[OSList] inquiry OS

[Celia Bray CEO Omni One]

Dear OS community

THANK YOU!!

Your reflections are like water in the desert. I have been working in remote
areas around India, Nepal and now I am in Kenya and can see how much I have
missed my peers to reflect and create with. 

Key issues for me to take on from your feedback are in setting the context
from the beginning within which people feel safe, free and want to be there
with accurate expectations. So the invitation process and setting the scene
is where I can see I have skipped some critical steps. Especially in a new
culture. I will take a lot more time next time to be mindful in the
invitation process and also find out how to create the safety for people
(from their cultural rituals etc) to break out of their small tribes in the
event and follow their passion. 

Thank you again. I will go through each of your responses again and create a
new context for the next open space. I love OS and working in new cultures
stretches me so much because culture has a bit impact on people's freedom to
innovate, speak and be themselves. There is a universality about OS, but I
am still learning about how to reach the hearts and passion of people in
different contexts. 

Yours in Appreciation!

Perhaps I should organise an international OSonOS in Kenya :-) Bring you all
over!

Celia Bray
CEO
Omni One Ltd
Peace, Enterprise and Community Development
P  +254 735 191 344
E  celia.bray at omni-one-consulting.com
W www.omni-one-consulting.com

'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker

-----Original Message-----
From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Kári Gunnarsson
Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:11 AM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] inquiry OS

Celia, and other that share there questions and experience good and bad. I
give you my thanks as this informs my own actions. It also makes it save for
me and others to do the same.

I have facilitated open spaces as part of the program for an annual forum,
my experience reflection shows me that when people are there for other parts
of the program do not engaged for the progression of the theme. These are
not the right people and perhaps they would be better served at the bar.
Perhaps I could have done more pre-work to engage these people that had been
selected to come, but I don't think so. I would have liked it if I had been
part of the selection process so that I could have asked tows that did not
have any passion for this to stay at home or simply not to waste there time.
My time was not wasted but the time of the people that did care was blogged
up by interacting with these people. I felt like they created an energy of
fear and insecurity. But perhaps this is the fault of the event to provide
the security for them to engage, but I don't think so. It was only fault of
the invitation process. but the harm was minimal in my cases.

With best greetings
Kári
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