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

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

Dear Koos,

in the long run, thats the only authentic authority that counts: me 
willing, me able and me authorizing myself. Nobody enabling me, making 
me willing or authorizing me, neither God nor the president of Russia 
nor my wife.

Have a great day in Utrecht, one of the hotspots for open space workers
mmp

On 30.11.2015 06:57, Koos de Heer via OSList wrote:
> 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
>
> *Van:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *Namens
> *Daniel Mezick via OSList
> *V**erzonden:*maandag 30 november 2015 0:13
> *Aan:* oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> *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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