[OSList] A Little tremor...
Birgitt Williams via OSList
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Sat Jun 25 15:14:06 PDT 2016
Hi Michael,
I like what you say about being aware of the work of grief...that just
happens.
I think it is a useful conversation to assist others develop this
awareness. It usually helps them.
I continue to be grateful to Harrison for inserting 'open space' into a
fairly standard grief cycle picture, capturing beautifully an ideal moment
in the grief cycle of any community of people when it is extremely useful
to offer some open space, facilitate an Open Space Technology meeting. We
know not everyone goes through the grief cycle at the same pace in response
to a shared event...however, it is possible to see where a critical mass
might be.
We can be of great service as facilitators of OST in this right timing as
people come to grips with their changing world.
I have thought about what you have said about being positional in your work
as facilitator. At first, I felt 'of course'. And then I thought about it
some more. I am less sure if this is true for me. I am engaged by the
sponsor, who opens the space in his/her organization or community. I have a
job to do with some basics of technique for opening, marketplace creation
etc. Easy-peasy...usually. I feel enormous love and belief in the people
that they will do just what they need to do within the container opened for
them. Am I feeling positionality in relation to my job as facilitator? Does
it take me effort to do 'nothing' with the exception of loving the people
and trusting them? Thank you for leading me into some good reflection.
Warmly,
Birgitt
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM Michael M Pannwitz <mmpannwitz at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Birgitt,
>
> something that works for me is to be totally partial and not in any way
> neutral, in fact being utterly positional, in my work as facilitator: I
> focus all my positionality on what I love to do most, being fully
> present and totally invisible... getting out of the way of the force of
> selforganisation, not giving in to my urge to take control.
> This occupies me so much that I dont even notice what it is that folks
> have gathered for. If I were to become interested in, bingo, I am
> visible and cant take care of my most important activity: Doing nothing.
>
> Regarding grief it seems to me that I am not into grief work ever never.
> Grief is in many ways similar to the Force of Selforganisation. It
> simply takes over, I have nothing to do with it. Of course, if I fight
> it, I will get stuck. If I were to fight the Force or the Wave as a wave
> rider (or try to shape it) I would simply crash. (I am saying all this,
> gads, without ever having been a "real" wave rider... as a kid I
> remember the joy of being swhooshed a few yards in shallow water by
> incoming waves, lying on a wooden board).
>
> What I find useful is to be aware of grief working with me or an
> organisation or with the Brexit event. The stages are pretty well known.
> In the light of that I am fully flabbergasted on how, minutes after the
> Brexit, before even anyone had time to scream "shit", the busy
> EU-functionaries had all kinds of ideas on what the EU and the UK needed
> to do immediately.
> That stance is what probably got "us" into this mess in the first place.
>
> Greetings from tropical Berlin
> mmp
>
>
>
> On 24.06.2016 23:21, Birgitt Williams via OSList wrote:
> > Dear friends and colleagues,
> > We do indeed have an interesting opportunity as people who care about
> > facilitating OST to open space for conversations that would be useful,
> > enlightening, and bridging across divides. Change is a constant.
> > Accompanying change as constant is loss even if there are also gains.
> > Accompanying loss is the work of grief. I long ago concluded that we are
> > all of us in the work of grief all of the time.
> >
> > I believe that to successfully facilitate OST, it is important to avoid
> > positionality, in other words, to be neutral. If in the face of change,
> > you cannot maintain neutrality, my question to you all is 'what can you
> > do for yourself to get into neutral on any 'issue' however big and
> > messy, and what can you do to regain your balance. Staying in personal
> > balance, and rebalancing quickly when getting knocked out of it, is of
> > great service in these interesting times we live in.
> >
> > Where can you 'open space'? Anywhere and everywhere. It might begin at
> > home with just a few people gathered. I invite you to breathe first, get
> > in personal balance, leave positionality behind, and be of service.
> >
> > one of the few truths I have learned in my life is 'nothing is as it
> > appears to be' and another is 'live and let live'. What may seem bad,
> > brings perceived good. What may seem good, brings perceived bad. While
> > all of this is going on, by opening space, we can assist people in being
> > genuine. I wholeheartedly believe that when people are genuine, their
> > beauty comes out.
> >
> > I encourage you to go
> > to http://www.dalarinternational.com/daily-inspiration/ and choose a
> > card to help you reflect on what you personally might need to develop in
> > yourself right now to regain your balance. I just chose a card and got
> > 'leadership'.
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Birgitt
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:00 PM Harrison Owen via OSList
> > <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > You may have noticed a certain shaking in the World Order. It
> > registered 611.21 on the Dow Jones. That’s a *negative* 611.21.
> > Essentially wiped out all gains for the year. Money is only what you
> > think it is and … suddenly… pooof! IT wasn’t !!!____
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > One of the “trending stories” on the New York Times was about Brits
> > Googling to find out what they had done to themselves. Marvelous. It
> > doesn’t seem to be “trending” anymore or I would send it to you. But
> > such things do come and go.____
> >
> > __ __
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> > Of course there has been a massive cast of characters, casting
> > stones at everybody else. Idiots! …along with a smaller set who are
> > sure they know exactly what to do, how to do it, and who should be
> > in charge. Themselves, of course. ____
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > Definitely interesting times. ____
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > Might be something worth talking about? ____
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > This is called opening space, seeing who shows up, and knowing that
> > whoever cares will be precisely the right people for the
> > conversation. Of course we didn’t do a lot of “pre-work.” Who knew
> > the Brits were going to be a crazy as they were/are? – or are they?
> > And no matter… Serious stuff never happens on schedule, according to
> > plan… when we are all prepared… ____
> >
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> > And to quote a great saint (Brian)…. Whenever…____
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