Hi folks: I'm replying to OPening Space 24X7. <br><br>I've been experimenting with living in open space (which I'd call "OS 24/7"!) since about 1996, maintaining
the classic patterns, both as a personal practice and as an
organizational form.<br>
<br>I wanted to let you all know I have written two essays about my experiments: <br>1.
the experience of living in an Open Space organization: Self-Organizing
Systems, Spirited Work 1999--2005. You can access it at
www.SunyataGroup.ws--or google Sunyata Goup, Renton WA. USA. Click on
the Articles Library (in left hand Menu List). And double click on the
article. (The practice of the Four Fold Way was not integral to the
organizational form. The form was classic OS.)<br>
2. Some of my experiments with OS as a personal practice are described in OS as a Peace Practice. It's Chapter 2 of Raffi's on-line book, published a few years ago.<br><br>I'd be very happy to hear from anyone who wants to talk about these-- or to learn of other experiments you all are doing with OS 24/7.<br>
<br>Thanks! Blessings in this holiday season and all year long!<br><br>Anne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM, OSLIST automatic digest system <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LISTSERV@listserv.boisestate.edu">LISTSERV@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Topics of the day:<br>
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1. Invitation<br>
2. Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite! (2)<br>
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:08:17 +0900<br>
From: "Spark.osk" <<a href="mailto:spark.osk@gmail.com">spark.osk@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: Invitation<br>
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Suzanne- With your point on the importance of being presence of caring for =<br>
any human encounter, you've trully illuminated the treacherous ways I have =<br>
trodden! You've surely opened a space for me and many encounters to be happ=<br>
ened on my way to the future. Thank you very much. ;-()<br>
<br>
Spark<br>
Open Space Institue of Korea<br>
<a href="mailto:spark@openspace.kr">spark@openspace.kr</a><br>
821072470636<br>
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=EC=A0=9C=EB=AA=A9: Re: Invitation<br>
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Before invitation, conversation.=C2=A0 Is it wrong to feel and see opportun=<br>
ities for opening space based on those conversations that happen every day =<br>
in so many places? I feel myself listening differently now, engaging differ=<br>
ently not to be leading people but to discover how life is where they are r=<br>
ight now.=C2=A0 I notice often the energy shifting as we talk about what's =<br>
not working and what their world, our world would be like if... It's a conv=<br>
ersation of many stories. With a certain longing, in that present moment, I=<br>
hear hope and feel the positive energy about a future that could be differ=<br>
ent; I hear courage and the whispers of plans not yet shared with others bu=<br>
t certainly in the mind .=C2=A0 More often than not, the plans have to do w=<br>
ith escaping where they are to start anew somewhere else. Very rarely do I =<br>
hear plans for changing or improving the current place where they are.=C2=<br>
=A0 It's as if people cannot conceive this in the same way that people cann=<br>
ot conceive what happens in Open Space until they live it. They can't seem =<br>
to conceive Super High Performance and a significantly improved quality of =<br>
life in their current work situation based on the complex messes that are o=<br>
ut there. Too big a leap somehow. Yet hope is still there buried somewhere.<br>
<br>
If I mention Open Space, I can feel people pulling back -- worrying already=<br>
as they cling to their facade, fearing that they would need to expose what=<br>
they guard closely--themselves.=C2=A0 Then we might talk a little more, an=<br>
d I feel them drawn again as they imagine non-hierarchical, diverse convers=<br>
ations on topics that matter that people are passionate about and want to t=<br>
ake responsibility for. Again, hope and courage re-surfaces.=20<br>
<br>
I see patterns, like a dance where we go back and forth. The longing to try=<br>
and the fear about the unknown. =C2=A0 Until the very end, to the point wh=<br>
ere the Open Space is about to start, I feel stress in the air.=C2=A0 Do I =<br>
nudge, entice and ignite? Yes. Do I talk with many prior to? Yes not to des=<br>
cribe in any detail but just to be there listening quietly, for them to kno=<br>
w me then and know my invitation.=C2=A0 Do I bend people against their will=<br>
? No or hopefully not.=20<br>
<br>
It is still very difficult to find that balance to not persuade in the wron=<br>
g way and to only nudge in a caring way.=C2=A0 When you know the transforma=<br>
tive impact and power of Open Space, it is extremely hard I find to keep it=<br>
bottled inside.<br>
<br>
In the end, as I imagine a tipping point to be "opening space" more often i=<br>
n all kinds of places, I believe it will come from the conversations that p=<br>
recede invitations -- conversations that may or may not lead to Open Space =<br>
per se; yet important conversations that are still opening space.<br>
<br>
<br>
Suzanne<br>
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Ralph Copleman <<a href="mailto:rcopleman@comcast.net">rcopleman@comcast.net</a>> wro=<br>
te:<br>
Power, control, and "WOW"...<br>
<br>
When I extend an invitation for OS, I am aware that at least some of those=<br>
I am inviting may feel I am attempting to exercise a degree of power and c=<br>
ontrol over some portion of their time and/or mind. =C2=A0No matter how muc=<br>
h "Wow" I think I have put into my invitation, I have no control whatsoever=<br>
over what others think.<br>
<br>
My practice is to begin holding space the moment I commit to a meeting. =<br>
=C2=A0This is the way I know to be congruent with what I understand to be o=<br>
pen space. =C2=A0If I seek to bend people against their inclination into th=<br>
inking that the meeting is a good idea, important, etc., and then show up a=<br>
nd say, "Welcome to open space," well then, I haven't been completely consi=<br>
stent. =C2=A0And the space is not really open.<br>
<br>
People accept invitations based on the way they think, perceive, think, tr=<br>
ust, and/or project. =C2=A0Their lives include a range of circumstances and=<br>
previous commitments. =C2=A0If I'm authentically holding the space right f=<br>
rom the moment the idea of the gathering is conceived, there is nothing abo=<br>
ut the choice to accept the invitation that is not completely theirs. =C2=<br>
=A0I may, of course, offer persuasion, promote possible benefits, or use en=<br>
ticing language and images. =C2=A0As a former public relations practitioner=<br>
, I am not adverse to employing these tools, but I seek a balance that comm=<br>
unicates my position and beliefs on one hand and the opportunity available =<br>
to them on the other.<br>
<br>
So I have trouble with the idea that invitations "fail". =C2=A0I like what=<br>
HO says about investigating how I could do things better if nobody shows, =<br>
and I must ultimately let "Whoever comes..." be my guide. =C2=A0But if peop=<br>
le are unavailable, too busy, too far away, or just not interested, well, I=<br>
just figure I'm ahead of the curve!<br>
<br>
From sunny New Jersey, USA,<br>
<br>
Ralph Copleman<br>
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FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">Suzanne- With your point on the importance of being pr=<br>
esence of caring for any human encounter, you've trully illuminated the tre=<br>
acherous ways I have trodden! You've surely opened a space for me and many =<br>
encounters to be happened on my way to the future. Thank you very much. ;-(=<br>
)<br><br>Spark<br>Open Space Institue of Korea<br><a href="mailto:spark@openspace.kr">spark@openspace.kr</a><br>821=<br>
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ly:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Re: Invitation</span><br><br>Before invitat=<br>
ion, conversation. Is it wrong to feel and see opportunities for open=<br>
ing space based on those conversations that happen every day in so many pla=<br>
ces? I feel myself listening differently now, engaging differently not to b=<br>
e leading people but to discover how life is where they are right now. =<br>
; I notice often the energy shifting as we talk about what's not working an=<br>
d what their world, our world would be like if... It's a conversation of ma=<br>
ny stories. With a certain longing, in that present moment, I hear hope and=<br>
feel the positive energy about a future that could be different; I hear co=<br>
urage and the whispers of plans not yet shared with others but certainly in=<br>
the mind . More often than not, the plans have to do with escaping w=<br>
here they are to start anew somewhere else. Very rarely do I hear plans for=<br>
changing or improving the current place where they are. It's as if p=<br>
eople cannot conceive this in the same way that people cannot conceive what=<br>
happens in Open Space until they live it. They can't seem to conceive Supe=<br>
r High Performance and a significantly improved quality of life in their cu=<br>
rrent work situation based on the complex messes that are out there. Too bi=<br>
g a leap somehow. Yet hope is still there buried somewhere.<br><br>If I men=<br>
tion Open Space, I can feel people pulling back -- worrying already as they=<br>
cling to their facade, fearing that they would need to expose what they gu=<br>
ard closely--themselves. Then we might talk a little more, and I feel=<br>
them drawn again as they imagine non-hierarchical, diverse conversations o=<br>
n topics that matter that people are passionate about and want to take resp=<br>
