[OSList] Long moments of silence

[Suzanne Daigle]

Sometimes I wish we had a "like" button like in Facebook to say how much I
like something.  So Chris Corrigan, consider that I am "liking" your post a
lot including "the 12 minutes that can seem like an eternity" when you're
just itching to write your topic!   :-)


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com>wrote:

> I don't know the answer to the question, but I have observed over time
> that the more work that has gone into the invitation process, the quicker
> people rise to their feet and move forward.
>
> Of course that is always tempered by things like how much conflict there
> is in the room, how safe people feel and so on, but there is a strong
> correlation between shared purpose and circle energy during the opening.  I
> like to have OST meetings where participants know why they are there and
> are so ready to go that by the time I'm through my opening, they are sick
> of hearing from me.  12 minutes can seem like an eternity when you have a
> conversation to call.
>
> Chris
>
> On 2012-11-17, at 8:55 AM, Bernhard Weber wrote:
>
> > Peggy,
> >
> > might be, that (the perception of) COMPLEXITY produces a (first) feeling
> of beeing overwhelmed
> > And digesting needs time.
> >
> > (Maybe there is a similarity to some long and deep silences I also
> experienced when the complex GESTALT of the mindmaps in FSConferences
> became evident to everybody in the room.)
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
> > On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Peggy Holman wrote:
> >
> >> Ironically, I read this thread having just opened a space with a really
> long silence before the first session was announced.
> >>
> >> Harrison (who is here at this OS with students of my Implementing
> System Change class in the American University Masters of Science in
> Organization Development program (MSOD)), said:
> >>> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the
> storm of creativity.
> >>
> >>
> >> So true! I marveled at the wealth of topics -- both content and number
> -- on the wall following the long silence.
> >>
> >> My experience has been that generally, the more hierarchical the
> organization, the longer the silence.  This is the second time I've opened
> space with the MSOD program. And both gatherings began with a long silence.
> In this setting, hierarchy isn't the issue. After some conversation with
> the first cohort about what was going on for them, I have a theory of why.
> They came for an Open Space.  As much as I've worked to emphasize the
> purpose of the OS (sponsored by the program chair, the topic is What
> contributes to a world-class education in system change?), it gets talked
> about as the Open Space meeting.  So it takes a while for participants to
> formulate questions related to the theme.
> >>
> >> Peggy
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> 425-746-6274
> >> www.peggyholman.com
> >>
> >> On Nov 15, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the
> storm of creativity. If so… just
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