[OSList] OST encourages avoidance of conflict

[Michael Herman]

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On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> There is conflict, and then there is destructive conflict. I think they
> are two entirely different things. Conflict is an essential part of living,
> life, the total evolutionary process. Show me any organization that has no
> conflict and I’ll show you a dead one. Conflict occurs when two or more
> critical concerns (cares) but heads. Given sufficient room, they will find
> a way. Close that space and they will kill each other. My experience in
> Open Space has always been one of intense conflict combined with serious
> way finding. Parties who would ordinarily kill each other find common
> ground. And the air sizzles. Believe me, I’ve been there.
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> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Harold Shinsato via OSList
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:25 PM
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> *Cc:* Harold Shinsato
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] OST encourages avoidance of conflict
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> Daniel,
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> Interesting concern. I think I remember hearing this from a well respected
> management guru as a critique of Open Space. I can't help but wonder the
> following:
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> - How well do individual adults resolve conflicts when an authority figure
> forces them?
> - How well do conflicting peoples or tribal communities resolve conflicts
> when they are forcibly held together by an imperial force (think Rome,
> USSR, pre-partition India, etc etc etc)
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> If you are dealing with children or developmentally challenged individuals
> - especially those who have violated others rights are are in prison - I
> can imagine there being some value to some level of compulsion or coercion
> here. But even there, it may temporarily resolve the fighting and damage,
> but not the children's growth.
>
> If you are dealing with severe human rights being violated in tribal
> scenarios, I can see how that might justify gunboat diplomacy. But I can't
> imagine the tribal system will evolve to respect human rights without a
> huge additional investment from the gunboat diplomats. And it is all too
> likely that such interference may not only cause even bigger problems later
> on, but can also encourage exploitation of the less developed
> tribe/community.
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> Thanks for asking this question!
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>     Harold
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> On 1/30/18 2:07 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
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> I am hearing this pointed criticism from some quarters: That OST actually
> encourages conflict-avoidance via the Law of 2 Feet. In other words, people
> who need to be resolving conflict (or at least discussing it) can just
> avoid the touchy topic... and each other.
>
> Could this actually be true? If not why not?
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