onsibility for. Again, hope and courage re-surfaces. <br><br>I see patterns=<br>
, like a dance where we go back and forth. The longing to try and the fear =<br>
about the unknown. Until the very end, to the point where the Open S=<br>
pace is about to start, I feel stress in the air. Do I nudge, entice =<br>
and ignite? Yes. Do I talk with many prior to? Yes not to describe in any d=<br>
etail but just to be there listening quietly, for them to know me then and =<br>
know my invitation. Do I bend people against their will? No or hopefu=<br>
lly not. <br><br>It is still very difficult to find that balance to not per=<br>
suade in the wrong way and to only nudge in a caring way. When you kn=<br>
ow the transformative impact and power of Open Space, it is extremely hard =<br>
I find to keep it bottled inside.<br><br>In the end, as I imagine a tipping=<br>
point to be "opening space" more often in all kinds of places, I believe i=<br>
t will come from the conversations that precede invitations -- conversation=<br>
s that may or may not lead to Open Space per se; yet important conversation=<br>
s that are still opening space.<br><br><br>Suzanne<br><br> <br><br><br=<br>
><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 18,=<br>
2009 at 3:51 PM, Ralph Copleman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:rc">rc</a>=<br>
<a href="mailto:opleman@comcast.net">opleman@comcast.net</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:rcopleman@comcast.net">rcopleman@comcast.net</a></a>></span>=<br>
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px soli=<br>
d rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Power,=<br>
control, and "WOW"...<br><br> When I extend an invitation for OS, I am awa=<br>
re that at least some of those I am inviting may feel I am attempting to ex=<br>
ercise a degree of power and control over some portion of their time and/or=<br>
mind. No matter how much "Wow" I think I have put into my invitation=<br>
, I have no control whatsoever over what others think.<br><br> My practice =<br>
is to begin holding space the moment I commit to a meeting. This is t=<br>
he way I know to be congruent with what I understand to be open space. &nbs=<br>
p;If I seek to bend people against their inclination into thinking that the=<br>
meeting is a good idea, important, etc., and then show up and say, "Welcom=<br>
e to open space," well then, I haven't been completely consistent. An=<br>
d the space is not really open.<br><br> People accept invitations based on =<br>
the way they think, perceive, think, trust, and/or project. Their liv=<br>
es include a range of circumstances and previous commitments. If I'm =<br>
authentically holding the space right from the moment the idea of the gathe=<br>
ring is conceived, there is nothing about the choice to accept the invitati=<br>
on that is not completely theirs. I may, of course, offer persuasion,=<br>
promote possible benefits, or use enticing language and images. As a=<br>
former public relations practitioner, I am not adverse to employing these =<br>
tools, but I seek a balance that communicates my position and beliefs on on=<br>
e hand and the opportunity available to them on the other.<br><br> So I hav=<br>
e trouble with the idea that invitations "fail". I like what HO says =<br>
about investigating how I could do things better if nobody shows, and I mus=<br>
t ultimately let "Whoever comes..." be my guide. But if people are un=<br>
available, too busy, too far away, or just not interested, well, I just fig=<br>
ure I'm ahead of the curve!<br><br> From sunny New Jersey, USA,<br><br> Ral=<br>
ph Copleman<br><br> *<br> *<br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=<br>
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:31:01 -0500<br>
From: Suzanne Daigle <<a href="mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com">sdaigle4@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
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>From Harrison's posting and the replies, I see pieces of a puzzle, so like<br>
the picture in my mind which ebbs and flows between clarity and confusion,<br>
theory and action, thinking and doing in this journey of my life.<br>
<br>
- Open Space 24 X 7...oh the dream of it!<br>
- Invitation is where it all begins<br>
- Letting go to let be<br>
- One less thing to do<br>
- May not be perfect<br>
- Magic happens (perhaps because we suddenly realize this important fact<br>
that none of us and nothing is perfect and this more than anything relea=<br>
ses<br>
us to be and do)<br>
- Oh what fun<br>
- The party has been going on for 25 years<br>
- Reaching back to bring forward<br>
- Helping people notice (others)...or experience what can be?<br>
- From the core...the "coeur" i.e. the heart<br>
- Invitation is where it all begins<br>
- But does it really begin there or in the conversations we have every<br>
day, opportunities to nourish and seize<br>
- How can we exponentially grow what we do as a collective because we al=<br>
l<br>
feel and know that the timing now feels different somehow<br>
<br>
<br>
And then finally, is Open Space about speaking less (not pressing the send<br>
button) and listening more...or speaking now because there is so much work<br>
to do and we have this opportunity to nudge but never force an awareness of<br>
consciousness that happens when we open space.<br>
<br>
So I decide again to press *send *with gratitude for others who do too.<br>
Suzanne<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Herman<br>
<<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a>>wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
> yes, exactly, about 'fails'. guess that should have been in quotes. it'=<br>
s<br>
> same as we always say about posting an issue and nobody comes. it can't<br>
> fail. there's always information in it. and several choices about what<br>
> could do next.<br>
><br>
> reminds me too, that i've often described the process of open space as a<br>
> cascade of invitation. part of the power, i think, is that a leader or<br>
> leadership groups somehow launches the "invitation" to a meeting, then he=<br>
or<br>
> she take the first three minutes of the meeting to share what i always<br>
> suggest to them is "the story of how we got here."<br>
><br>
> sometimes it's the short form of the history of the whole org, other time=<br>
s<br>
> it's a quip about how we all made it here in the middle of this snow stor=<br>
m.<br>
> then, the invitation is for each person to do what the leader has already<br>
> done... make an invitation, name and issue, pick a place and a time, and<br>
> then kick off the conversation with three minutes (i always bow to michae=<br>
l<br>
> pannwitz for '8:00am to 8:03' sponsors introduction) about why the issue<br>
> they posted is important to them... how they got to here, to caring about<br>
> this issue.<br>
><br>
> so the first bit in the cascading is that the leader invites, and then<br>
> invites everyone else to invite. great power, i think, in asking folks t=<br>
o<br>
> do what they themselves have already done. (for this same reason, this i=<br>
s<br>
> why i always hand-write my posters, cuz i'm about to ask participants to<br>
> scribble their own issues, so i figure that mine should be scribbled too.=<br>
)<br>
><br>
> next part of cascade is that particpants capture and process their notes,<br>
> which i often refer to as 'an invitation to action, or at least an<br>
> invitation to others who weren't part of the conversation to get involved=<br>
.'<br>
> and many times some of the actions will be 'have another meeting.' and s=<br>
o i<br>
> point out that the invitation to those next meetings don't need to be har=<br>
dly<br>
> anything more than the scribbles that made the breakout meetings possible=<br>
.<br>
><br>
> so the coherence and integrity that come from a leader modeling what he/s=<br>
he<br>
> is asking others to do, and then supporting the relative ease of convenin=<br>
g a<br>
> breakout or followup meeting, are two important dimensions of 'being<br>
> inviting' as a leader. implicit in these the first is some stablility or<br>
> confidence in the value of their own example, their own presence, and a<br>
> comfort with who they are and what they can and can't do or control<br>
> personally. and the wisdom to support in the simplest ways possible, lik=<br>
e<br>
> tape, markers, circle, for everyone else to pick up and do their own part=<br>
.<br>
> self-organizing. this comfort, clarity, integrity, confidence, i thikn,<br>
> lets the caring come through, and suddenly they are "being inviting", not<br>
> just "doing it".<br>
><br>
> practice implies doing it again and again until we can 'be' it without t=<br>
he<br>
> props of the doing. and over time controlling leaders become inviting<br>
> leaders. i was saying just the other night at my neighborhood associatio=<br>
n,<br>
> talking about invitation, and pointing out that if we bring more and more<br>
> invitations to the fore, if this is how we do neighborhood, then what we =<br>
get<br>
> over time is a more and more inviting neighborhood.<br>
><br>
> so this gets to my last point about invitation (at least for the moment!)<br>
> ...if we live in open space and open space is inviting... then we must li=<br>
ve<br>
> in the midst of invitations, a whole bunch of things just trying or waiti=<br>
ng<br>
> to happen. at the neighborhood group, it's common to bemoan the lack of<br>
> volunteers to do things... but that's really a lack of volunteers to do w=<br>
hat<br>
> a few board people think should be done. meanwhile, people are convening<br>
> all kinds of little things that could benefit greatly by being supported<br>
> with a community bulletin board. on bowen island that bulletin board is<br>
