[OSList] Claudia's Post -- a Second read

[Jeff Aitken]

Thanks for bringing this back to our attention, Harrison. I also
noticed it, and it relates to an inquiry:

Is Open Space also a kind of experiential leadership training? A
laboratory (or insert a better metaphor here) for participants to
enact and reflect on the many acts of leadership that come forth.

And a microcosm of society, in which we notice and ask questions about
the roles that we find ourselves in, and begin to 'try on' new roles,
and help others reflect on the roles that they seem to fall into. And
support the awakening of creative potential in everyone present.

And maybe we also expand our understanding of leadership to include
(nearly?) every act in Open Space - including, for example, acts of
deep listening, which help evoke deeper speaking and deeper
understanding. And acts of vulnerability. And so on. And how does this
understanding influence how we are as leaders in everyday life?

One sponsor introduced Open Space with the subtitle "Leadership is
Everywhere". Seems a potent notion in these times.

Jeff




On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> When I read Claudia’s Facebook note (I posted the URL) I thought it was
> significant. But then I read it again and found a real nugget – a real
> thought shaker. In case you missed it, I have copied it below: (“it” is –
> guess what – Open Space)
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> “What it also can do, however, is awaken creative potential, train soft
> skills and reflect the structural issues of a society. Moreover, it does so
> in a new and cost-effective way. It was a stroke of luck that in Egypt a
> whole nation found its Open Space right there on Tahrir Square. On that
> square (or was it a circle?), the new democratic rules of the game were
> tested and practiced. And what works in Egypt can also function in Tunisia –
> and hopefully soon in Syria, Jordan and Libya too. That is why political
> foundations and institutions active in development cooperation should use
> the opportunity to train local facilitators and trainers, develop an Arabic
> Open Space manual, and systematically support Open Space initiatives. At
> present, no region of the world is more in need of open spaces to discuss
> its societies’ political future than the Arab world”
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> Thank you Claudia!
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