[OSList] a substantial difference

Michael M Pannwitz via OSList oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Mon Aug 15 08:03:46 PDT 2016


This is not only sage but also in line with "never work harder than you 
have to". That piece of "advice" supports a type of facilitation that 
focuses on peacemaking and not on hosting.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 15.08.2016 16:41, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
> REAL invitations are (in my book) those that can be refused. The
> understanding of that “latitude” is very culturally specific, I find.
> But members of a particular culture rarely, if ever make a mistake. It
> may just be  matter of a raised eyebrow, “inside” code word – but they
> “get it.” All of the above may just seem like academic garbage (probably
> true) – but for me it is the central reason why the invitation must be
> created and issued by “the folks” and  NOT the facilitator. Certainly we
> can help, but we will never know the language.
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> *From:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Bhavesh Patel via OSList
> *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 7:38 AM
> *To:* Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] a substantial difference
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> Thanks all for this conversation.
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> "/having the conditions for engagement/" is definitely about "/​//an
> authentic invitation to engage/" and I think it is much more than that
> as well.
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> For me it brings in the history and experience of the participants, and
> what sort of experiences they have had. It also brings in culture and
> what participants are used to. I live/work in a country where taking
> initiative was a no-no for 60 years. I have also worked in countries
> where stepping out as an individual is seen as very dangerous.
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> So creating the conditions for engagement and personal leadership is a
> really deep question!
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> Smiles Bhav...
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> On 10 August 2016 at 22:50, Harold Shinsato via OSList
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>
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> Thanks Birgitt, Harrison, Eva for this question!
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> Engagement is considered very valuable. There's been an annual gallup
> poll around U.S. employee engagement levels, and the latest one shows
> it's only 32%. They're participating as employees, but they're not
> really showing up.
> http://www.gallup.com/poll/188144/employee-engagement-stagnant-2015.aspx
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> Gallup has estimated the cost of this lack of engagement is "$450
> billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year".
> http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/162953/tackle-employees-stagnating-engagement.aspx
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> I'm not the origin of this story, and I doubt it really started with the
> formal use of Open Space in bringing Agile practices into software
> organizations (thank you Daniel Mezick!), but engagement is really
> considered critical in getting a successful and lasting shift towards
> agile processes and an agile mindset.
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> Although Open Space doesn't guarantee engagement, it does prevent a
> critical factor in this lack of engagement. Which is enforced
> participation. Open Space helps show how space actually is open for
> people to step forward for what they love as an act of service (thank
> you Peggy Holman for showing me this way of thinking about Open Space).
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> Unless we offer
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> an authentic invitation to engage, one that is welcoming as well as
> being an invitation we can safely decline, the most we can get is their
> butts into the room. We won't get their hearts.
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> Can we coerce engagement? Full engagement? My sense is no. Maybe we can
> trick people, but engagement by fraud isn't real engagement.
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>     Harold
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> On 8/10/16 10:05 AM, Eva P Svensson via OSList wrote:
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>     Hi Birgitt and al,
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>     great distinction, I so often experience that there are great
>     engagement in an Open Space Technology meeting and also in the
>     follow up meeting afterwards but when it comes to action planning
>     people suddenly start to look down, the voices becomes more silent
>     etc and it’s difficult to get the energy for actions.
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>     I will here after talk about both participation and engagement and
>     what that means for the participants and the sponsors.
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>     :o)
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>     Eva
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>         10 aug. 2016 kl. 16:38 skrev Birgitt Williams via OSList
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>         <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>:
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>         Harrison...one of the aspects of you that I love is that when
>         you participate, you engage.
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>         I witness many people participating and appearing engaged. And
>         yet upon probing after a participatory meeting, engagement was
>         not sufficient to create follow on action. I feel that this
>         distinction between having a participatory meeting and having
>         the conditions for engagement is important somehow.
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>         Blessings,
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>         Birgitt
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>         On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:52 PM Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net
>         <mailto:hhowen at verizon.net>> wrote:
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>             Love to participate… and engage. So what so I do?
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>             *From:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
>             <mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org>] *On Behalf
>             Of *Birgitt Williams via OSList
>             *Sent:* Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:49 AM
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>             *Subject:* [OSList] a substantial difference
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>             Dear friends and colleagues,
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>             One important question is "do you want to participate?".
>             Hence participatory methods.
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>             Another important question is "do you want to engage?".  A
>             totally different question with a different energy, both in
>             its inquiry and its answer.
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>             The question that we align ourselves with as facilitators
>             makes a substantial difference in our approach. I am
>             wondering about the impact on our outcomes.
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>             Make a great day!
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>             Birgitt
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