[OSList] Beware of Bad Bosses... Take it From the Dilbert Cartoon
john watkins
johnw536 at mac.com
Mon Dec 13 11:36:06 PST 2021
Jeff,
And, maybe to be a little redundant to say, but meant to be respectfully honoring, both Chris Corrigan and Peggy Holman have really beautiful graphics that describe this path.
John Watkins
Oakland, CA
> On Dec 13, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael. Yes that's an interesting framing thank you.
>
> I am partial to the "chaordic path" taught in the Art of Hosting. This short video with a group of trainers talks about control, order, and chaos, and the sweet spot of leadership found in the dance between order and chaos.
>
> https://youtu.be/B8SNaAH20fk <https://youtu.be/B8SNaAH20fk>
>
> To try a first response to your question, I might say that "learning to trust the forces of self organization" is a remedy for institutional or personal habits of control.
>
> With my best for your holydays as well,
>
> Warmly,
> Jeff
>
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>
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> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 12:29 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
>
> all the best to you in 2022 and Merry Xmas.
>
> I wonder in which way the assumption
> "OST and other participatory methods are intended to remedy ..."
> is congruent with the assumption that OST is not intending to remedy any
> particular situation.
>
> As ost facilitator my assumption is that OST is an effective approach to
> expand time and space for the unfolding of selforganisation and that
> control accomplishes the opposite... and that it is utterly impossible
> to know what the forces of selforganisation will bring about.
>
> Isn't that what makes the OST approach unique?
>
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
>
> Am 13.12.2021 um 03:38 schrieb Jeff Aitken via OSList:
> > So yes, my question wasn't fully formed until now:
> >
> > I am fascinated that folks who are passionate about Open Space can be in
> > differing "poles" of the "polarity" in the USA, and also be able to show
> > how OS is a kind of guide to understanding their own view.
> >
> > Which leads me to wonder if good old OS can help unlock insights into
> > the situation in a fruitful way.
> >
> > Being USA centric in an international list has its issues, but any
> > insight from outside the USA is welcome and important, including a
> > request to keep it among us folk.
> >
> > We may not want to "go there" here, and that would be fine, but i would
> > feel remiss not to mention it, as 2022 draws near. It will be a big year
> > in these parts.
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 2:08 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com <mailto:r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com <mailto:r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it seems that the paradigm of authoritarian leadership is
> > exactly what OST and other participatory methods are intended to
> > remedy.
> >
> > The postwar work in social systems by folks like Kurt Levin and
> > others were a response to the tragic origins of the second world
> > war, along with the outdated mechanistic notions of human
> > organization. OD work and later OT work like Open Space have this in
> > their genealogy.
> >
> > I'm so curious how we may have differing perspectives on where such
> > authoritarian impulses are present now, and what to do about them.
> >
> > Not to "go there" right here and now, but to invite an inquiry into
> > the resources of this legacy of theory and practice as a guide for
> > muddling into the near future.
> >
> > Maybe skilled hosting would be called for in such a case. (Not
> > volunteering, as I am surely holding one of the "poles".)
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 12:28 PM Marc C. Trudeau 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:
> >
> > Mark, check out Daniel Mezick’s A-1 Meeting, as a way to give
> > the bosses a taste and help them test their own resolve. You
> > could build the A-1 around the OST Principles and Law. Odds are,
> > some of the bosses really are Open.
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Marc Trudeau
> > mobile 774-641-8302 <tel:774-641-8302>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> >> On Dec 12, 2021, at 11:48 AM, Mark Carmel 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:
> >>
> >>
> >> Greetings!!
> >>
> >> Bosses that SAY they are Open are perhaps ALL talk...
> >> THEREFORE, Beware of Bad Bosses. This is My New 1st Law of
> >> OST, unwritten and unspoken, of course. In my humble (or not
> >> so humble) opinion, All believers in and Facilitators of Open
> >> Space Technology must understand times have changed. In the
> >> US, we now live in Retaliation Nation. Don't believe it, just
> >> look at any and all the news. One smear campaign after
> >> another. Yet, the great USA is the most open and envied
> >> society on earth, right? Before leading your Open Spacers into
> >> the Tiger's Den, prior to the invitation stage and setting up
> >> the theme, i suggest you first vet the true intent of the
> >> bosses. Look at their past behavior and figure out whether
> >> they are open or if they repeat past behavior to pounce on
> >> open and honest people they consider Snitches. If a boss is
> >> dishonest and fake, do not consider honoring them with the
> >> miracle of OST. They don't deserve trust and will crush
> >> criticism like a bug.
> >>
> >> Take it from today's Dilbert Cartoon:
> >>
> >> Dilbert holds an Open Meeting... Dilbert says...We won a
> >> guvmint contract to build a CO2 capture machine. We are only
> >> brainstorming so remember, there are no bad ideas... Alice
> >> says...we could capture CO2 with a net. Aren't you going to
> >> write that down? Dilbert says...No, I'm fairly confident I'll
> >> remember that suggestion for the rest of my life... then Wally
> >> says...we could attract the CO2 with some sort of food... then
> >> Dilbert says...Forget it. You're all idiots. I'll just design
> >> the stupid machine myself... As employees exit the meeting,
> >> Alice says...that was fun. Then Wally says...
> >> I love brainstorming!
> >>
> >> Wishing Peace to the Peacemakers and TO ALL those you serve.
> >>
> >> Mark Carmel, OST Facilitator
> >> Collaborator King
> >> Circle of Synergy
> >> Circle of Champions
> >> Circle of Peace
> >> Chief cook and bottle washer...
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