[OSList] Pain and Anger

[Barry Owen]

Same principle works nicely on the soccer field.

Those who are able to create more space enjoy higher play/achievement

Sent with my smartphone which is not always all that smart and may twist or
contort my words.

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On May 11, 2014 2:16 PM, "Chris Corrigan" <chris.corrigan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seconding this. Someone in a hat once told me that the way to peace was to
> have more time and more space. For resolving conflict time is your ally. If
> you cannot afford a large amount if time to deal with a large dynamic you
> will get a short fuse and few answers and maybe more cynicism. Tread
> deliberately and do good pre work here.
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> Chris
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> On May 11, 2014, at 6:37 AM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Sounds like business as usual, unfortunately. I fear the constraints you
> mention will render anything you do something less than useful. When you
> have real pain and anger with a senior management largely the cause (as I
> heard it) – gathering the troops for a few hours without senior management
> present just won’t make it. Open Space is wonderful, and miracles do happen
> – but I am afraid that neither wonder nor miracle will show up. If they
> really want to do something, at least make a good start, you will need 2
> days and certainly a night in between. Finding ways around anger and pain
> usually require sleeping on it. And the senior management should be there
> for the whole time. If they are the problem, they have to be part of the
> solution.
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> *On Behalf Of *Bronwyn Pagram
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 11, 2014 8:39 AM
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> *Subject:* [OSList] Pain and Anger
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> Hi there. I have quietly enjoyed os-list for a couple of months now -
> thank you for all the open sharing. Very valuable for a 'newby' to open
> space like me.
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> I have been asked to facilitate several regional open space workshops for
> an organization where there is a lot of deep-seated pain and anger behind
> the scenes. People feeling very unsupported by their hierarchy, lack of
> recognition by senior management that they are part of the problem, lack of
> responsiveness to past recommendations for action, and deep cynicism that
> anything will come from 'yet another talkfest'. The topic is staff
> wellbeing. The workshops are being done in the context of middle management
> concern for their people (they are the sponsors) as well as an
> organisational strategy refresh for which staff wellbeing will form part
> for the first time (senior managers are aware of concerns and also of
> several stress-related illnesses and staff leaving).
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> There is no prior experience of open space in this organisation, although
> the middle-manager driving these events has been exposed elsewhere. I would
> be grateful for any suggestions as to how to best structure the day (5.5
> hours - limited by considerable travel time to come in/go home). I am
> thinking to include both talking/listening circles as well as traditional
> open space.
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> Ideally participants would take away some actions themselves... as well as
> there being some meaty inputs to senior mgmt for the strategy refresh.
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> Thanks a lot. Bronwyn
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