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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">During the last week of June, I
hosted what turned out to be the most personally challenging work I’ve done in a
very long time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, I’d say it
broke me open, in a difficult but valuable way.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The primary gift was a move from a
defensive stand around Open Space to a co-creative stand.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ll say more about what this means and
how I got there by sharing the story of what it was like to hold space for
Philanthropy, Love, and Evolution (also known as the Philanthropy Salon).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My intent is not so much to share the
story of the conference, but rather, the story of facilitating the
conference.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">To begin at the beginning…the
signs that this would be different were there right from the start.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You know that thing about every group
saying, “we’re different?”, well, based on my experience, transformational
philanthropy – philanthropy intended to make a substantive difference in how
systems (e.g., health care, education, media, etc.) themselves work – really is
different!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But, that shall
unfold….</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The idea for the gathering was
born in May, 2005, when Michael Dowd, Tom Atlee, and I hosted the first
Evolutionary Salon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the end of
the gathering, one of our agreements was to host some “strategic conversations”,
bringing an evolutionary world view (I’ll share some background on this in
another posting) to different high leverage fields.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We decided to start with
philanthropists.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In September,
2005, we each reached out to people we knew in the field to ask their counsel on
how best to reach this audience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On
a conference call, we were met with enthusiastic support.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People jumped in, saying…”we should do
x, let’s try y”…in other words rather than telling us what WE needed to do, our
counselors enlisted themselves in the work!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Seemed like an auspicious beginning, as
they agreed to become our planning group.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Over the next few weeks, we
drafted an invitation and identified the well-respected, well-networked leaders
in the field of transformational philanthropy.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our planning team thought it looked
great…until they realized that the invitations would be coming from them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Suddenly, it wasn’t quite right.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We went back to the drawing board,
getting clearer about the purpose of the gathering.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We wrote another invitation and were met
with another stepping back.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Hmmm….I wondered, is there a
pattern here?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On our next call, I
asked about this approach-avoid pattern.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I was clear to come from a place of curiosity and non-attachment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After some self-reflection, people
acknowledged this as a cultural characteristic (understandable when, as one
said, everyone has an opinion on the best way you should spend your money).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Still, it was something of a turning
point.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The next version of the
invitation “took” and inviting began in earnest.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was slow at the beginning, but as it
became the place to be, we ultimately reached the capacity of our facility with
just the sort of mix of folks we had envisioned coming together.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As the date grew closer, I had my
second cultural surprise: more participants contacted me with opinions and
requests about how the gathering should be designed than I’ve ever experienced
before.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In retrospect, I can
describe some of the other cultural characteristics that I believe were at
play.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First, most of these folks
spend their professional lives in facilitated conversations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are VERY sophisticated about
process.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And since transformational
philanthropy has something of a spiritual aspect to it, most of them have done
deep personal work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many were used
to processes that took them into spaces of intimate, collective connection.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of the participants I talked with
before the gathering were familiar with Open Space, and didn’t think much of it
(more on this in another posting).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Secondly, though sophisticated, I found some odd blind spots.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My hunch is that this is a group of
people, who are among the “powerful” that many have trouble speaking truth to
(as in speaking truth to power).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
suspect they may be sheltered from the uncomfortable or the difficult even if
that isn’t their preference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Finally, while the facilitator is ALWAYS in service to the group, most
groups unconsciously cede their power to the facilitator.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a group that fully understands
that the facilitator serves at their pleasure.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Again, this didn’t truly come clear to
me until the meeting itself.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">From the half-dozen or so
conversations I had with participants prior to the gathering, there were two
issues that were most clearly expressed: the need to go “deep” and the need for
agreements so that there was a sense of safety for marginalized voices. (Thanks
to one of the planning group, we had a wonderful mix of people of color and
youth present.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As is often the
case when working with people who want to fill the space with planned processes,
I was highly protective of the space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Tom described me as a mama bear.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As I started to appreciate the
