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<DIV>When I participate in open space, how I trust myself becomes profound
factor in how I engage with my community. I trust that my ability to learn will
support new conversations, I trust that my capacity for compassion will support
my listening deeply. I trust that my commitment to self-organization will
support my passion for authentic engagement.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My interest in trust is around the question of how we can help create
the conditions in which people can more deeply experience trust in themselves,
without which trust of others is less possible.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jack</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>~~~~~~~~~~</DIV>
<DIV>jack ricchiuto</DIV>
<DIV>two.one.six/three.seven.three/seven.four.seven.five</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.designinglife.com/">www.designinglife.com</A> / <A
href="http://www.appreciativeleadership.org/">www.appreciativeleadership.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>------------Original Message------------</DIV>
<DIV>From: Therese Fitzpatrick <therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com></DIV>
<DIV>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</DIV>
<DIV>Date: Mon, Jan-31-2005 10:15 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Is trust a part of open space?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks, folks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have been teasing out some of my own internal processes and I
needed</DIV>
<DIV>to hear OS'ers talking about trust in OS. I am feeling real
gratitude</DIV>
<DIV>to 'hear' what you think.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It looks, to me, that in deciding whether or not to openly voice an</DIV>
<DIV>element like trust, it all depends on the situation.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Judging when to say "trust" out loud is part of the art.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:32:46 +0200, averbuch
<averbuch@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> I believe trust can be both the result of an open space gathering
(in at</DIV>
<DIV>> least 90% of what I have witnessed or facilitated). and the
precondition to</DIV>
<DIV>> one.</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> An example that comes to mind is the 3 day OS in Rome 4 years
ago,</DIV>
<DIV>> facilitated by Harrison, of Israelis and Palestinians opening space
for the</DIV>
<DIV>> question of:" what are the issues and challenges in building
trust"... The</DIV>
<DIV>> people that came didn't trust one another to begin with but they did
care</DIV>
<DIV>> enough to come. The wading through for three days together created
some</DIV>
<DIV>> fragile but real trust. Some people stayed in contact, most didn't,
but all</DIV>
<DIV>> stayed with the experience that it was and is possible to move
forward</DIV>
<DIV>> (there is a paper telling the story of what the participants thought
of the</DIV>
<DIV>> experience a year and a half later that was put together buy Carol
Daniel,</DIV>
<DIV>> Avner Haramati and myself for the POP gathering in Seattle
(Whidbey).</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> As I understand it the basic element of trust needed may be only
one:</DIV>
<DIV>> - thinking that it is worthwhile trusting the wisdom of self
organization in</DIV>
<DIV>> the sense that you "know" (deeply trust) that human kind, like any
other</DIV>
<DIV>> kind - has a collective wisdom that will be manifested if called
for. Like</DIV>
<DIV>> trusting the process of giving birth (yes you need to keep it clean
and take</DIV>
<DIV>> some measures of rest before and after, and a nap throughout won't
hurt</DIV>
<DIV>> too:)).</DIV>
<DIV>> When I come to think of it my main road
of learning the sense of</DIV>
<DIV>> self organization over time are all of you, who
became, as trust</DIV>
<DIV>> grew and developed, my community of practice. Watching oslist showed
me in a</DIV>
<DIV>> very plain and simple way the dance of the visible, the
lurking, the</DIV>
<DIV>> emergent-.</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> If the open space takes place in a community this basic element is
enough</DIV>
<DIV>> and I trust that those who care enough to come will show up and do
the work</DIV>
<DIV>> of the collective.</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> If the open space takes place in a context of an organization I
usually need</DIV>
<DIV>> a second sense of trust and that is:</DIV>
<DIV>> - that those in power and formal leadership really know that opening
space</DIV>
<DIV>> means sharing power/leadership, opening up to surprise - at
least have this</DIV>
<DIV>> intention. I am not very particular if they espier for sharing
leadership</DIV>
<DIV>> because of their values or because of their despair but I do mind if
they</DIV>
<DIV>> are genuine.</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> For this second sense of trust I do preparatory work. When I smell
the</DIV>
<DIV>> reason for an OS is "a new fad" I try to stay out. I am very
