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How about adding "The Child" - the person who approaches this as a new
and wondrous experience, injecting great joy into the experience for
others. At RoCoCoCamp, these ranged between 1 and 80 years of age.<br>
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Peggy Holman wrote:
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<div>During a recent gathering, I found myself looking at the
dynamics of emergence from an entirely new angle: the roles that are
present.</div>
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<div>Harrison provided us a great gift when he named the four
principles and law of being in Open Space. I wonder if it might be
useful to know something about the roles that seem to be present when
emergence happens. </div>
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<div>Below is my sense of those roles. Some are no doubt more
critical than others; the list hasn't yet benefitted from the "one less
thing to do" treatment. I have missed some that are critical? Which
are truly vital and which are just interesting?</div>
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<div>I'd love to know your thoughts.</div>
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<div>appreciatively,</div>
<div>Peggy</div>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A Relational View
of the Dynamics in Emergent Systems</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When emergence in
social systems occurs, it results from a variety of roles.<span style="">
</span>Should any of them be missing, the chance of coherence
converging into novelty – of finding the simplicity on the other side
of complexity – is unlikely.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The roles may be
played by one or a variety of people.<span style=""> </span>Sometimes
they are even aspects of the environment.<span style=""> </span>The
ones we already know:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Attractor</b>
– Someone(s) who ask a calling question, inviting the system to come
present.<span style=""> </span>We typically call this person the
sponsor.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Guide</b>
– Someone(s) provide hospitable space for the work.<span style=""> </span>Sometimes
this includes a process that channels energy, other times, it is simply
ensuring the gentle structures for a nutrient environment are present.<span
style=""> </span>In group process work, this is the person
identified as the facilitator.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">The
People of the System</b> – these are the people who bring the varied
voices of the system.<span style=""> </span>The broader the
definition of the system, the more variety in the room.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Disturber</b>
– This is something from outside the system (a person on act of nature)
that interrupts existing assumptions or patterns.<span style=""> </span>It
can also be someone/something from inside the system that is
differentiating itself in a way that interrupts the given assumptions
and patterns.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Bridge/translator</b>
– someone who can provide a sufficient hook for others in the system to
connect with the disturbance/disturber.<span style=""> </span>Without
this role, rather than creative use of the disturbance, it will likely
be resisted or rejected by the system’s immune system.<span style=""> </span>These
folks are active in the conversation, helping the rest of the group
connect with what the disturber is attempting to express.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Edge
worker </b>– a easy to overlook and critical role!<span style=""> </span>Edge
workers are generally butterflies who hang at the margins.<span style="">
</span>When someone uses their two feet to move because they’re
disturbed, an edge worker listens, sees, and honors that participant.<span
style=""> </span>Edge workers are gifted at staying present to what
is happening for the other person, artfully reflecting back what they
experience and in so doing, support that participant to discover the
nugget hidden in their dissonance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">Organizer</b>
– once new insights start to emerge, someone(s) grasps the threads and
starts to weave them into a new story, one from which action flows.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="">“Artists”
bringing multiple modes of interaction</b> – bringing different forms
of expression – words, music, art, movement – matters.<span style=""> </span>It
helps move beyond stuck places, engaging people on different channels,
which seems to amplify the effectiveness of the interactions.</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>
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<div>________________________________<br>
Peggy Holman<br>
The Open Circle Company<br>
15347 SE 49th Place<br>
Bellevue, WA 98006<br>
(425) 746-6274 </div>
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<div>"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and
not get burnt, is to become <br>
the fire".<br>
-- Drew Dellinger</div>
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