demands of this group, I was glad to have some highly skilled partners for the
hosting: Thomas Hurley, Juanita Brown and Tom Atlee.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we began discussing specifics, they
made it clear that they would do their best to support me.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Though it was not the design that they
would have used given a clean slate, they were there to make it work.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I made the choice that we would not
begin in Open Space for several reasons:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Our
experiences of the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> and 3<SUP>rd</SUP> salons made it clear that
we needed to set some context with the evolutionary story.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">There
were enough participants that I knew were hostile to Open Space that I wanted
to start with something more familiar to them (BTW, as I checked into it,
several had experienced multiple day OS gatherings with OS practitioners that
I respected, so it wasn’t a case of inexperienced support)</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">My
hosting partners had gifts to contribute to the mix</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">I
had sufficient clues to know I was dealing with a culture that I didn’t
understand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since I was working
with people who were familiar with the culture, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I knew I needed to trust their
counsel.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(The planning stretched
us all as we made room for each other’s very different beliefs about
facilitation.)</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We had the luxury of time - an
evening, and 4.5 days.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We agreed
that before going into Open Space, we had two pre-requisites: go deep – creating
a strong sense of intimacy and community, and ground people in the evolutionary
story (a lesson from the second and third evolutionary salons) so that when we
opened the space, we would go broad from depth.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was actually quite excited by this,
suspecting that with the diverse mix of people present, that deep connection
would increase the likelihood for breakthrough.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the issue of agreements, I argued
that this would work itself out in the Open Space, so we didn’t take it on
directly.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The first evening, people
introduced themselves by taking a “courageous love name”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(This was inspired by two sources: the
etymology of philanthropy – loving humanity (or more loosely, loving service);
and something we’d done at Spirited Work one season.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We’d chosen warrior names.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the spirit of a broader understanding
of philanthropy, rather than warrior names, people took a courageous love
name.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mine, which I have used since
taking it as my warrior name at Spirited Work, is Standing Still in the
Fire.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Little did I know that I
would have quite the opportunity to live into my name!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Following this step into
intimacy, what was supposed to be a 60 minute presentation on evolution by a
cosmologist, ran way over.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While it
contained beautiful animations of galaxies from the Hubble, there was enough
technical information and it was late enough at night, that it turned out not to
be the inspiring introduction to the story of evolution that we had
expected.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Something that Juanita
and Thomas had been VERY concerned about.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>When it was over, I said to Thomas, that while I knew he would find no
satisfaction in it, he had been right about not doing the presentation in the
evening.)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Following this mixed beginning,
Juanita, Thomas, Tom, and I met and concluded that we should re-think our plans
for the next day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The location of
the gathering, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Gold</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, is very special land.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Traditionally a gathering place for Native
American tribes to put aside their weapons and meet in peace, this land and its
native populations were ravaged by settlers when gold was found nearby. Its
current stewards are working to honor and restore its special energy to support
efforts that heal and transform the world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We began the first full day by offering some reflective questions to
people and sent them out to connect with the land and each other, using the
questions as they wished.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">When they returned, Juanita was to host a
World Café intended to begin connecting philanthropy and evolution.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As she introduced the question for the
café, one of the young people, Evon, a man who had been chief of his Alaskan
tribe, spoke.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was respectful and
articulate and named his discomfort with evolution, a term which we’d
incorporated into the question being used for the café.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than this discomfort, he was
raising the question of safe space (remember that pre-conference warning that we
needed to create agreements?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
hadn’t counted on this being an issue before the space was opened!).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Juanita handled the situation with
grace, ultimately handing the leadership to Evon and a partner with whom he
worked, angel to create safe space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We moved back into a council circle and they led a circle in which people
could say whatever they felt they needed to say for the space to be open for
their voices.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While this was
frustrating to those who wanted to get to the content (and they voiced this), it
seemed to accomplish its purpose.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When Juanita, Thomas, Tom and I
met after this circle, we agreed it was time to open the space.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One other factor now entered the
situation for me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We were at 8,500
feet of elevation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I discovered