interested if</DIV>
<DIV>> anyone cares to share: what do you do? When do you decide not to
step in</DIV>
<DIV>> even if you are asked to?</DIV>
<DIV>> All the best</DIV>
<DIV>> Tova</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Tova Averbuch טובה
אורבוך</DIV>
<DIV>> 34 Rabinovitz St. רחוב רבי�וביץ 34</DIV>
<DIV>> Holon 58672
חולון</DIV>
<DIV>> Israel</DIV>
<DIV>>
972-3-5523476</DIV>
<DIV>> averbuch@post.tau.ac.il</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> -----Original Message-----</DIV>
<DIV>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Shay Ben</DIV>
<DIV>> Yosef</DIV>
<DIV>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:16 PM</DIV>
<DIV>> To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</DIV>
<DIV>> Subject: {Spam?} Re: Is trust a part of open space?</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Dear friends</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> yes the trust is a basic element of the OS but unfortunately we
can't force</DIV>
<DIV>> it to be there...</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> So we just have to enable it, to make the proper conditions.</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Maybe if I trust myself, trusting the sponsor, the preparation team
and the</DIV>
<DIV>> participants it will show up</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Thank you all for the learning opportunities I'm getting from this
community</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Shay</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> ----- Original Message -----</DIV>
<DIV>> From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen@comcast.net></DIV>
<DIV>> To: <OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU></DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:05 PM</DIV>
<DIV>> Subject: FW: Is trust a part of open space?</DIV>
<DIV>></DIV>
<DIV>> > From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hhowen@comcast.net]</DIV>
<DIV>> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:39 AM</DIV>
<DIV>> > To: 'Therese Fitzpatrick'</DIV>
<DIV>> > Subject: RE: Is trust a part of open space?</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask folk to trust, but I doubt it
would</DIV>
<DIV>> > do</DIV>
<DIV>> any</DIV>
<DIV>> > good. A very high percentage of the time when somebody says,
"Trust</DIV>
<DIV>> > me" we think just the opposite. If you have to say it, it may
not be</DIV>
<DIV>> > there, and</DIV>
<DIV>> if</DIV>
<DIV>> > you have to ask for it, it may never come. The most wonderful
thing</DIV>
<DIV>> > for me is that without a word, Trust shows up (along with
respect and</DIV>
<DIV>> > hope).</DIV>
<DIV>> After</DIV>
<DIV>> > the fact it probably wouldn't hurt to ask folks if they
noticed???</DIV>
<DIV>> > When I</DIV>
<DIV>> do</DIV>
<DIV>> > this -- there is usually a gorgeous collective Ahaaah!
Moment.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Harrison Owen</DIV>
<DIV>> > 7808 River Falls Drive</DIV>
<DIV>> > Potomac, Maryland 20845</DIV>
<DIV>> > Phone 301-365-2093</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com</DIV>
<DIV>> > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org</DIV>
<DIV>> > Personal website <A
href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm">http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > -----Original Message-----</DIV>
<DIV>> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf
Of</DIV>
<DIV>> > Therese Fitzpatrick</DIV>
<DIV>> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:08 AM</DIV>
<DIV>> > To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</DIV>
<DIV>> > Subject: Re: Is trust a part of open space?</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Thanks, Allen.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > I see trust as part of the energy that allows open space to
emerge. I</DIV>
<DIV>> > see it as integral to all the principles and the law of two
feet.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Is it acceptable Open Space practice to invite participants to
trust?</DIV>
<DIV>> > Or is it best to leave trust unspoken?</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Thanks. I'm chewing on something and I'd like to hear
about</DIV>
<DIV>> > experiences around 'trust'.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Therese</DIV>
<DIV>> > (Paul: I just remembered that I am not using my name.
My apologies.)</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:53:31 -0500, Alan Klein
<alan@klein.net> wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> > > Sure and it goes beyond "Trust the process", though that
is</DIV>
<DIV>> > > important. I believe that it starts (and maybe ends) with
the</DIV>
<DIV>> > > facilitator trusting themselves.</DIV>
<DIV>> > ></DIV>
<DIV>> > > ~Alan Klein</DIV>
<DIV>> > ></DIV>
<DIV>> > > -----Original Message-----</DIV>
<DIV>> > > From: Therese Fitzpatrick</DIV>
<DIV>> > > I am just going to ask my question without posting what I
think.</DIV>
<DIV>> > > I'd like to hear some what some of you think about trust
and open</DIV>
<DIV>> > > space.</DIV>
<DIV>> > ></DIV>
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