[OSList] OS Phrases for Poets

[Linda Stevenson]

Dear Brendan, What a lovely phrase and what a lovely concise contrast of the formal system followed by the informal system - honoring them both and setting the stage for their next experience of Open Space. If I ever come up with something so brilliant, I'll let you know! Thanks,Linda
 > From: mckeaguebrendan at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:21:24 +0800
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> Subject: [OSList] OS Phrases for Poets
> 
> G'day folks
> 
> Yesterday I opened space for a very nervous first-time sponsor in a 'combo' event. By that I mean the sponsor had a predetermined (conventional-style) agenda for the first 90mins followed by Open Space for the rest of the day.
> 
> There was a ten minute 'big boss' welcome and 'rally call', followed by next biggest boss fifteen minute welcome and rally call, followed by two 30min 'power-point stories from the trenches'...so we had 53 managers and operations technicians sitting facing the front, theatre style for 90 mins with nary a word spoken between them...
> 
> Then they broke out for morning break and we reconfigured the room into circles for OS....
> 
> While I was visiting the 'dunny' (bathroom) prior to them returning, I thought of a phrase that described what I noticed happening - and used it in the opening circle.
> 
> We are now moving from 'listening to selective wisdom to sharing collective wisdom'...
> 
> Any other neat little phrases out there that folks use in their opening scripts?
> 
> Oh, and as you might guess, they loved it - 25 topics (some of which were later combined) posted by 53 people during three highly engaged sessions and four very energised Action Plans created - and a wonderfully affirming closing circle!   
> 
> Magical moments and movements indeed...
> 
> Cheers
> Brendan
> from a warming Perth
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