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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>"Artur F. Silva"
wrote:<br>
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> For a movement to be "world-wide" it is not enough, IMHO,
that events<br>
> are organised in many places. It is also needed that different
experiences<br>
> are reported to a common forum and discussed there, with
reference<br>
> to pertinent theory.<br>
><br>
Chris wrote:</blockquote><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>We've had this discussion
before...is Open Space a "movement"? I personally<br>
don't think so. I don't use it as part of a movement either....so I
don't<br>
feel it is especially necessary to have OST do one thing or another or be
used<br>
here there and everywhere to meet any conditions of a "world-wide
movement."<br>
For me, it is the most effective group meeting process ever invented,
with<br>
lots of personal, social and political implications to be sure, but I
don't<br>
feel like I'm part of an "Open Space movement"
(towards....?). I'm just a<br>
facilitator, using a tricky, yet effective process, who joined the
list<br>
because he needed folks to bounce ideas off of.</blockquote><br>
I confess I too get a little nervous with the notion of Open Space as a
"movement." And certainly at its point of genesis (in the
bottom of two Martinis) it was anything but. Having said all that, I find
myself rather awe struck by what we have learned and accomplished
with the gift of two Martinis. As we approach the 16th year of this
ongoing natural, and therefore serendipitous, experiment, I think the
learning (certainly my learning) has been much more related to the
enormous (and generally under-utilized) potential of <i>Homo sapiens,</i>
than about serving clients and facilitating gatherings. For me, Open
Space has become a blinding flash of the obvious -- if we can do so much
and feel so good -- why not do it all the time? And if we are of mind to
do just that Open Space Technology can help -- not by adding something
new, but rather by confronting us with what we already are. So if being
fully what we already are represents a "movement" -- then I
guess Open Space is guilty. On the other hand, it may simply be a matter
of stopping long enough to appreciate what is. Just the antithesis of
movement. <br>
<br>
Harrison<br>
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