> what chris corrigan calls "invititation corner", a vacant little piece of<br>
> land just off the ferry, where posters of all sorts go up and invite<br>
> gathering.<br>
><br>
> and i always go back to your very first words to me, ever, harrison... wh=<br>
en<br>
> i asked in the kickoff of my first open space breakout session about how =<br>
to,<br>
> in a word, organize people/work/organization... you said "i don't. i go =<br>
in<br>
> and ask what's working and then ask how to grow more of that." what's<br>
> working is inherently inviting. "working" and "inviting" are not separat=<br>
e.<br>
> and i've always found this to be true... when i look for what's working,<br>
> that's where i always find the bits of language, story, structure, action<br>
> that are the fodder for inviting more of what works.<br>
><br>
> so the only failure possible might be a failure to notice what's really<br>
> working and why?<br>
><br>
> m<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Michael Herman<br>
> Michael Herman Associates<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.michaelherman.com" target="_blank">http://www.michaelherman.com</a><br>
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> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
><br>
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Cochran <<a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a>>w=<br>
rote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> Thanks for opening this dialogue, Harrison.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm wondering how *any *invitation can be regarded as failing if we<br>
>> enbrace the 'whoever comes...' principle?<br>
>><br>
>> Best to All - Steve<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>>wr=<br>
ote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> Good Stuff Michael and Denise -- And I wonder about "failed"<br>
>>> invitations. If failure means that we didn't get precisely the folks we<br>
>>> wanted to come -- there could be a number of reasons for that, not all =<br>
of<br>
>>> them bad. For example it could be that the issue we were so excited abo=<br>
ut<br>
>>> really didn't have all that much going for it. And all those folks who<br>
>>> failed to respond positively were just brighter than we were. Our "fail=<br>
ed"<br>
>>> invitation simply saved a lot of time and energy which might better be<br>
>>> applied to something else. And just suppose all those folks did come ou=<br>
t of<br>
>>> some sense of "should" or "ought" -- and the whole affair turned out to=<br>
be<br>
>>> just as flat as they thought it might. Now -- how happy are the folks? =<br>
And<br>
>>> what do you think would be the likely response the next time you offere=<br>
d an<br>
>>> invite?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison Owen<br>
>>><br>
>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Potomac, MD 20854<br>
>>><br>
>>> USA<br>
>>><br>
>>> Phone 301-365-2093<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> *From:* OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV">OSLIST@LISTSERV</a>.<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">BOISESTATE.EDU</a> <<a href="http://boisestate.edu/" target="_blank">http://boisestate.edu/</a>>] *On Behalf Of *Michael Herman<br>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:09 AM<br>
>>> *To:* <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
>>> *Subject:* Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> oh this is fun.<br>
>>><br>
>>> for me, this business of inviting has long been the center of the ongoi=<br>
ng<br>
>>> practice of opening. what i noticed some time ago is that "inviting" i=<br>
s<br>
>>> something that we can *do* as a business practice, somethign we can try=<br>
and<br>
>>> repeat and refine. but it's also something that we can, as individuals=<br>
,<br>
>>> *aspire* to *be*. the practical inviting is essential for performance.=<br>
but<br>
>>> the latter, the aspiring, is where spirit shows up. if we are a space =<br>
for<br>
>>> that.<br>
>>><br>
>>> as for the accepting or not. being trained in economics and finance,<br>
>>> straight through a rather serious mba program, i have always understood<br>
>>> invitation in terms of markets and prices. any invitation is just like=<br>
a<br>
>>> bid or offer in any market. the text of an invitation is like a price.<br>
>>> it's got to be stated, announced. but it also might need to be adjuste=<br>
d. i<br>
>>> like what denise says about getting to "core" because core is from fren=<br>
ch<br>
>>> coeur, heart. when an invitation fails, it's usually because i've star=<br>
ted<br>
>>> from something other than heart.<br>
>>><br>
>>> the way i think of markets, despite the financial training, i mostly<br>
>>> think in terms of farmers markets. the guy who brings tomatoes or<br>
>>> blueberries or whatever has poured some chunk of his life energy into<br>
>>> tending and harvesting that crop. it's him. it's his care. his<br>
>>> responsibility in those baskets. it's what he has to offer. so invita=<br>
tion<br>
>>> is the same. it just has to be offered. the danger is not that an<br>
>>> invitation might be declined. the danger is in caring, in being full o=<br>
f<br>
>>> somethign, and not sharing it, letting it go to waste.<br>
>>><br>
>>> so the invitation to a meeting or simply into relationship in a passing<br>
>>> smile on the street, is about being a space that doesn't know what will<br>
>>> happen next, but shows up anyway. alive. ready. enough. and inquiri=<br>
ng.<br>
>>><br>
>>> anyway, these are some first thoughts that didn't want to rot.<br>
>>><br>
>>> m<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>><br>
>>> Michael Herman<br>
>>> Michael Herman Associates<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.michaelherman.com" target="_blank">http://www.michaelherman.com</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.ronanparktrail.com" target="_blank">http://www.ronanparktrail.com</a><br>
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>>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> 312-280-7838 (mobile)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Denise Tennen <<a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.ne">denisetennen@comcast.ne</a>=<br>
t><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> For me, when an invitation I extend is refused, I take another look at<br>
>>> the invitation (especially when I think the person and project would be=<br>
a<br>
>>> good fit). In some ways it feels like my whole life is about learning =<br>
to<br>
>>> extend vibrant, inspiring invitations (this often helps me get to the c=<br>
ore<br>
>>> of what I'm trying to accomplish), as well as receiving the response wi=<br>
th<br>
>>> acceptance and love.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> I also notice that it is useful to reconnect with my own sense of<br>
>>> inspiration about the project - that seems to make a difference in the =<br>
whole<br>
>>> interaction around the invitation - whether or not the invitation is<br>
>>> accepted. My being centered and inspired helps retain the relationship<br>
>>> regardless of the response. I am always thankful for a clear no...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Denise --<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> So this is all great! And my question is how can you do the same thing<br>
>>> every day with every project, organization start-up, whatever=85<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> I think you are hinting at the problem of making a REAL invitation=85 N=<br>
ot<br>
>>> the sort that we all have received knowing full well that we will be sh=<br>
ot at<br>
>>> dawn if the invitation is not accepted. Or at the very least -- FIRED!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> So what would happen if all our invitations were real? Which means they<br>
>>> could be refused. And then what?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison Owen<br>
>>><br>
>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Potomac, MD 20854<br>
>>><br>
>>> USA<br>
>>><br>
>>> Phone 301-365-2093<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> *From:* OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><OSLIST@LISTSERV.B=<br>
<a href="http://OISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OISESTATE.EDU</a>><br>
>>> ] *On Behalf Of *Denise Tennen<br>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:17 PM<br>
>>> *To:* <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
>>> *Subject:* Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks for these thought-provoking words.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> As far as invitiation - in my work as an artist supporting large groups<br>
>>> to come together to create collaborative works of "permanently" install=<br>
ed<br>
>>> art for their (the participants') communities - Invitation is the only =<br>
thing<br>
>>> that works.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> My underlying belief is that engagement in artistic endeavors is a usef=<br>
ul<br>
>>> piece in the puzzle of creating a peaceful world. I've found that eopl=<br>
e<br>
>>> creating art together generally aren't engaged in fighting<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> here are the ingredients of invitation, for me, that I believe contribu=<br>
te<br>
>>> to good flow:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 1) getting the word out is critical,<br>
>>><br>
>>> 2) the "stickiness" (see Malcolm Gladwell and more particularly, the<br>
>>> brothers Heath in their book Making It Stick) of the invitation and pro=<br>
ject<br>
>>> description heavily affects the outcome in terms of participation and<br>
>>> engaged-ness of participants.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 3) having the setting ready before the participants arrive so I'm not<br>
