[OSList] The New Space Race?
Michael M Pannwitz
mmpannwitz at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 13:07:46 PDT 2020
Dear Jake,
after folks have gathered in the closing circle and announcements have
ceased and things have quieted down completely I:
--- take about three minutes to go back to the beginning of the
gathering pointing to the phases of the event in the last 3 days
--- show the talking stick (something I found outside earlier in the
day, such as a branch with leaves or flowers on it and if it is a
situation in which a mike is used that might be the talking stick) and
speak, sitting in the circle, about 2 minutes on this final process
(that it will be passed from one to another in a clockwise direction,
that one should not think about what to say while it is on the way, once
you receive it, hold it for a while, dont pass it on right away, and if
something occurs to you right then let everyone else know if you like,
say it and others listen, if you hold it and you dont say or do anything
we listen into the silence, and if you say something from the heart we
listen with our hearts).
Since there is a closing time to the gathering, everyone knows how much
time is available for the closing circle, and usually it will take
place in the time still available.
By this time the talking stick has returned to me and I say something
like "Thank you for the privilege to facilitate this event" and then
turn to the sponsor that is sitting next to me and ask him to close the
event and send us on our ways.
The sponsor closes the event.
Sometimes there also seems to be the need to have a ritual for the group
as a whole to celebrate the end of this process... there is a very short
intervention I learned from HO:
After the closing circle and the short speech of the sponsor I rise and
ask everyone else to get up and form a very close standing circle, wait
a moment and invite to have a last look at everyone, after a while I ask
everyone to turn outward, still noticing the circle "behind" me and then
leave the circle in all directions... usually this is the time when
people move around, hug, say goodbye, etc.
Of course, there are different situations that call for other closings,
such as a gathering of more than 300 (up to 300 it works the way I
described), lets say 2000, then you need several mikes that are taken by
os-team members to those that signal that they want to say something...
not everybody gets to speak.
This last phase is, except for the introduction to the process in the
beginning, the only time I am visible and speak to the whole group...
and I do not say anything more than what I mentioned. During the usually
25 to 35 minutes in which participants listen and talk I say nothing and
do nothing.
Greetings from Berlin where doing nothing is the expected mode in the
corona lockdown, a tough exercise for many...
cheers
mmp
Am 20.04.2020 um 17:31 schrieb Jake Yeager via OSList:
> Hi mmp,
>
> What's your preferred closing circle process? I am interested to know
> how you "do nothing" for the closing circle too. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
> Jake
> ________________
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:35 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Doris and you other tender and friendly folks out there,
>
> "Tend and Befriend" is always a basic response, crisis or not.
>
> But since crisis is a basic prerequisite for the unfolding of time and
> space for selforganisation "Tend and Befriend" also unfolds more freely.
>
> In os events that deal with urgent matters, "tend and befriend" is
> always present.
> In the context of such gatherings it is usually not perceived as
> something special by participants.
>
> Facilitators, however, busy with doing nothing, do observe it every
> time. There are even attempts to have the paricipants increase their
> awareness of this by ending an os event with reflections along the
> medicine wheel. Which, as I discovered, is a grand way of looking at
> such elements as vision, management, community and leadership... but
> rarely gets much attention by participants. They already know all that.
> And I guess, they are more interested to get busy on the actions they
> just worked on.
>
> Greetings from Berlin, where I see "Tend and Befriend" abound... to the
> astonishment of the folks in charge who see stuff happening they felt
> responsible for....
>
> Cheers and enjoy tending and befriending and being tended and befriendet
>
> mmp
> Am 20.04.2020 um 11:13 schrieb Doris Gottlieb via OSList:
> > Dear Peggy,
> >
> > Thank you for sending the article and for reminding me about
> Tend and
> > Befriend as one of the basic responses of humans in crisis and
> stress.
> > It is so valuable to expand my noticing in working in times of
> crisis to
> > include this frame and look for where and how it happens.
> >
> > With love and gratitude,
> >
> > Doris
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 1:36 AM agusj via OSList
> > <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peggy!
