[OSList] What's Open Space got to do with Group Relations?
Daniel Mezick via OSList
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Thu Dec 10 13:48:54 PST 2015
OK. Good one. Like.
But wait. Aren't those similarities just really juicy? What about those?
On 12/10/15 4:36 PM, Jeff Aitken wrote:
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> As Harrison often says, these other folks work way too hard...
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> On Dec 10, 2015 1:21 PM, "Jeff Aitken" <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com
> <mailto:r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hi Dan,
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> This may be a difference:
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> Easy to facilitate such that the facilitator can take a nap, pick
> up coffee cups, and hold space in the hotel bar until the closing
> which requires a higher level of attention?
>
> : )
>
> Jeff
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> On Dec 10, 2015 12:21 PM, "Daniel Mezick via OSList"
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
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> Not to mention the 100% present-tense, "here and now"
> orientation of both Open Space and GR Conferences
>
> On 12/10/15 3:15 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
>> What's Open Space got to do with Group Relations?
>>
>> Wait. What is Group Relations?
>>
>> It's this, and this:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo
>> http://www.tavinstitute.org/what-we-offer/group-relations/
>>
>> So: What's Open Space got to do with Group Relations?
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>> Probably nothing, right?
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>> Wait. Let's inspect some of the facts:
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>> Item
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>> Open Space events?
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>> Group Relations events?
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>> 100% Experiential Learning
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Very lightly structured
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Potentially triggering
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> About leadership and authority
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> An exercise in self-organization
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Self-selecting groups
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Strictly opt-in participation
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Possessing a “spectator sport” dimension..watching others
>> watching, etc
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Insanely efficient as a learning device
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>> Yes
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>> Yes
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>> Who else has attended a Group Relations conference?
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>> It is a fact that Group Relations theory and practice deeply
>> informs the structure of Prime/OS, which in turn is the basis
>> of OSA:
>> http://www.Prime-OS.com
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Mezick
>> Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.
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>> Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook.
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> Daniel Mezick
> Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.
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> <http://www.DanielMezick.com/> Blog.
> <http://www.NewTechUSA.net/blog/> Twitter.
> <https://twitter.com/DanielMezick>
> Book: The Culture Game. <http://theculturegame.com/>
> Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook.
> <http://www.amazon.com/OpenSpace-Agility-Handbook-Daniel-Mezick/dp/0984875336>
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Daniel Mezick
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Book: The Culture Game. <http://theculturegame.com/>
Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook.
<http://www.amazon.com/OpenSpace-Agility-Handbook-Daniel-Mezick/dp/0984875336>
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