[OSList] What's authority got to do with Open Space ?

[Koos de Heer via OSList]

Hi Daniel,


Thank you for an interesting line of thought. What I am thinking is that
there is also the aspect of a person standing up and speaking for a passion
that they have (be it in the form of raising a topic or just speaking in a
break out session) and in that way claiming authority. In your essay,
authority seems to always come from someone else. And of course authority
only is there when others believe it to be there. But the initiative to
bestow authority on me does not always come from others. I can also initiate
that process of authorizing myself by taking responsibility for my passion.

 

Koos

 

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Verzonden: maandag 30 november 2015 0:13
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Onderwerp: [OSList] What's authority got to do with Open Space ?

 

What's authority got to do with Open Space ? Apparently nothing at all, at
least on the surface... 

Wait. Once we peek under the surface, what do we actually find?

This completely heretical essay attempts to answer at least part of that
question. 

The context is the use of Open Space in a large business enterprise,
convened with intent to explore the potential for making a very big, very
complex enterprise-wide change. 

{Please note, the word "authority" might trigger feelings of: soul-sucking
bureaucracy, unfair and illegitimate leadership hierarchy, and the like.
Some "triggered" readers may want to opt-out of continuing at this time...)

Authority Distribution in Open Space:
http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/
Open Space is a most interesting format for "gathering,", also known as
"meeting." 

What exactly is going on in Open Space?





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