[OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute U.S.

[Harold Shinsato via OSList]

Hi Chris,

Since the thread is about helping the OSI-US find "mission questions", 
rather than answering the questions, I would encourage and invite you to 
reflect on these questions in separate threads to make the reflections 
easier to see and connect with via the subject line.

I look forward to your reflections!

     Thanks!
     Harold

On 7/19/16 11:13 AM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
> I like your questions Paul. They’re interesting! Can I add some 
> reflections on them?
>
>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 7:06 AM, paul levy via OSList 
>> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org 
>> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>  A few more questions ...
>>
>> Warm wishes
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> Why are we still calling OST a technology ?
>
> Still called a technology because it’s cheeky.  That’s my take anyway.
>
>>
>> Why is the LAW of two feel a law ?
>
> Law because, like the law of gravity it seems to be fundamentally 
> inviolable. So it’s helpful to acknowledge it.  You could probably 
> acknowledge the law of gravity too, if you wanted to remind people not 
> to drop their stuff. But at least acknowledging the law of mobility 
> helps people understand why folks wander off during sessions.
>
>>
>> If the "principles" are not prescriptions but descriptions why are 
>> they called principles ?
>>
>
> Principles don’t have to be prescriptive to be principles.  These four 
> principles seem to capture four things (or five) that work about open 
> space.  They are provocative and interesting and disruptive to normal 
> meeting procedures.  And I have done many Open Space meetings without 
> talking about them at all.
>
>> How can it possibly take 2 days to "teach"
>> OST and why would anyone ever want to teach it anyway ?
>>
>
> It doesn’t take two days to “teach" Open Space Technology.  But to 
> spend two days with other practitioners who are learning, thinking 
> about, and trading ideas on using OST seems to accelerate people’s 
> practice and use of the process and the underlying view of the world 
> that it encapsulates.
>
> Open Space Technology is not “teacheable” but it is learnable.  How’s 
> that for a provocative proposition?
>
>> Why do OST "elders" on the OS list keep advocating dogmatic views 
>> about OST? (Oh yes you do)
>>
>
> Who are these “elders" of which you speak?
>
>
>> What if one less thing to do was facilitation ?
>
> Yup.
>
>>
>> How could OSI begin a humble inquiry into new and valuable ways of 
>> opening space? And learn from them ?
>
> This is a really great question.  Juanita Brown has convened a 
> conversation on “the central garden” of participatory methods that is 
> just such a humble inquiry. So humble that it has been approached 
> slowly and quietly, and I’m sure she would welcome many others 
> joining.  She’s been at it for a while: 
> http://www.theworldcafe.com/more-from-juanita-brown/
>
>> What questions do we need to ask that cannot be formed into latinised 
>> words and phrases ?
>
> This one:
>
> http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/7FF2/production/_90345723_mediaitem90345722.jpg
>
>>
>> Where is open space technology when the world needs to open space 
>> most - right now ?
>>
>
> It is right here where it has always been.   And I think there is a 
> lot of space being opened in the world right now, in all kinds of ways.
>
> Opening space is not a guarantee of peace and good times. When space 
> opens so too does authentic human voice. People that have been silent 
> claim sound. People that have been displaced look for a new home. 
> People that have been backed into corners clamp down on control and 
> fear.  Does the world need open space most now? Or has open space 
> given us the world we live in now?
>
> We have no guarantee of safety in this world. And when space open for 
> some, others who didn’t ever realize they were taking up so much, 
> suddenly start getting quite worried.  It’s nice to imagine the tables 
> being turned over, unless one of the tables is mine.
>
> Chris
>
>

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