[OSList] Tension Rising

[Suzanne Daigle]

Adriana, When I read your note and the replies, it seemed to me in that
moment that already space has opened and you are holding that space! It
made me smile and feel at peace with it all for you and with you/others!

Suzanne



On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring <
adriana at diazberrio.com> wrote:

> Harrison: I taught like that too! Thank you for telling me that!!! I am
> very happy to have this experience it is new because the other times I was
> the person who organised everything so I can understand but I feel
> different this time!
>
> Adriana
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> 2013/3/13 Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
>
>> Adrianna – I just love it when folks get seriously anxious. It really
>> spices up the occasion, and then when everything is just rolling along (as
>> usual) – I completely enjoy their look of delighted surprise. But you are
>> right some folks do work themselves up into a lather. That’s OK, but when
>> they start “organizing” everything, that can get difficult. What to do? One
>> thing I have learned is that no matter what you tell them they will not be
>> convinced. Indeed, it almost seems that the more you say, the worse they
>> get. My solution has been to say as little as possible. When questioned, I
>> just say, “It always works.” If they press the point and ask about those
>> times in (OS) didn’t work – I’m completely honest… I’ve never seen that.
>> Under the heading of saying less – it may be a very positive thing that you
>> are NOT going to be at the next meeting. J****
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>> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
>> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Lourdes Adriana
>> Diaz-Berrio Doring
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:13 AM
>> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Skills inventory****
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>> Hello : I have a question for you. I am organizing a big OS (big for me
>> we expect around 100 participants) I have been working with a team that has
>> been working hard on the organization invitation, logistics, diffusion,
>> etc, etc and I feel and  think that now we have to stop working so hard but
>> one person is getting very anxious.
>> She feels 100% responsible for this preparation and for the rest I would
>> like to find a way to make her feel more confident.
>> I am the facilitator.
>> I have a group of 5 volonteers that know OS and are very happy to help us.
>> This event will be in 35 days but I feel this tension growing and I am
>> not available to be present at their next organisation meeting event if I
>> have been there with them every time. I all ready talked about the why ; we
>> are doing this to have meaningful conversations, have fun, enjoy, learn,
>> etc....but it didn't help, the stress is growing,  the need to control is
>> there strongly!!!
>> Some one could give me a piece of advise please?
>>
>> Adriana****
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>> 2013/3/12 Ashley Cooper <easilyashley at gmail.com>****
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>> Thank you all so much for these suggestions. Super helpful.****
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>> One link that was shared with me in another message board was this map of
>> skills. I find it intriguing.****
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>> http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_1999034880_30242/Tutor%20Mentor%20Connection%20Network%20Analysis%20-%20Skills.cmap
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>> Best to all!****
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>> Ashley****
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>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Michael Herman <
>> michael at michaelherman.com> wrote:****
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>> hey hey ashley, ****
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>> in the emery and trist model for participative work redesign, one of the
>> modules was skills identification.  it went a bit like harrison describes,
>> with room to be more rigorous, if you like.****
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>> the context for PD working sessions was that some defined "piece of work"
>> was to be redesigned, structure, process, skills and the individual
>> experience of it.  so there was a known piece of work that provided the
>> "skills needed" side of harrison's equation.****
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>> within that context, participants were asked to create on the wall a list
>> of all of the skills needed.  you could tweak this to be all the skills
>> anyone thought were needed or that they had to offer to the work.  then,
>> across the wall, everyone's name was added to make a top row of column
>> headings.  in the grid, everyone filled in a 0-1-2 rating for their skill
>> level, 0 was none, 1 was skilled, 2 was skilled enough to teach.  ****
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>> the first part of the work in the skills module of the process was to do
>> this inventory work.  then, after the redesigning, the group was invited to
>> return to the grid and see if they had enough of various skills to make the
>> new structures/processes work, to populate the new system, so to speak.
>>  any gaps were either formal training needs or indicators to participants
>> where they could acquire new skills and make new/needed contributions --
>> could see who might be their teachers/mentors in that learning.  ****
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>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Jaime Pedreros <jpedrerosf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
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>> Hello Ashley and colleagues,
>>
>> After reading the excellent contributions that were made, I am afraid
>> whether appreciative inquiry could help, mainly at the discover stage.
>> Find out more at: appreciativeinquiry.case.edu.
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>> Warm regards from again rainy La Paz
>>
>> Jaime
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