>>> distracted by DOING and can keep my attention on BEING PRESENT with the<br>
>>> participants<br>
>>><br>
>>> 4) having a structure in mind and at the same time being willing to let<br>
>>> it go at any moment<br>
>>><br>
>>> 5) keeping participation voluntary (a bit tricky when I am operating in=<br>
a<br>
>>> classroom setting where the children are basically in the position of b=<br>
eing<br>
>>> "sitting ducks")<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> As far as the invitation, my on-the-ground work is lots of word-of mout=<br>
h,<br>
>>> who knows who. Increasingly via internet - helps spread the word quick=<br>
ly,<br>
>>> although in the end, nothing beats the realm of the personal, one by on=<br>
e<br>
>>> invitation.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Different age groups respond to different methods (snail mail/flyer vs<br>
>>> internet etc)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> my beginning thoughts on this for now...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Denise<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Several days ago I sent a note to what I thought was going to be a smal=<br>
l<br>
>>> group of friends, inviting thinking about opening space every day, what=<br>
that<br>
>>> might mean, and how to accomplish all that in specifics. In effect, I w=<br>
as<br>
>>> taking off from my book "Wave Rider" which is my best shot on the subje=<br>
ct to<br>
>>> date -- with the expectation that there is much more "out there" in ter=<br>
ms of<br>
>>> ideas and actions. Along the way I did suggest that OST (as the meeting<br>
>>> approach) might be getting in the way of the larger discussion. Even wo=<br>
rse,<br>
>>> I facetiously (jokingly) invited everybody to join "The Imperial Societ=<br>
y of<br>
>>> Wave Riders!" Well you can imagine the uproar this caused. Here I am<br>
>>> suggesting that we eliminate OST and become imperialists! Not a good da=<br>
y --<br>
>>> but I do think the proposed discussion has merit. In fact from where I =<br>
sit<br>
>>> it may just be the most important discussion we could have.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Given the state of the world (no need for detailed analysis) superior<br>
>>> human performance achieved in a peaceful fashion seems like a very good<br>
>>> idea. Or put another way how do we find the intelligence and energy to =<br>
deal<br>
>>> with the massive issues we face without killing each other? I believe t=<br>
hat<br>
>>> the 25 year Open Space experiment has clearly shown that superior<br>
>>> performance in a peaceful manner can be achieved any time we open space=<br>
. It<br>
>>> may not be perfect, but it works better than just about anything else, =<br>
and<br>
>>> for sure it is a lot less work. The reason for all this is that we are =<br>
not<br>
>>> really doing anything. Rather, we are inviting the system (business, fa=<br>
mily,<br>
>>> organization) to do what it can do all by itself. Self organize. We are=<br>
just<br>
>>> helping people to notice that -- and when they do magic seems to happen=<br>
.<br>
>>> Peace and high performance show up. If we are honest about it, I think =<br>
we<br>
>>> might realize that OST is in some real ways a fraud and a joke, at leas=<br>
t it<br>
>>> becomes all that if we take credit for the power and effect of the proc=<br>
ess,<br>
>>> and the special way that we might "do" it. Rather like taking credit fo=<br>
r the<br>
>>> power and effect of gravity -- which will continue no matter what we do=<br>
!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Anyhow, I believe the community that gathers here online (and anybody<br>
>>> else who cares to join us) is uniquely positioned to engage in this<br>
>>> discussion not just at a theoretical level but at a very solid practica=<br>
l<br>
>>> level. We have the shared experience of hundreds of thousands of Open<br>
>>> Spaces. And we have something else -- the shared experience of life in =<br>
our<br>
>>> community. As the world might see it the "Open Space Community" is a pr=<br>
etty<br>
>>> strange thing. It has no boundaries, no formal organization, leadership=<br>
, or<br>
>>> corporate status. Membership is pretty much whoever shows up -- and the<br>
>>> party has been going on for 25 years. Odd but very effective. Indeed th=<br>
ere<br>
>>> are multiple formal organizations in the world who with might greater e=<br>
ffort<br>
>>> have accomplished substantially less. Think about it! Multiple Global a=<br>
nd<br>
>>> regional meetings. A world wide reach. More training programs than you =<br>
can<br>
>>> name. And absolutely nobody is in charge. There has never been a Busine=<br>
ss<br>
>>> Plan, and if a budget exists it has never been found. Is it all just a<br>
>>> gossamer dream, a fanciful delusion, or something much deeper and more<br>
>>> important? I vote for the latter. I think this is a conversation that n=<br>
eeds<br>
>>> to happen, not to the exclusion of all others, but this is where my pas=<br>
sion<br>
>>> is.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Anyhow I invite you to share and think about our common experience -- a=<br>
nd<br>
>>> let our experience be our guide. As a starting point we might just begi=<br>
n<br>
>>> with invitation. What would happen if all our projects began with invit=<br>
ation<br>
>>> as opposed to assignment?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Harrison<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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<p>From Harrison's posting and the replies, I see pieces of a puzzle, s=<br>
o like the picture in my mind which ebbs and flows between clarity and conf=<br>
usion, theory and action, thinking and doing in this journey of my life.=A0=<br>
<br><br>
<br>
</p><ul><li>Open Space 24 X 7...oh the dream of it!</li><br>
<li>Invitation is where it all begins</li><br>
<li>Letting go to let be</li><br>
<li>One less thing to do</li><br>
<li>May not be perfect </li><br>
<li>Magic happens (perhaps because we suddenly realize this important fact =<br>
that none of us and nothing is perfect and this more than anything releases=<br>
us to be and do)</li><br>
<li>Oh what fun </li><br>
<li>The party has been going on for 25 years</li><br>
<li>Reaching back to bring forward</li><br>
<li>Helping people notice (others)...or experience what can be?</li><br>
<li>From the core...the "coeur" i.e. the heart</li><br>
<li>Invitation is where it all begins</li><li>But does it really begin ther=<br>
e or in the conversations we have every day, opportunities to nourish and s=<br>
eize</li><li>How can we exponentially grow what we do as a collective becau=<br>
se we all feel and know that the timing now feels different somehow</li><br>
<br>
</ul><br>And then finally, is Open Space about speaking less (not pressing =<br>
the send button)=A0 and listening more...or speaking now because there is s=<br>
o much work to do and we have this opportunity to nudge but never force an =<br>
awareness of consciousness that happens when we open space.<br><br>
<br>So I decide again to press <i><b>send </b></i>with gratitude for others=<br>
who do too.=A0 <br><br>
Suzanne<br><br><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Herman =<br>
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a>" target=<br>
=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a></a>></span> wrote:=20<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =<br>
204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">yes, exactly, abo=<br>
ut 'fails'.=A0 guess that should have been in quotes.=A0 it's s=<br>
ame as we always say about posting an issue and nobody comes.=A0 it can'=<br>
;t fail.=A0 there's always information in it.=A0 and several choices ab=<br>
out what could do next.=A0=20<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>reminds me too, that i've often described the process of open spac=<br>
e as a cascade of invitation.=A0 part of the power, i think, is that a lead=<br>
er or leadership groups somehow launches the "invitation" to a me=<br>
eting, then he or she take the first three minutes of the meeting to share =<br>
what i always suggest to them is "the story of how we got here."=<br>
=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>sometimes it's the short form of the history of the whole org, oth=<br>
er times it's a quip about how we all made it here in the middle of thi=<br>
s snow storm.=A0 then, the invitation is for each person to do what the lea=<br>
der has already done... make an invitation, name and issue, pick a place an=<br>
d a time, and then kick off the conversation with three minutes (i always b=<br>
ow to michael pannwitz for '8:00am to 8:03' sponsors introduction) =<br>
about why the issue they posted is important to them... how they got to her=<br>
e, to caring about this issue.=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>so the first bit in the cascading is that the leader invites, and then=<br>
invites everyone else to invite.=A0 great power, i think, in asking folks =<br>
to do what they themselves have already done.=A0 (for this same reason, thi=<br>
s is why i always hand-write my posters, cuz i'm about to ask participa=<br>
nts to scribble their own issues, so i figure that mine should be scribbled=<br>
too.)=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>next part of cascade is that particpants capture and process their not=<br>
es, which i often refer to as 'an invitation to action, or at least an =<br>
invitation to others who weren't part of the conversation to get involv=<br>
ed.'=A0 and many times some of the actions will be 'have another me=<br>
eting.'=A0 and so i point out that the invitation to those next meeting=<br>
s don't need to be hardly anything more than the scribbles that made th=<br>
