<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">In one Open Space, a fairly short meeting, a woman came to me and asked if I thought that Open Space did not work very well for shy people. I replied that shy people often seemed to be comfortable speaking in the smaller groups. She said that she thought we should add active facilitation to make sure that everyone had a chance to speak. I did not offer to do that, but encouraged her to find a group that interested her, to speak up if she wished, and to use her two feet to find the right spot.<BR>
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All the groups were in one room, and I observed for a bit. Although the small groups were set up with extra chairs so a new person could easily join the circle, this woman pulled up a chair well outside the circle, behind the backs of many participants. She listened for just a few minutes, then moved to a different group. She repeated this same pattern several times, then left the meeting.<BR>
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I did not observe "space invader" behavior in the small groups, though perhaps there were <BR>
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