<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chris</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Karen reply about 'needs'made me reflect. I once did an
'sort' of Appreciative Inquiry with as many of the people involved who want to
come and asked them just a few questions. coming form the AI theory. We
ended with thequestion:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>'what do you want more of....' Every single
individual got the opportunity to write his answers and reflections on a very
big and long brown paper. As we stood in fromt of the big brown paper the
question and invitiation became clear (and was a common ground!). Afther this
event we had an Open Space. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>warm regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=345204913-21032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Carla</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=015233815-16112005>Met
vriendelijke groet,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=015233815-16112005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=015233815-16112005>drs. Carla
Vliex</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=015233815-16112005>Adviseur Organisatie
Ontwikkeling </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><B><SPAN lang=nl><FONT face=Arial
size=1>------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN></B>
<BR><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=nl><STRONG>Twynstra Gudde Adviseurs
en Managers</STRONG></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=nl>Stationsplein 1, 3818 LE
Amersfoort</SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=nl>Postbus 907, 3800 AX Amersfoort</SPAN>
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial>033-4677761</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial>06 53927407<BR><SPAN lang=en-gb>Internet <A
title=http://www.twynstragudde.nl/
href="http://www.twynstragudde.nl/">www.twynstragudde.nl</A>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-gb><IMG alt="" hspace=0
src="cid:345204913@21032006-3839" align=baseline
border=0></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<P><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris
Corrigan<BR><B>Sent:</B> maandag 20 maart 2006 17:17<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Conflict in
community<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi Folks:<BR><BR>An inquiry for you.<BR><BR>I've had a couple of
conversations this week with people involved with local school boards in the
United States. The common themes in these conversations include high
degrees of local conflict, positional politics, an extreme lack of resources
over which no one locally has any control and labour relations that are best
described as toxic. <BR><BR>IN a conversation today, one man said that he wanted
to try Open Space simply as a way to have all the parts of the system understand
each other. I suggested that this might not bring the peace he was looking
for, as people who would come to that kind of meeting hoping to convince others
of their righteousness would feel at the end of the day that they were either
winners or losers. I thought that result wouldn't necessarily be
transformational. When I asked him if instead we couldn't issue an
invitation to invite people essentially to answer the question "how can we BE
together differently in this system" he balked a little at the notion of a
smaller group of "like minded" individuals. Of course I don;t see this as
starkly black and white, but nevertheless, he thought an "airing of the issues
and a shared understanding" were most important. <BR><BR>So my question goes to
people who have worked in this situation, with groups that are highly wedded to
positions. What are the kinds of invitations that allow for "airing,"
generated shared understanding, and perhaps lead to transformative
relationships? <BR><BR>By the way, I told him I would do this for less than 1.5
days.<BR><BR>Thoughts and reflections welcome.<BR><BR>Chris<BR clear=all><BR>--
<BR>CHRIS CORRIGAN<BR>Consultation - Facilitation<BR>Open Space Technology
<BR><BR>Weblog: <A
href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot</A><BR>Site:
<A href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</A><BR>Open
Space Resources: <A href="http://tinyurl.com/r94tj">
http://tinyurl.com/r94tj</A> * *
==========================================================
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe,
unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of
oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about
OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
</BODY></HTML>
*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:
http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist