[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7
Birgitt Williams via OSList
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Thu Feb 16 16:17:02 PST 2017
Dear Anne,
So much joy to have your voice popping in here at just this moment and in
the fun that I am poking at Harrison. The list has been a little too dull
lately and so it is fun to play a bit.
I close my eyes and remember with a full heart all of the exceptional
gatherings in your living room where all who gathered collectively opened
space with so much love. So much was birthed there and of course we all had
the freedom to take from it what inspired us personally and run with it or
not. I think that kind of freedom is a reflection of the quality of the
space, the fact that we didn't have an organization getting in our way, our
curiosity, wonder and play.
And of course there was the Expanding our Now...an experience of five days
in open space so beautifully held by you and Harrison. My world changed as
I believe the world for others did.
Blessings and love to you dear friend,
Birgitt
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 6:27 PM anne stadler via OSList <
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Planning and OS
Lovely to see you two rocking on your front porch sharing stories! Like
the old days... (only then it was more like butting heads at times!).
My 2 cents: you can open space to do anything. Just have to focus on the
question you need to ask (that has heart and meaning for you), AND realize
(actually live) the four principles.
Love love dear old pals! Anne
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2. Re: Planning and Open Space ???? (Birgitt Williams via OSList)
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:26:12 -0500
From: Harrison Owen via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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Subject: [OSList] Planning and Open Space ????
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Occasionally somebody ponders the possibility of Open Space and Planning -
as in, could you do Planning, Strategic and otherwise, in Open Space? My
immediate response has always been, Yes. As a matter of fact I have done
just that on a number of occasions.
There is no question that when we "opened space for our future" (which
always seemed to be the essence of the theme), a marvelous time was had by
all. Something that looked very much like a "plan" emerged with attendant
work groups - all committed and in place, and of course the time taken for
the exercise was minuscule compared to standard practice. End of story. Or
is it?
Planning, at least in common usage, has some association with controlling,
or even creating, the future. Indeed, many would argue that control of the
future is the whole point of planning. Open Space, on the other hand, is all
about self organization - which implies that control as we usually
understand it is impossible. So Planning in Open Space would seem to be an
oxymoron. You simply can't get there from here.
Upon reflection it does seem that Planning and Open Space go together rather
like oil and water. It is also true that on those occasions where I was
privileged to be with a group Planning in Open Space - it was marvelous.
Good stuff seriously happened, and best of all people really had fun - even
if there were times when it seemed like we were all hanging on by our finger
nails because things were moving so fast!
Of course the "proof of the pudding" in this business is not, "Did you make
a plan?" but most importantly - Did it work? And it is precisely here that
things really get confusing. The plans not only "worked" as (self) reported
by the participants - But they worked faster and better than ever. Almost to
the point that it seemed the distinction between "planning" and "doing" had
dissolved. Wow!
I can see another heresy just coming into view. Everybody "knows" that
Planning comes first. Neat, orderly, rational, deliberate - considered over
and over again. THEN... Action. But what would it mean if it happened all at
once? ... That there really was no meaningful distinction between planning
and doing? Not as an ideal, but as an experienced reality?
Some might say that this is a clear indication of mental aberration - Mad in
a word. On the other hand... were the experience real (as in repeatable,
non-drug induced, whatever) we might just have to take another look at what
we mean by "Planning."
Harrison
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093 <(301)%20365-2093>
Summer Address
189 Beaucauire Ave
Camden, ME 04843
207 763-3261 <(207)%20763-3261>
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com
www.ho-image.com
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From: Birgitt Williams via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Planning and Open Space ????
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Harrison....LOL! I haven't received an email in my inbox that pushed so
many buttons in one email in a long time. I won't address all of them in
this mail. Thank you for the smiles this morning. You are I must be long
overdue to have lunch together. I remember the seven times that you were in
Ontario with your Open Space Technology training and in my sponsor role I
participated actively. I believe that one component of our work together
that the participants loved was your sweeping comments followed by my
perspective, often differing considerably from yours. I think we had a lot
of fun with those differing perspectives at the time. And by 1993 at what
was then called OSONOS I remember posting something that I did annually for
a while....the topic 'Harrisy', a play on your name of course with the
implication of 'what do we actually do that is different from what Harrison
does/says he does'.
On the subject of planning and Open Space Technology, for more than two
decades every group I have assisted with their planning have had one or
multiple OST meetings as a VITAL part of the process. I cannot imagine
planning without including OST.
I started calling 'planning' a 'Preferred Future', similar to making
intentions. It is not about control. It is about dreaming....together. It
is about how we are all novices at co-creating our future....something we
are figuring out on planet earth....that we have some significant impact on
'reality' as it unfolds.And just in case it is true that everything is
spirit, that everything is conscious energy, we can affect that energy from
an ocean of possibilities to a smaller sea of likely probabilities. To what
extent can we do that? Don't know. Making intentions, creating vision
boards, co-creating a picture of a desired future, giving ourselves
permission to do so in whatever ways feels right and exciting....all are
parts of us playing in this earth plane as adolescent creator gods and
goddesses....playing, learning. So, some of us might do what you did in
earlier days as captured by Billie Alban and Barbara Bunker in Large Group
Interventions....we tack something on after the OST to help people
formulate their co-created dreaming and help them put some traction with it
beyond the enthusiastic traction created within the OST.
Blessings,
Birgitt
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 11:26 AM Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
Occasionally somebody ponders the possibility of Open Space and Planning ?
as in, could you do Planning, Strategic and otherwise, in Open Space? My
immediate response has always been, Yes. As a matter of fact I have done
just that on a number of occasions.
There is no question that when we ?opened space for our future? (which
always seemed to be the essence of the theme), a marvelous time was had by
all. Something that looked very much like a ?plan? emerged with attendant
work groups ? all committed and in place, and of course the time taken for
the exercise was minuscule compared to standard practice. End of story. Or
is it?
Planning, at least in common usage, has some association with controlling,
or even *creating*, the future. Indeed, many would argue that control of
the future is the whole point of planning. Open Space, on the other hand,
is all about self organization ? which implies that control as we usually
understand it is impossible. So Planning in Open Space would seem to be an
oxymoron. You simply can?t get there from here.
Upon reflection it does seem that Planning and Open Space go together
rather like oil and water. It is also true that on those occasions where I
was privileged to be with a group Planning in Open Space ? it was
marvelous. Good stuff seriously happened, and best of all people really had
fun ? even if there were times when it seemed like we were all hanging on
by our finger nails because things were moving so fast!
Of course the ?proof of the pudding? in this business is not, ?Did you
make a plan?? but most importantly ? Did it work? And it is precisely here
that things really get confusing. The plans not only ?worked? as (self)
reported by the participants ? But they worked faster and better than ever.
Almost to the point that it seemed the distinction between ?planning? and
?doing? had dissolved. Wow!
I can see another heresy just coming into view. Everybody ?knows? that
Planning comes first. Neat, orderly, rational, deliberate ? considered over
and over again. THEN... Action. But what would it mean if it happened all
at once? ... That there really was no meaningful distinction between
planning and doing? Not as an ideal, but as an experienced reality?
Some might say that this is a clear indication of mental aberration ? Mad
in a word. On the other hand... were the experience real (as in repeatable,
non-drug induced, whatever) we might just have to take another look at what
we mean by ?Planning.?
Harrison
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093 <(301)%20365-2093> <(301)%20365-2093>
Summer Address
189 Beaucauire Ave
Camden, ME 04843
207 763-3261 <(207)%20763-3261> <(207)%20763-3261>
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com
www.ho-image.com
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