Hey Filiz,<br>
<br>
Glad to know that Bugday has caught on to OS! I am planning
to do my research project on it in the next few months - perhaps I can
correspond with you?<br>
<br>
Give my love to Victor,<br>
<br>
Belinda in London<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/01/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Filiz Telek</b> <<a href="mailto:filiz@bugday.org">filiz@bugday.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
dear Michael<br><br>thank you for your wonderfully simple yet enlightining message! I truly<br>enjoyed reading the four practices...Chris and you definitely worked out a<br>lovely language...<br><br>I am trying to connect back with my question..I guess a little background
<br>will be helpful...<br>Funda and I are trying to bring in open space into the Turkish scene through<br>different means. For example we are planning to organize a training in<br>istanbul this spring...I just moved back to Turkey, one of the reasons being
<br>working with open space here (that makes it both a practice and a goal I<br>guess) Funda has been trying to spread the word for quite a while...things<br>have been simmering but we havent cooked the full dish yet...<br>
that's what motivated to ask this question because it makes a difference in<br>our approach to people. Someone here recently told me what a horrible open<br>space experience she had and when I asked why, she said the facilitator
<br>behaved like an open space missioner! she said that it shouldnt be a goal<br>but a tool...<br>of course this is coming from someone who has obviously not immersed in OS<br>simple yet deep philosophy; yet she makes a point. that made me think about
<br>this and how we approach people with the solution we offer...there are<br>zillion methodologies and practices out there and neither is the ultimate<br>answer, is it??<br>OS is my practice too and I try to practice it in my life as much as
<br>possible...yet when it comes to offer it to people, I dont want to be in a<br>position of defending or struggling with making people to understand. Funny<br>enough I know I dont need to, I am well aware when time is ripe (Whenever it
<br>starts is the right time) the need will surface and space will be<br>opened...and we will then happily report it to the list! :)<br><br>from a rainy Istanbul,<br>filiz<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Michael Herman" <
<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>><br>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:06 PM<br>Subject: Re: goal or tool
<br><br><br>> hi filiz,<br>><br>> for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or<br>> practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attention to doing, all<br>> the time. i've written in my weblog several times recently about
<br>> this, (<a href="http://www.michaelherman.com">www.michaelherman.com</a>) and chris corrigan and i have been<br>> working out the language for something we've called "the four<br>> practices of open space". my latest version of these looks like
<br>> this...<br>><br>> 1. opening heart... this means everything from the meditative time<br>> setting up the space, letting my heart open, touch and fill the space,<br>> the chairs, etc., to the more objective 'opening the heart of the
<br>> matter', of the issue, getting to what really matters, because that is<br>> what we want to invite attention to...<br>><br>> 2. inviting attention... i think of this as what we do with the<br>> invitation, inviting attandance, bring your attetion to the meeting,
<br>> and then simple things like posting previous information, if necessary<br>> on the walls, inviting review, ringing the bells to invite attention,<br>> beginning the opening and inviting attention to the posters, the other
<br>> participants, the purpose, the passion inside of each participant...<br>> it might be a talking thing or a listening thing here... in coaching<br>> it might be inviting attention to a question and then letting the
<br>> person talk... it almost always seems a focusing thing... adjusting<br>> focus... expanding and stretching, or focusing and concentrating... on<br>> the thing(s) that emerged(ing) from the heart.<br>><br>
> 3. supporting connection... when all the people, ideas, information<br>> and attention shows up in response to the invitation... the next<br>> practice is to support it staying connected... this is the part of the
<br>> opening where we explain how people will connect with each other,<br>> posting topics, moving around... notice that the law of two feet<br>> supports connection between participants, as well as letting people
<br>> stay connected to themselves, their passions, learning and<br>> contribution in the moment... sometimes i say "if you find your mind<br>> wandering, take you body with it - stay whole" ...supporting
<br>> connection inside. this is also where we think about ongoing,<br>> afterward support structures, online forums, and participant address<br>> lists and other things that would support connection beyond the event.
<br>><br>> 4. grounding the energy... is the process of making it real... taking<br>> action, or just noticing action... or in smaller ways, we ring the<br>> bells and invite everyone back for evening news, grounding the energy
<br>> of the day in the largest circle, the largest whole, remembering that<br>> we are part of this whole. returning attention, remembering, the<br>> purpose and the place where we started. saying thank you, in an open
<br>> space or not... is taking the rise of energy we feel and grounding it<br>> in somebody else. taking all the conversations and notes and typing<br>> it all up grounds the energy of the day in a document. it makes the
<br>> thing real in some way, and gives us a 'solid' place to rest heart a<br>> little more open in the next cycle.<br>><br>> notice, too, that these practices can be nested, in a fractal sort of<br>> way, practices inside of practices... holding an event might have an
<br>> "connecting" sort of purpose, with an opening briefing (one piece of<br>> the event) whose purpose is still to invite attention to that purpose,<br>> and within that opening there is the moment where all of the attention
<br>> and internal connecting with passion is grounded in topics that get<br>> written and taped to the wall. so these things are all definitely<br>> happening at once, inside and embracing each other.<br>><br>
> having thought all these things, i tried it out at my last opening...<br>> as i am setting up some chairs, i wonder what to do, the usual inner<br>> stirrings and butterflies. checking the practices, i think to myself
<br>> that all i really need to do is open my heart. touch the space. so<br>> then that's all i do... as i set up the chairs. then when i reach my<br>> limit and the room is full, i ring the bells, invite all the gathered
<br>> attention into one spot, and the whole circle. once all the<br>> participants have noticed the other participantsand the theme, i<br>> support connection with the usual marketplace, two feet, bulletin<br>> board, and reflection about personal passion. then they start
<br>> grounding the energy in written topics.<br>><br>> through the day, i might cycle through these, in little ways, many<br>> times... always returning to opening heart, which i think is the main<br>> way in which we lead in these circles. in and out of open space work,
<br>> i'm starting to pay more attention to these four practices.<br>><br>> more and more, i 'm thinking that what we're really practicing in (and<br>> out) of these meetings is opening heart, and then inviting and
<br>> supporting others in doing the same.<br>><br>> thanks for the question. i wonder what anyone else will say. anyone?<br>><br>> michael<br>><br>><br>> On 1/16/06, Jan Cirkola <<a href="mailto:janorak@hotmail.com">
janorak@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:18:21 -0000, Filiz Telek <<a href="mailto:filiz@bugday.org">filiz@bugday.org</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> >greetings from Istanbul!<br>
>> ><br>>> >I have been wondering for a while...acknowledging OS is a way of life,<br>>> >in<br>>> your professional life, is it a goal or a tool for you?<br>>> >and do you think OS is the only solution there is there to offer?
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