> >
> > Thanks for share this The psychologist, Shelley Taylor,
> working with
> > a team of women, found women tended to respond differently. They
> > took care of the vulnerable and worked together.
> >
> > I love it! I knew in my profound self that there should be
> another way.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Warm regards
> >
> > Agustín
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, April 16, 2020, 04:16:09 PM GMT-5, Peggy Holman via
> > OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > Thanks for opening this conversation. I’ve been thinking about
> > something similar, with a slightly different emphasis. I’ve been
> > struck by how frequently I’m hearing “we’re all in this
> together”.
> > So I’ve been thinking about how it is a time of both personal
> > responsibility AND a sense of the greater good that has never
> > existed in my lifetime. (We’re about the same age.) Even talk of
> > sacrifice. Something I recall my parents talking about from their
> > youth in World War 2.
> >
> > Something that has intersected this mulling has been watching the
> > amazing amount of constructive journalism happening right now.
> > Practical, responsive, listening to the questions from the
> public.
> > And, of course, the generosity of people self-organizing to
> help others.
> >
> > One last element in my thinking about this: "tend and befriend"
> > rather than "fight or flight.” In brief, in 2000, a woman
> > psychologist looked at the research that led to coining the
> phrase
> > fight or flight to characterize human response to threat or
> stress.
> > Turns out, like much of that early social science research,
> it was
> > done primarily with men. The psychologist, Shelley Taylor,
> working
> > with a team of women, found women tended to respond differently.
> > They took care of the vulnerable and worked together.
> >
> > With nowhere to run, I see much of the response to Coronavirus
> > following the pattern of tend and befriend. It’s a trend I’d sure
> > like to see made conscious and furthered. I wrote a 2-minute
> piece
> > about it:
> >
> https://medium.com/@PeggyHolman/journalism-that-tends-and-befriends-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1ec800ccf9ad.
> >
> > I think fighting and fleeing less and tending and befriending
> more
> > encompasses both personal responsibility and the common good.
> >
> > Be well and stay sane,
> > Peggy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Peggy Holman
> > Co-founder
> > Journalism That Matters
> > 15347 SE 49th Place
> > Bellevue, WA 98006
> > 206-948-0432
> > www.journalismthatmatters.org
> <http://www.journalismthatmatters.org>
> <http://www.journalismthatmatters.org>
> > www.peggyholman.com <http://www.peggyholman.com>
> <http://www.peggyholman.com>
> > Twitter: @peggyholman
> > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream
> >
> > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into
> > Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 16, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList
> >> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> >> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I had a thought recently that might be interesting here, and
> that
> >> maybe you can add on to, as a story and conversation here. And
> >> then in the world. This overlaps with some other recent
> threads,
> >> too, I think.
> >>
> >> As background, I'm exactly old enough that the moon landing
> is, as
> >> best I can tell, my oldest memory. I've seen pictures of stuff
> >> that happened before, but I clearly remember the space toys
> being
> >> given away at gas stations, our family buying our first
> color TV,
> >> and (just like now) keeping our distance... in that case we were
> >> supposed to stay six feet from the new set.
> >>
> >> From that global moment came all kinds of "big blue marble"
> >> photos, Bucky Fuller's "Spaceship Earth," and other images. Now
> >> we had a picture of "all in this together" where "all"
> really was
> >> every human. And then, a few decades later, we've created a
> >> global network, a global economy, and global epidemics. Not
> >> everyone made a direct, conscious connection about those images
> >> from space, but somehow we all grew up participating in the
> >> creation of these global structures and phenomena.
> >> Now I think we might have a chance to accelerate our swing back,
> >> to the micro, the local, the individual in equally strong,
> >> long-term ways. It took us a while to get there, but the
> message
> >> coming clearer now is "wear a mask," for instance, "to protect
> >> others..." And inside of that, this seems like a visceral
> >> reminder that "what you, the little individual does -- does
> >> matter." It matters with masks and the virus, but it can
> be, and
> >> I hope it will be, quickly translated to the plastic we use, the
> >> miles we drive, the other things we purchase and reinforce with
> >> our money, the way we manage emotions in groups, and so on. It
> >> matters for everyone to manage their own "stuff," their own
> >> behavior, purchases, words, and other choices.
