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Harrison and Michael,
<br>Thank you for these posts.
<br>At our recent training these issues definitely came up among the participants.
We focused on two things:
<br>~ informed consent of sponsor (upside/downside story and a clear understanding
of OST)
<br>~ facilitator self-support within the notion that we do not create
anything new - OST allows what it is already there to be experienced consciously.
We cannot guarantee future iterations. If we feel ethically moved to go
further, we can enquire as to whether the sponsor/org is committed to addressing
what emerges and how they might do that. They can choose and so can we
- including offering further support and/or assisting them to open their
own space.
<p>best wishes,
<br>glory
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=-1> michael wrote:</font>
<br><font size=-1>my feeling and stance on this matter is to my mind, quite
simple:</font>
<br><font size=-1>if the client wants an open space event and sticks to
this notion after I have talked to him, thats what will happen I either
take it or leave it....nobody knowing what will happen beyond;</font>
<br><font size=-1>if the client wants an intervention to transform his
organisation and I am crazy enough to believe that this is actually possible,
so be it .... nobody knowing what will happen beyond;</font>
<br><font size=-1>I definetely do not want to worry about what will happen
to an organisation that has chosen to let open space technology come into
its life...all I do is to make sure that the client knows that there could
be some surprises in store for him and his organisation with no assurance
that neither I nor he has an inkling of what that might actually mean.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=-1>Harrison wrote></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=-1>This may appear heartless,
but I do not experience it that way. Rather, I perceive this to be a simple
recognition of the limits of my own abilities and powers.</font></blockquote>
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