] How the invitation and question should be?
>>
>> I would ask that powerful sponsor to invite me to a contact meeting
>> with a small group that would represent the whole system he is
>> inviting (an actress, a statesman, an artist, a criminal, someone dead
>> for a long time, someone recently died, a scientist...) to see whether
>> the 5 preconditions for an open space are in place.
>>
>> Once that were clear and they still want me as facilitator, I would
>> ask the sponsor to convene a planning meeting to come to an agreement
>> on such important matters as the "theme" (I certainly would not
>> propose one as I never do) and to draft an invitation (which I
>> certainly would not offer to draft myself as I never do).
>>
>> About my fee? 0,0001% of the damage or good the participants were
>> responsible for in their lives.
>>
>> cheers
>> mmp
>>
>> On 26.06.2012 21:51, JL Walker wrote:
>>> And since I have been taking flight with my participation in this
>>> list, let me now invite everyone to participate in the following
>>> playful exercise (which I think could be interesting).
>>>
>>> First of all please go to the following page:
>>> http://cliptank.com/ab/PeoplePainting2.htm
>>>
>>> (Take note that you can place the cursor on each person for knowing
>>> who is, and that if you want you can make click on it for being
>>> redirected to its biography in Wikipedia).
>>>
>>> Imagine now that you are contacted by a magical and powerful sponsor
>>> that can makes all these people to be alive again and that ask it to
>>> you to facilitate an open space with all them.
>>>
>>> First, you would accept to do it?
>>>
>>> Second, how do you think the invitation and the theme (or question)
>>> for this incredible event should be?
>>>
>>> I'm eager to hear your responses.
>>>
>>> Juan Luis
>>>
>>> www.cdic.cl <http://www.cdic.cl>
>>>
>>>
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