e breakout meetings possible.=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>so the coherence and integrity that come from a leader modeling what h=<br>
e/she is asking others to do, and then supporting the relative ease of conv=<br>
ening a breakout or followup meeting, are two important dimensions of '=<br>
being inviting' as a leader.=A0 implicit in these the first is some sta=<br>
blility or confidence in the value of their own example, their own presence=<br>
, and a comfort with who they are and what they can and can't do or con=<br>
trol personally.=A0 and the wisdom to support in the simplest ways possible=<br>
, like tape, markers, circle, for everyone else to pick up and do their own=<br>
part.=A0 self-organizing.=A0 this comfort, clarity, integrity, confidence,=<br>
i thikn, lets the caring come through, and suddenly they are "being i=<br>
nviting", not just "doing it".=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>practice implies doing it=A0 again and again until we can 'be'=<br>
it without the props of the doing.=A0 and over time controlling leaders be=<br>
come inviting leaders.=A0 i was saying just the other night at my neighborh=<br>
ood association, talking about invitation, and pointing out that if we brin=<br>
g more and more invitations to the fore, if this is how we do neighborhood,=<br>
then what we get over time is a more and more inviting neighborhood. </div=<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>so this gets to my last point about invitation (at least for the momen=<br>
t!) ...if we live in open space and open space is inviting... then we must =<br>
live in the midst of invitations, a whole bunch of things just trying or wa=<br>
iting to happen.=A0 at the neighborhood group, it's common to bemoan th=<br>
e lack of volunteers to do things... but that's really a lack of volunt=<br>
eers to do what a few board people think should be done.=A0 meanwhile, peop=<br>
le are convening all kinds of little things that could benefit greatly by b=<br>
eing supported with a community bulletin board.=A0 on bowen island that bul=<br>
letin board is what chris corrigan calls "invititation corner", a=<br>
vacant little piece of land just off the ferry, where posters of all sorts=<br>
go up and invite gathering.=A0 </div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>and i always go back to your very first words to me, ever, harrison...=<br>
when i asked in the kickoff of my first open space breakout session about =<br>
how to, in a word, organize people/work/organization... you said "i do=<br>
n't.=A0 i go in and ask what's working and then ask how to grow mor=<br>
e of that."=A0 what's working is inherently inviting.=A0 "wor=<br>
king" and "inviting" are not separate.=A0 and i've alway=<br>
s found this to be true... when i look for what's working, that's w=<br>
here i always find the bits of language, story, structure, action that are =<br>
the fodder for inviting more of what works.</div><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>so the only failure possible might be a failure to notice what's r=<br>
eally working and why? </div><br>
<div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>m</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div clear=3D"all">=A0</div><br>
<div>--</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>Michael Herman</div><br>
<div>Michael Herman Associates</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
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><a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org</a></a></div><br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://ww" target="_blank">http://ww</a>=<br>
<a href="http://w.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">w.openspaceworld.org</a></a></div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>312-280-7838 (mobile)</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div></div><br>
<div><br>
<div></div><br>
<div><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Cochran <=<br>
span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a>" target=3D"_bl=<br>
ank"><a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:=20<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =<br>
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
<div>Thanks for opening this dialogue, Harrison.</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>I'm wondering how <i>any </i>invitation can be regarded as failing=<br>
if we enbrace the 'whoever comes...' principle? </div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>Best to All - Steve=20<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div></div><br>
<div><br>
<div></div><br>
<div><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Harrison Owen =<br>
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>" target=3D"_blan=<br>
k"><a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a></a>></span> wrote:=20<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =<br>
204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
<div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US"><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Good Stuff Michael and Denise -- And I wonder about "failed"=<br>
; invitations. If failure means that we didn't get precisely the folks =<br>
we wanted to come -- there could be a number of reasons for that, not all o=<br>
f them bad. For example it could be that the issue we were so excited about=<br>
really didn't have all that much going for it. And all those folks who=<br>
failed to respond positively were just brighter than we were. Our "fa=<br>
iled" invitation simply saved a lot of time and energy which might bet=<br>
ter be applied to something else. And just suppose all those folks did come=<br>
out of some sense of "should" or "ought" -- and the wh=<br>
ole affair turned out to be just as flat as they thought it might. Now -- h=<br>
ow happy are the folks? And what do you think would be the likely response =<br>
the next time you offered an invite?</span></p><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Harrison</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Harrison Owen</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">7808 River Falls Dr.</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Potomac, MD 20854</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">USA</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Phone 301-365-2093</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);"><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank">www.open=<br>
<a href="http://spaceworld.com" target="_blank">spaceworld.com</a></a></span><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);"><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.ho-image.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ho-image.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank">www.ho-image.c=<br>
om</a> (Personal Website)</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span></p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b>=<br>
<span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> OSLIST [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@L">OSLIST@L</a>=<br>
ISTSERV" target=3D"_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV</a>.</span><span style=3D"font-s=<br>
ize: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p><br>
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<div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 22=<br>
3) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium=<br>
; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"><a href=3D"<a href="http://b" target="_blank">http://b</a>=<br>
<a href="http://oisestate.edu/" target="_blank">oisestate.edu/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>M=<br>
ichael Herman=20<br>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:09 AM</div><br>
<div><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" target=3D=<br>
"_blank"><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a></div><br>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!</div></spa=<br>
n></p></div></div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;">oh this is fun.=20<br>
</p><div>=A0</div><br>
<div>for me, this business of inviting has long been the center of the ongo=<br>
ing practice of opening.=A0 what i noticed some time ago is that "invi=<br>
ting" is something that we can *do* as a business practice, somethign =<br>
we can try and repeat and refine.=A0 but it's also something that we ca=<br>
n, as individuals, *aspire* to *be*.=A0 the practical inviting is essential=<br>
for performance.=A0 but the latter, the aspiring, is where spirit shows up=<br>
.=A0 if we are a space for that.=A0 </div><br>
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<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>as for the accepting or not.=A0 being trained in economics and finance=<br>
, straight through a rather serious mba program, i have always understood i=<br>
nvitation in terms of markets and prices.=A0 any invitation is just like a =<br>
bid or offer in any market.=A0 the text of an invitation is like a price.=<br>
=A0 it's got to be stated, announced.=A0 but it also might need to be a=<br>
djusted.=A0 i like what denise says about getting to "core" becau=<br>
se core is from french coeur, heart.=A0 when an invitation fails, it's =<br>
usually because i've started from something other than heart.</div><br>
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<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>the way i think of markets, despite the financial training, i mostly t=<br>
hink in terms of farmers markets.=A0 the guy who brings tomatoes or blueber=<br>
ries or whatever has poured some chunk of his life energy into tending and =<br>