> >>
> >> This is what I hope we might be learning, anyway. And
> within all
> >> of the possibilities, choosing to take responsibility for one's
> >> own experience, actively choosing to be learning and
> contributing,
> >> seems to me about the best choices we could focus on, each
> of us,
> >> individually and personally. What we've been saying all
> along, in
> >> various ways, that individual agency and actions matter, seems
> >> more important and understandable that ever.
> >>
> >> This makes me curious if and how what is happening now with the
> >> virus and what we've all been teaching and practicing and
> inviting
> >> "in open space," might shape the world over the next few
> decades.
> >> I wonder what kind of a world might emerge from increasing
> >> awareness of personal agency, responsibility, learning and
> >> contributing, in meetings and everywhere else.
> >>
> >> This is one good thing I have imagined could emerge from this.
> >> This is the view I'm testing as I watch the news and talk with
> >> clients these days.
> >>
> >> What do you think might come out of the current situation,
> on any
> >> scale?
> >>
> >> And is there anything else to do about helping it along, for
> now,
> >> wherever we are?
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Michael Herman
> >> Michael Herman Associates
> >> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
> >>
> >> MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/>
> >> OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> OSList mailing list
> >> To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> >> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> >> To unsubscribe send an email to
> >> OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>
> >> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> >> Past archives can be viewed here:
> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > OSList mailing list
> > To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > To unsubscribe send an email to
> OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> > Past archives can be viewed here:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> > _______________________________________________
> > OSList mailing list
> > To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > To unsubscribe send an email to
> OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> > Past archives can be viewed here:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Doris Gottlieb
> > Consultant | Facilitator | Mentor
> >
> > *T * +31(0)6. 29.23.27.12 **
> > *E * doris at dorisgottlieb.com <mailto:doris at dorisgottlieb.com>
> <mailto:doris at dorisgottlieb.com <mailto:doris at dorisgottlieb.com>>
> > *Skype * dorisgottlieb
> > *W *www.dorisgottlieb.com <http://www.dorisgottlieb.com>
> <http://www.dorisgottlieb.com/>
> >
> >
> > *Upcoming events and Genuine Contact™ program (GCP) training you
> can
> > find a complete listing of training offering here
> > <https://www.dorisgottlieb.com/workshops/>*
> >
> >
> > *Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution* | Online, 1,2 and 3 April 2020
> >
> > *Working with Open Space Technology *| Heeze 1 - 3 September 2020
> >
> > *Whole Person Process Facilitation* | Berlin, 25 -27 October 2020
> >
> > *Genuine Contact Organization *| Heeze 2 - 5 Feburary 2021
> >
> > *Genuine Contact Train the Trainer *| Heeze 12 - 16 April 2021
> >
> >
> > *With the Genuine Contact Netherlands Group we are offering a
> series of
> > 2 hour workshops that teach how to lead online meetings that are
> > effective, connective and inspiring you can find information
> about this
> > here <https://www.advanroosmalen.nl/online-vergaderen>
> > *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > OSList mailing list
> > To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > To unsubscribe send an email to
> OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>
> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> > Past archives can be viewed here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> >
>
> --
> Michael M Pannwitz
> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
> ++49 - 30-772 8000
> mmpannwitz at gmail.com <mailto:mmpannwitz at gmail.com>
>
>
> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 492 resident Open
> Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 142 countries
> worldwide
> www.openspaceworldmap.org <http://www.openspaceworldmap.org>
>
> At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space and other
> treasures, most in German, some in English, some as ebooks, some
> multilingual
> https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation
> _______________________________________________
> OSList mailing list
> To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org>
> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> Past archives can be viewed here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OSList mailing list
> To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
> Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
>
--
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
mmpannwitz at gmail.com
Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 492 resident Open
Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 142 countries worldwide
www.openspaceworldmap.org
At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space and other
treasures, most in German, some in English, some as ebooks, some
multilingual
https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation
More information about the OSList
mailing list