[OSList] Occupy report

[Jeff Aitken]

Raffi's story reminds me about a famous meeting disruptor in the San
Francisco area. He earned his reputation by standing up tall in public
meetings and roaring loudly his opinions for several minutes at a
time. (His email address was even something like I Roar Big at
yahoo.com!)

It was perfect of course that he was present at a large OST meeting
that I facilitated. I always move thru the intro at a good pace and he
did not speak then. But halfway through the first session of
breakouts, he stood in the center of the room and held forth for
several minutes. I stood a few yards away and smiled pleasantly, and
everyone in their breakouts continued their conversations.

I forgot to ask him to capture the notes from his "session" into the
proceedings, but I regret that now.

Jeff



On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Esther Ewing <ewingchange at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well said, Chris.
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> Esther Ewing
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> On 2012-05-07, at 8:28 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>
> I deal with people anxious to disrupt the process by pointing out that that
> appears to be what they are doing.  And then we talk about that.
>
> I am happy to have skeptics on a planning group, but not cynics.  The reason
> is that while both are high on doubt, only the skeptioc is high on hope.
>  Cynics who are high on doubt and low on hope can suck a lot of energy out
> of a process.  So early on it is worth pointing out that "problem seeking"
> is not a behaviour that is going to get us where we need to go in terms of
> planning.
>
> The best plan is to talk about that and talk about what it would take to
> have people work from a place of possibility, while still keeping their eyes
> on real constraints.  AS I get older and more experienced I let people know
> pretty clearly that, while cynics are certainly welcome at the event, I
> won't work with cynics on a core team.  Bring on skepticism and doubt, just
> be sure to use that to make our effort MORE possible and not less so.
>
> That's my two cents.
>
> Chris
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> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Raffi Aftandelian <raffi_1970 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Harrison, Michele-jan, salam!
>>
>> Harrison, thanks for your thoughts. Especially helpful to hear the
>> reminder that the process is doing me!
>>
>> Michele-
>>
>> I didn't quite understand the question
>>
>> "Is it possible that research into perhaps a new law could highlight, an
>> approach to your feeling of planned disruption?"
>>
>> Can you explain?
>>
>> You can learn more about the Genuine Contact(tm) Program here:
>> http://genuinecontact.net
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> appreciatively,
>> Raffi
>>
>>
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>> From: "frankelmichele at gmail.com" <frankelmichele at gmail.com>
>> To: Raffi Aftandelian <raffi_1970 at yahoo.com>; World wide Open Space
>> Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>> Sent: Monday, 7 May 2012, 14:32
>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Occupy report
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>> Hi Raffi
>>
>> Is it possible that research into perhaps a new law could highlight, an
>> approach to your feeling of planned disruption?
>>
>> I appreciate this is a hot potato and I am a great academic failure,
>> personally.
>>
>> But the topic interests me, still WOSNOS is coming, to London and maybe I
>> will understand more then?
>>
>> Genuine contact I think I have experienced it! But is there somewhere I
>> could read more?
>>
>> Michele
>> ------------------
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Raffi Aftandelian <raffi_1970 at yahoo.com>
>> Sender: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.orgDate: Mon, 7 May 2012
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