harvesting that crop.=A0 it's him. it's his care.=A0 his responsibi=<br>
lity in those baskets.=A0 it's what he has to offer.=A0 so invitation i=<br>
s the same.=A0 it just has to be offered.=A0 the danger is not that an invi=<br>
tation might be declined.=A0 the danger is in caring, in being full of some=<br>
thign, and not sharing it, letting it go to waste.=A0 </div><br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>so the invitation to a meeting or simply into relationship in a passin=<br>
g smile on the street, is about being a space that doesn't know what wi=<br>
ll happen next, but shows up anyway.=A0 alive.=A0 ready.=A0 enough.=A0 and =<br>
inquiring.=A0 </div><br>
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<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>anyway, these are some first thoughts that didn't want to rot.</di=<br>
v><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>m</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div clear=3D"all">=A0</div><br>
<div>--</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>Michael Herman</div><br>
<div>Michael Herman Associates</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.michaelherman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.michaelherman.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www" target="_blank">http://www</a>=<br>
.<a href="http://michaelherman.com" target="_blank">michaelherman.com</a></a></div><br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.ronanparktrail.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ronanparktrail.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://ww" target="_blank">http://ww</a>=<br>
<a href="http://w.ronanparktrail.com" target="_blank">w.ronanparktrail.com</a></a></div><br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/</a>" target=3D"_blank"=<br>
><a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org</a></a></div><br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://ww" target="_blank">http://ww</a>=<br>
<a href="http://w.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">w.openspaceworld.org</a></a></div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>312-280-7838 (mobile)</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Denise Tennen <<=<br>
a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.net">denisetennen@comcast.net</a>" target=3D"_blank">denisetennen@c=<br>
<a href="http://omcast.net" target="_blank">omcast.net</a></a>> wrote:</p><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Harrison</p><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">For me, when an invitation I extend is refused, I ta=<br>
ke another look at the invitation (especially when I think the person and p=<br>
roject would be a good fit). =A0In some ways it feels like my whole life is=<br>
about learning to extend vibrant, inspiring invitations (this often helps =<br>
me get to the core of what I'm trying to accomplish), as well as receiv=<br>
ing the response with acceptance and love. =A0</p><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I also notice that it is useful to reconnect with my=<br>
own sense of inspiration about the project - that seems to make a differen=<br>
ce in the whole interaction around the invitation - whether or not the invi=<br>
tation is accepted. =A0My being centered and inspired helps retain the rela=<br>
tionship regardless of the response. =A0I am always thankful for a clear no=<br>
...</p><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><br>
<div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:</p=<br>
></div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br>
</p><div>=A0</div><br>
<div>=A0</div><br>
<div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Denise --</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">So this is all great! And my question is how can you do the same thin=<br>
g every day with every project, organization start-up, whatever=85</span><s=<br>
pan style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">I think you are hinting at the problem of making a REAL invitation=85=<br>
Not the sort that we all have received knowing full well that we will be s=<br>
hot at dawn if the invitation is not accepted. Or at the very least -- FIRE=<br>
D!</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
</div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">So what would happen if all our invitations were real? Which means th=<br>
ey could be refused. And then what?</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></s=<br>
pan></p><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Harrison</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Harrison Owen</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">7808 River Falls Dr.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><=<br>
/div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Potomac, MD 20854</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></di=<br>
v><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">USA</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">Phone 301-365-2093</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></d=<br>
iv><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);"><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank">www.open=<br>
<a href="http://spaceworld.com" target="_blank">spaceworld.com</a></a></span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);"><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.ho-image.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ho-image.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank">www.ho-image.c=<br>
om</a> (Personal Website)</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></=<br>
div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=<br>
25);">=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 22=<br>
3) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium=<br>
; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Fr=<br>
om:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: black;">=A0OSLIST [<a =<br>
href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" target=3D"_blank">mailto:<a href="mailto:OSL">OSL</a>=<br>
<a href="mailto:IST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">IST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a>]=A0<b>On Behalf Of=A0</b>Denise Tennen=20<br>
<div><b>Sent:</b>=A0Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:17 PM</div><br>
<div><b>To:</b>=A0<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" target=<br>
=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a></div><br>
<div><b>Subject:</b>=A0Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!</div></s=<br>
pan><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">=A0</span></p></div><br>
<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Har=<br>
rison</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">=A0</span></p></div></=<br>
div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Tha=<br>
nks for these thought-provoking words.</span><span style=3D"color: black;">=<br>
</span></p></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">=A0</span></p></div></=<br>
div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">As =<br>
far as invitiation - in my work as an artist supporting large groups to com=<br>
e together to create collaborative works of "permanently" install=<br>
ed art for their (the participants') communities - Invitation is the on=<br>
ly thing that works.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">=A0</span></p></div></=<br>
div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">My =<br>
underlying belief is that engagement in artistic endeavors is a useful piec=<br>
e in the puzzle of creating a peaceful world. =A0I've found that eople =<br>
creating art together generally aren't engaged in fighting</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">=A0</span></p></div></=<br>
div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">her=<br>
e are the ingredients of invitation, for me, that I believe contribute to g=<br>
ood flow:</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">=A0=<br>
</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">1) =<br>
getting the word out is critical,=A0</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></=<br>
span></p></div></div><br>
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<div><br>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">2) =<br>
the "stickiness" (see Malcolm Gladwell and more particularly, the=<br>
brothers Heath in their book Making It Stick) of the invitation and projec=<br>
t description heavily affects the outcome in terms of participation and eng=<br>
aged-ness of participants.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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having the setting ready before the participants arrive so I'm not dist=<br>
racted by DOING and can keep my attention on BEING PRESENT with the partici=<br>
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having a structure in mind and at the same time being willing to let it go =<br>
at any moment</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">5) =<br>
keeping participation voluntary (a bit tricky when I am operating in a clas=<br>
sroom setting where the children are basically in the position of being &qu=<br>
ot;sitting ducks")</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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far as the invitation, my on-the-ground work is lots of word-of mouth, who =<br>
knows who. =A0Increasingly via internet - helps spread the word quickly, al=<br>
though in the end, nothing beats the realm of the personal, one by one invi=<br>
tation.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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ferent age groups respond to different methods (snail mail/flyer vs interne=<br>
