[OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space

Sun Mar 24 13:54:19 PDT 2013

Paul - "And it is why I believe that when we open space, we open space not
only for the future but for our whole "time organism"."  I like it. If only
because I wrote a book, "Expanding Our Now." The idea is simple, maybe
simple minded. But it goes like this: The past is over, the future hasn't
happened yet. What we got is NOW. And how big can we make that? I don't
know, but it is a lot bigger than most of us think - which is usually
measured in nanoseconds.   A very small NOW. - But when we Open Space, my
experience is that NOW becomes enormous. Well past chronometric measurement.
Or something.

ho

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Perfectly described, Koos!

And it is why I believe that when we open space, we open space not only for
the future but for our whole "time organism". 

It is also why, if there must be "action planning" is need not only come at
the end!

Time is linear, circular and many other things as well. 

Warm rushes

Paul

On Sunday, 24 March 2013, Koos de Heer wrote:

Paul,

I once heard a story from someone who had been to Greece, interviewing
people about the political and economic situation there.  He reports that
some people would say: "We can't predict the future - after all, you have no
idea of the things that are still hidden behind your back."  The metaphor of
the way time flows there  is the opposite of ours. In Western Europe, we
picture ourselves as looking to the future and having the past behind our
backs. Apparently in Greece, the people experience the timeline so that the
future is coming from behind and the past is disappearing in front of them.
So they are looking at the past and not seeing the future. Which makes
sense; we think we look at the future, but what are we looking at? Only
images, because we don't know what it will be. Which also leads to the
question whether our images from the past are correct, but that is another
story.

This leads me to wondering if there might be cultures where time is viewed
as circular, which would make even more sense to me.

Koos

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David

There's a depth and warm texture to your model.

I would offer this:

You define vision this: 
"what does it look like when it is done"

I believe that is only part of vision. 

Vision is what does the temporal picture look like: the picture of past,
present AND future, all playing into each other. As I said earlier - what
went before (past) is also before us (future, in front).

Such a magical word - before - it means both behind and in front !

When we open space for a vision of the whole timeline - the unfolding story
- then something often emerges - it is this: potential 

I believe we can only truly know the future vision when we look back at it. 

Be prepared to be surprised.

The future is often revealed by opening space for the present and the past.

Futures are fulfilled in where we have travelled from.

Paul

On Sunday, 24 March 2013, David wrote:

When I do open space with my business hat on in the consulting role, I
almost always start with four imperatives that most companies start with,
even if they havent articulated it, but soon lose sight of. I call it VMPM.
Vision, Mission, Purpose, Method. Many companies have a mission statement,
few ever read it after it has been written. NO company is healthy for more
than a year or two at a time, although many run very successfully from the
economic metric for years or decades. I just put up the four words, the
group gets to define them. Here are my definitions, that we usually start
with to frame the discussion:

Vision: what does it look like when it is done. A vision is a snapshot, or
series of snapshots. Vision is not Mission.

Mission: What is the target, how does the map compare to the territory. The
territory is not always reflected on the map. (just by a street map of
Nairobi sometime, and you will see what I mean).  Mission is not Purpose.

Purpose: the personal "why" . Purpose is purpose, it is my personal core
driver. 

Method: How we do it, the outflow of the inflow of the first three points.
Method is how I achieve my self interests as part of a collaborative
community, also called a company. 

All successful communities have these common elements: Community! which is
collaborative and cooperative, consistent and committed. 

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