[OSList] OST encourages avoidance of conflict

[Harold Shinsato]

Daniel,

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:

- 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)

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.

Thanks for asking this question!

     Harold


On 1/30/18 2:07 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
>
> 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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