t etc)</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:=<br>
26 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:</span></p></div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style=3D"color:=<br>
black;">=A0</span></p></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Sever=<br>
al days ago I sent a note to what I thought was going to be a small group o=<br>
f friends, inviting thinking about opening space every day, what that might=<br>
mean, and how to accomplish all that in specifics. In effect, I was taking=<br>
off from my book "Wave Rider" which is my best shot on the subje=<br>
ct to date -- with the expectation that there is much more "out there&=<br>
quot; in terms of ideas and actions. Along the way I did suggest that OST (=<br>
as the meeting approach) might be getting in the way of the larger discussi=<br>
on. Even worse, I facetiously (jokingly) invited everybody to join "Th=<br>
e Imperial Society of Wave Riders!" Well you can imagine the uproar th=<br>
is caused. Here I am suggesting that we eliminate OST and become imperialis=<br>
ts! Not a good day -- but I do think the proposed discussion has merit. In =<br>
fact from where I sit it may just be the most important discussion we could=<br>
have.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Given=<br>
the state of the world (no need for detailed analysis) superior human perf=<br>
ormance achieved in a peaceful fashion seems like a very good idea. Or put =<br>
another way how do we find the intelligence and energy to deal with the mas=<br>
sive issues we face without killing each other? I believe that the 25 year =<br>
Open Space experiment has clearly shown that superior performance in a peac=<br>
eful manner can be achieved any time we open space. It may not be perfect, =<br>
but it works better than just about anything else, and for sure it is a lot=<br>
less work. The reason for all this is that we are not really doing anythin=<br>
g. Rather, we are inviting the system (business, family, organization) to d=<br>
o what it can do all by itself. Self organize. We are just helping people t=<br>
o notice that -- and when they do magic seems to happen. Peace and high per=<br>
formance show up. If we are honest about it, I think we might realize that =<br>
OST is in some real ways a fraud and a joke, at least it becomes all that i=<br>
f we take credit for the power and effect of the process, and the special w=<br>
ay that we might "do" it. Rather like taking credit for the power=<br>
and effect of gravity -- which will continue no matter what we do!</span><=<br>
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span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div><br>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Anyho=<br>
w, I believe the community that gathers here online (and anybody else who c=<br>
ares to join us) is uniquely positioned to engage in this discussion not ju=<br>
st at a theoretical level but at a very solid practical level. We have the =<br>
shared experience of hundreds of thousands of Open Spaces. And we have some=<br>
thing else -- the shared experience of life in our community. As the world =<br>
might see it the "Open Space Community" is a pretty strange thing=<br>
. It has no boundaries, no formal organization, leadership, or corporate st=<br>
atus. Membership is pretty much whoever shows up -- and the party has been =<br>
going on for 25 years. Odd but very effective. Indeed there are multiple fo=<br>
rmal organizations in the world who with might greater effort have accompli=<br>
shed substantially less. Think about it! Multiple Global and regional meeti=<br>
ngs. A world wide reach. More training programs than you can name. And abso=<br>
lutely nobody is in charge. There has never been a Business Plan, and if a =<br>
budget exists it has never been found. Is it all just a gossamer dream, a f=<br>
anciful delusion, or something much deeper and more important? I vote for t=<br>
he latter. I think this is a conversation that needs to happen, not to the =<br>
exclusion of all others, but this is where my passion is.</span><span style=<br>
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w I invite you to share and think about our common experience -- and let ou=<br>
r experience be our guide. As a starting point we might just begin with inv=<br>
itation. What would happen if all our projects began with invitation as opp=<br>
osed to assignment?</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p><br>
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:07:59 -0600<br>
From: Denise Tennen <<a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.net">denisetennen@comcast.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
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Hi Suzanne<br>
<br>
Reading your list what comes to mind is:<br>
<br>
the gift of time<br>
a return to "boundless time"<br>
<br>
Throughout my life I have noticed that I regularly return to a space =20<br>
in which time seems to have no hold.<br>
<br>
When I was younger I noticed that there were certain key points that =20<br>
my watch would actually stop working and I wouldn't notice (looking =20<br>
down at it I would say to myself, oh, only ____ o'clock, still lots =20<br>
more time to go). Often this would happen around creating art work.<br>
<br>
Today this still happens for me regularly, most often around creating =20=<br>
<br>
art work,<br>
<br>
There is something about the open space "set-up" that seems to =20<br>
provide a doorway for people collectively to step into this boundless =20=<br>
<br>
space together. In my experience Open Space, in as much as it is a =20<br>
"format" seems to help us (human beings) step into "flow" as a group.<br>
<br>
Denise<br>
<br>
On Dec 20, 2009, at 6:31 AM, Suzanne Daigle wrote:<br>
<br>
> =46rom Harrison's posting and the replies, I see pieces of a puzzle, =20=<br>
<br>
> so like the picture in my mind which ebbs and flows between clarity =20=<br>
<br>
> and confusion, theory and action, thinking and doing in this =20<br>
> journey of my life.<br>
> Open Space 24 X 7...oh the dream of it!<br>
> Invitation is where it all begins<br>
> Letting go to let be<br>
> One less thing to do<br>
> May not be perfect<br>
> Magic happens (perhaps because we suddenly realize this important =20<br>
> fact that none of us and nothing is perfect and this more than =20<br>
> anything releases us to be and do)<br>
> Oh what fun<br>
> The party has been going on for 25 years<br>
> Reaching back to bring forward<br>
> Helping people notice (others)...or experience what can be?<br>
> =46rom the core...the "coeur" i.e. the heart<br>
> Invitation is where it all begins<br>
> But does it really begin there or in the conversations we have =20<br>
> every day, opportunities to nourish and seize<br>
> How can we exponentially grow what we do as a collective because we =20=<br>
<br>
> all feel and know that the timing now feels different somehow<br>
><br>
> And then finally, is Open Space about speaking less (not pressing =20<br>
> the send button) and listening more...or speaking now because =20<br>
> there is so much work to do and we have this opportunity to nudge =20<br>
> but never force an awareness of consciousness that happens when we =20<br>
> open space.<br>
><br>
> So I decide again to press send with gratitude for others who do too.<br>
> Suzanne<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Herman =20<br>
> <<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> yes, exactly, about 'fails'. guess that should have been in =20<br>
> quotes. it's same as we always say about posting an issue and =20<br>
> nobody comes. it can't fail. there's always information in it. =20<br>
> and several choices about what could do next.<br>
><br>
> reminds me too, that i've often described the process of open space =20=<br>
<br>
> as a cascade of invitation. part of the power, i think, is that a =20<br>
> leader or leadership groups somehow launches the "invitation" to a =20<br>
> meeting, then he or she take the first three minutes of the meeting =20=<br>
<br>
> to share what i always suggest to them is "the story of how we got =20<br>
> here."<br>
><br>
> sometimes it's the short form of the history of the whole org, =20<br>
> other times it's a quip about how we all made it here in the middle =20=<br>
<br>
> of this snow storm. then, the invitation is for each person to do =20<br>
> what the leader has already done... make an invitation, name and =20<br>
> issue, pick a place and a time, and then kick off the conversation =20<br>
> with three minutes (i always bow to michael pannwitz for '8:00am to =20=<br>
<br>
> 8:03' sponsors introduction) about why the issue they posted is =20<br>
> important to them... how they got to here, to caring about this issue.<br>
><br>
> so the first bit in the cascading is that the leader invites, and =20<br>
> then invites everyone else to invite. great power, i think, in =20<br>
> asking folks to do what they themselves have already done. (for =20<br>
> this same reason, this is why i always hand-write my posters, cuz =20<br>
> i'm about to ask participants to scribble their own issues, so i =20<br>
> figure that mine should be scribbled too.)<br>
><br>
> next part of cascade is that particpants capture and process their =20<br>
> notes, which i often refer to as 'an invitation to action, or at =20<br>
> least an invitation to others who weren't part of the conversation =20<br>
> to get involved.' and many times some of the actions will be 'have =20=<br>
<br>
> another meeting.' and so i point out that the invitation to those =20<br>
> next meetings don't need to be hardly anything more than the =20<br>
> scribbles that made the breakout meetings possible.<br>
><br>
