[OSList] OST and what makes team work successful

Mon Mar 19 17:59:03 PDT 2018

Marai

It is an insight that rings so true to me.  As we apply the technology or system called Open Space to real and pressing needs, the need for all to be psychologically safe is vital along with any other need that when met results in safety.  Maslow has clearly defined safety as the foundation and my personal experience confirms this as one of the “break through” (beyond the superficial, reaching into the core issues) conditions that allows the participants including the facilitator to participate and move into “real” issues and opportunities.  It is the time when we can be as one with the confidence and freedom to express our needs and ideas/ solutions.

When the gathering’s participants are psychologically safe the gathered group is “open” and that is when the real work, discussion, decisions, commitments etc take place.  The “space” is primarily the physical area and then becomes the whole environment.  “Open Space”  takes on a new reality when one has the privilege of a gathering that is totally psychologically safe.  The facilitator has the task of assisting this to happen......  Open Space is such a simple statement and the facilitator must treat the meeting  with respect and a passion to do what ever is required to assist the participants to be psychologically safe so that hopes and dreams related to the issue that brought them together in the first place are expressed and transformed into the new reality.

I wish I could join your discussion so I must participate on the side via the list.
Regards
Rob

> On 20 Mar 2018, at 5:02 am, Peggy Holman via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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> What a lovely question Marai!
> 
> I can tell you that I fell in love with OST the first time I experienced it -- in 1996 -- because I saw something that I didn’t know was possible:
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> The needs of individuals and the needs of the whole could both be met.
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> Before then, I thought either one or the other is sacrificed. I now know that this experience of “differentiated wholeness" is an indicator of a transformation to an organization or community with a new story of who it is and who belongs. It makes room for more aspects of itself. 
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> OST creates the ground for individual expression, in which showing up authentically is valued (as opposed to a common, tragic, unspoken norm that we need to stay quiet in order to belong). In the process of being ourselves, people discover deeper connections to each other. And that causes a shift in the cultural story of who we are as a whole. 
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> In short, OST creates the space for the full voiced self, connection with others, and sense of being of a larger whole.
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> Peggy
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>> On Mar 19, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Marai Kiele via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear colleagues,
>> 
>> Do you know what the core is, of what has drawn you to OST?
>> 
>> Last year I came across a word that describes both, a phenomena I have experienced and cherished in OST as well as something that has turned out to be a key ingredient to successful teams:
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>> 	Psychological Safety
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>> The term was coined by Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School.
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>> It is referred to in a study by Google, which they undertook to understand what distinguishes their successful teams from those who do so-so.
>> Anyone interested in the subject… more here by Google:
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>> 	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZlSq_Hf08M
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>> "Psychological Safety" means team members are safe to take risk and be vulnerable in front of others. They know it’s okay or even requested to speak up, disagree, admit mistakes, ask „stupid“ questions or share a crazy idea. All of this without the fear of loosing „belonging“ or lessen one's status within a group.
>> 
>> In the study this has proven to be by far the most important ingredient for successful team work, even more important than dependability, meaning, impact…
>> 
>> Years back, I found this beautifully described in other words by Tova Averbuch, in her TEDx talk „Opening Space to Collective Wisdom“ (hello Tova! :-) ) 
>> She opens with the words „To be or to belong“—a tension that I know very well: Being fully myself or belonging to a group seemed often in conflict. Especially during my time in the corporate world as a product manager. Tova describes how in OST she has found both together: „being AND belonging". As I have, too.
>> 
>> Back to my opening question: Do you know what the core is, of what has drawn you to OST?
>> 
>> I have realised that the phrase „psychological safety“ describes that. That which is at the core of what has drawn me to OST. Something I am dedicated to since years. For myself and in creating spaces for others.
>> 
>> I am eager to explore this topic with others, both on this list as in real time conversations. I’ll post a session in tomorrows „Tuesday Open Space Hotline“. 
>> Anyone else interested in this topic, please come to the OS Hotline OR write on this list OR reach out to me directly.
>> 
>> From a sunny and cold evening in Bielefeld, Germany,
>> Marai
>> 
>> https://about.me/maraikiele
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