[OSList] No silence in opening

Mon Jun 15 13:10:43 PDT 2015

Harold: In some groups where I participated, but it was not Open Space it
was a workshop with some ritual  we had a talking stick and also a bowl.
When some one needed silence they took the bowl and the meaning of this is
that they where asking everybody to wait in silence...until they let the
bowl in the middle of the circle again.
I don;t Know if this is appropriated in an OS circle, in any moment. Some
people like and appreciate silence and other people have a very hard time
with it.
When I was teaching at university the feedback of the students was like this
"Teacher I just loved yous dinamics, yous should do more of them!"
In the same group I received another feed back
Teacher I hate the dynamics, why did you do so much of it!"
Thanks for the links that Herman sheared with us!
Adriana

2015-06-15 14:07 GMT-05:00 Harrison via OSList <
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> Harold ... Two suggestions. First at the very beginning, I always stand at
> the edge of the circle in silence. Then, and only then, when the group has
> become quiet I say “Good morning. Welcome to Open Space.” I pause another
> moment (how long is a moment?) and I invite everybody to take a deep breath
> before the excitement of the day... and let their eyes slowly wander around
> the circle of those assembled, noticing the people they know, the ones they
> don’t know, and maybe even those they never want to know. I remind people
> that this is a unique moment in history, for never before has this group
> been assembled, and never again will it meet. Further, that this is a
> totally remarkable group, for it contains precisely the resources needed
> for the work of the day... which segue ways quite naturally into “our”
> theme.
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> Second suggestion. When it seems that most of the issues have been
> announced... wait some more time in silence. Wait until it almost seems
> embarrassing...inviting any late comers. And just before your wait is “too
> long,” invite everybody to go to the wall and make their selections. Time
> for your nap!
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> I guarantee you will get no complaints, and if there were any, you would
> not be around to hear them.
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> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Harold Shinsato via OSList
> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 1:15 PM
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> *Subject:* [OSList] No silence in opening
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> The Open Space for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (
> http://civicrm.jrpc.org/rising-from-the-ashes) I facilitated this
> Saturday went extremely well. We had a full day of sessions and high levels
> of engagement, and the center's Executive Director said it way exceeded her
> expectations.
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> After sitting in the glow of so many thank you's, gratitude, and "good
> job" the day of the event and afterwards - I was surprised and quite
> annoyed by a bit of feed back second hand through email...
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>     "there should have been a 5-minute or so thinking time."
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>     "Some people needed more quiet time to gather there thoughts."
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> As people become more familiar with Open Space, my personal experience is
> that rather than a long awkward and anxiety filled pause as facilitators
> worry if anyone will post a session - instead, especially in public OST
> events, people launch and line up to populate the agenda. This has bothered
> me, but this is the first time I've heard the complaint of a *lack* of
> silence in the opening.
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> After my initial annoyance, and speaking with an Open Space colleague, my
> wife, and another space holding professional, I wondered if this weren't
> actually something that can help there be authentic open space, and not
> just a cargo cult going through the motions.
>
> I'm pondering a way to help there be space before people come to the
> center to announce their sessions - but without doing some heavy
> facilitated silence or meditation process.
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> Any thoughts, suggestions?
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>     Thank you!
>     Harold
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