that I couldn’t get more than 3 hours of sleep each night.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I’m an 8-hour-a-night kind of
person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was well aware of being
far less centered than I usually am when opening space.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Tuesday morning, I opened the
space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Something occurred that has
never happened to me in the 12 years of space holding.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The group rebelled.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They were quite adamant that they wanted
to stay together until they had a common grounding in both the state of
transformational philanthropy and an understanding of the evolutionary
story.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said that all they needed
to do was post the sessions and it would be clear by how people negotiated at
the agenda wall and how they used their two feet if they all wanted to stay
together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They rejected this; I
stepped back and watched as a debate ensued over whether to do a fish bowl, a
world café, or some other form to handle their desire to stay together.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As I witnessed this, I was mostly
marveling over the passion of this group as it clearly took charge of its needs.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After about 45 minutes, the group
fragmented into lots of small conversations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At that point, I made the one choice
that in retrospect, I see as my attachment to things.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was an impulse based in my Spirited
Work culture – I got up, asked for silence, said I’d ring a bell and when they
came out of silence, they would know what to do.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When the sound of the bell just ended,
one of the participants, who was sitting directly across from me, looked
straight at me and said they were doing just fine, thank you and that my ringing
of the bell was completely out of order.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I felt seared by his words.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I was standing still in the fire and I got cooked.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shortly after that, another participant
said that he thought they should do what I had suggested – post their sessions
and see what people were interested in.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And that’s what they did.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Vindication of sorts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They
did stay as a group for the afternoon, with two powerful sessions, one on how
the field of transformational philanthropy had evolved, followed by a session
that finally provided some insight into what the evolutionary world view had to
offer to philanthropy.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">That evening, one of the
participants hosted an extraordinary storytelling session that took people into
very intimate connection with each other.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The design was simple:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tell
a story of personal transformation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>People had 3-4 minutes for their stories.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A bell was sounded at 3 minutes and
again at 4 minutes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was a
talking object, so whoever wished to speak could do so when they were ready to
tell their story.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It took 2 days before most folks
talked to me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I realized that in
process work terms, I’d played an important role, making it completely clear who
was in charge - them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was
basically fine with what had taken place, still, it was definitely took some
deep breathing to be at peace with it all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I spent much of the time over the rest of the gathering making amends
with the people who had called me before the gathering, letting them know that I
realized that I needed to work with them in a co-creative way rather than simply
defending the space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As an example
of what I mean by this, on the last day of the OS, one of the participants
approached me with a common request in multiple day Open Spaces – they wanted
people to say more than a title for their sessions so that they had a better
understanding of what the sessions were about.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My traditional stance for this is to
encourage them to talk to the convener to find out more.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This time, when we began the morning
postings, I named the request and the tension – the more time describing
sessions, the less time to be in them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I said they were adults and could make their choices knowing this was the
tradeoff.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I felt this honored the
request and the space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It seemed to
work.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This is how I am thinking about
what it means to be co-creative: Identify what, if any, tensions exist between
the request and keeping the space open and then work with the requester to
create a response that respects both.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">By the end of the conference, a
number of the participants talked about it as a landmark event.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When Michael, Tom and I had discussed
our desire for this gathering before it began, that had been our highest
aspiration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No matter how
personally challenging it was, the outcome was all that I could have wanted…and
more.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Unlike most Open Spaces, I
actually wrote a report:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/PhilanthropyES2006.html">http://www.co-intelligence.org/PhilanthropyES2006.html</A>
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Stay tuned for:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>The perceptions of Open Space by some of the folks I
met</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>The evolutionary world view (as offered in the context of
its relationship to conversation)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">BTW, one other cultural
characteristic of philanthropists – they live their lives as butterflies,
holding many, many private sessions.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
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