> so the coherence and integrity that come from a leader modeling =20<br>
> what he/she is asking others to do, and then supporting the =20<br>
> relative ease of convening a breakout or followup meeting, are two =20<br>
> important dimensions of 'being inviting' as a leader. implicit in =20<br>
> these the first is some stablility or confidence in the value of =20<br>
> their own example, their own presence, and a comfort with who they =20<br>
> are and what they can and can't do or control personally. and the =20<br>
> wisdom to support in the simplest ways possible, like tape, =20<br>
> markers, circle, for everyone else to pick up and do their own =20<br>
> part. self-organizing. this comfort, clarity, integrity, =20<br>
> confidence, i thikn, lets the caring come through, and suddenly =20<br>
> they are "being inviting", not just "doing it".<br>
><br>
> practice implies doing it again and again until we can 'be' it =20<br>
> without the props of the doing. and over time controlling leaders =20<br>
> become inviting leaders. i was saying just the other night at my =20<br>
> neighborhood association, talking about invitation, and pointing =20<br>
> out that if we bring more and more invitations to the fore, if this =20=<br>
<br>
> is how we do neighborhood, then what we get over time is a more and =20=<br>
<br>
> more inviting neighborhood.<br>
><br>
> so this gets to my last point about invitation (at least for the =20<br>
> moment!) ...if we live in open space and open space is inviting... =20<br>
> then we must live in the midst of invitations, a whole bunch of =20<br>
> things just trying or waiting to happen. at the neighborhood =20<br>
> group, it's common to bemoan the lack of volunteers to do things... =20=<br>
<br>
> but that's really a lack of volunteers to do what a few board =20<br>
> people think should be done. meanwhile, people are convening all =20<br>
> kinds of little things that could benefit greatly by being =20<br>
> supported with a community bulletin board. on bowen island that =20<br>
> bulletin board is what chris corrigan calls "invititation corner", =20<br>
> a vacant little piece of land just off the ferry, where posters of =20<br>
> all sorts go up and invite gathering.<br>
><br>
> and i always go back to your very first words to me, ever, =20<br>
> harrison... when i asked in the kickoff of my first open space =20<br>
> breakout session about how to, in a word, organize people/work/=20<br>
> organization... you said "i don't. i go in and ask what's working =20<br>
> and then ask how to grow more of that." what's working is =20<br>
> inherently inviting. "working" and "inviting" are not separate. =20<br>
> and i've always found this to be true... when i look for what's =20<br>
> working, that's where i always find the bits of language, story, =20<br>
> structure, action that are the fodder for inviting more of what works.<br>
><br>
> so the only failure possible might be a failure to notice what's =20<br>
> really working and why?<br>
><br>
> m<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Michael Herman<br>
> Michael Herman Associates<br>
><br>
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><br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Cochran =20<br>
> <<a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Thanks for opening this dialogue, Harrison.<br>
><br>
> I'm wondering how any invitation can be regarded as failing if we =20<br>
> enbrace the 'whoever comes...' principle?<br>
><br>
> Best to All - Steve<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Harrison Owen =20<br>
> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Good Stuff Michael and Denise -- And I wonder about "failed" =20<br>
> invitations. If failure means that we didn't get precisely the =20<br>
> folks we wanted to come -- there could be a number of reasons for =20<br>
> that, not all of them bad. For example it could be that the issue =20<br>
> we were so excited about really didn't have all that much going for =20=<br>
<br>
> it. And all those folks who failed to respond positively were just =20<br>
> brighter than we were. Our "failed" invitation simply saved a lot =20<br>
> of time and energy which might better be applied to something else. =20=<br>
<br>
> And just suppose all those folks did come out of some sense of =20<br>
> "should" or "ought" -- and the whole affair turned out to be just =20<br>
> as flat as they thought it might. Now -- how happy are the folks? =20<br>
> And what do you think would be the likely response the next time =20<br>
> you offered an invite?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison<br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison Owen<br>
><br>
> 7808 River Falls Dr.<br>
><br>
> Potomac, MD 20854<br>
><br>
> USA<br>
><br>
> Phone 301-365-2093<br>
><br>
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><br>
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><br>
><br>
> From: OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV">OSLIST@LISTSERV</a>.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Michael Herman<br>
><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:09 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
> Subject: Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
><br>
><br>
> oh this is fun.<br>
><br>
><br>
> for me, this business of inviting has long been the center of the =20<br>
> ongoing practice of opening. what i noticed some time ago is that =20<br>
> "inviting" is something that we can *do* as a business practice, =20<br>
> somethign we can try and repeat and refine. but it's also =20<br>
> something that we can, as individuals, *aspire* to *be*. the =20<br>
> practical inviting is essential for performance. but the latter, =20<br>
> the aspiring, is where spirit shows up. if we are a space for that.<br>
><br>
> as for the accepting or not. being trained in economics and =20<br>
> finance, straight through a rather serious mba program, i have =20<br>
> always understood invitation in terms of markets and prices. any =20<br>
> invitation is just like a bid or offer in any market. the text of =20<br>
> an invitation is like a price. it's got to be stated, announced. =20<br>
> but it also might need to be adjusted. i like what denise says =20<br>
> about getting to "core" because core is from french coeur, heart. =20<br>
> when an invitation fails, it's usually because i've started from =20<br>
> something other than heart.<br>
><br>
> the way i think of markets, despite the financial training, i =20<br>
> mostly think in terms of farmers markets. the guy who brings =20<br>
> tomatoes or blueberries or whatever has poured some chunk of his =20<br>
> life energy into tending and harvesting that crop. it's him. it's =20<br>
> his care. his responsibility in those baskets. it's what he has =20<br>
> to offer. so invitation is the same. it just has to be offered. =20<br>
> the danger is not that an invitation might be declined. the danger =20=<br>
<br>
> is in caring, in being full of somethign, and not sharing it, =20<br>
> letting it go to waste.<br>
><br>
> so the invitation to a meeting or simply into relationship in a =20<br>
> passing smile on the street, is about being a space that doesn't =20<br>
> know what will happen next, but shows up anyway. alive. ready. =20<br>
> enough. and inquiring.<br>
><br>
> anyway, these are some first thoughts that didn't want to rot.<br>
><br>
> m<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Michael Herman<br>
> Michael Herman Associates<br>
><br>
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><br>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Denise Tennen =20<br>
> <<a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.net">denisetennen@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Harrison<br>
><br>
><br>
> For me, when an invitation I extend is refused, I take another look =20=<br>
<br>
> at the invitation (especially when I think the person and project =20<br>
> would be a good fit). In some ways it feels like my whole life is =20<br>
> about learning to extend vibrant, inspiring invitations (this often =20=<br>
<br>
> helps me get to the core of what I'm trying to accomplish), as well =20=<br>
<br>
> as receiving the response with acceptance and love.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I also notice that it is useful to reconnect with my own sense of =20<br>
> inspiration about the project - that seems to make a difference in =20<br>
> the whole interaction around the invitation - whether or not the =20<br>
> invitation is accepted. My being centered and inspired helps =20<br>
> retain the relationship regardless of the response. I am always =20<br>
> thankful for a clear no...<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Denise --<br>
><br>
><br>
> So this is all great! And my question is how can you do the same =20<br>
> thing every day with every project, organization start-up, whatever=85<br>
><br>
><br>
> I think you are hinting at the problem of making a REAL invitation=85 =20=<br>
<br>
> Not the sort that we all have received knowing full well that we =20<br>
> will be shot at dawn if the invitation is not accepted. Or at the =20<br>
> very least -- FIRED!<br>
><br>
><br>
> So what would happen if all our invitations were real? Which means =20<br>
> they could be refused. And then what?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison<br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison Owen<br>
><br>
> 7808 River Falls Dr.<br>
><br>
> Potomac, MD 20854<br>
><br>
> USA<br>
><br>
> Phone 301-365-2093<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br>
><br>
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><br>
><br>
> From: OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of =20<br>
> Denise Tennen<br>
><br>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:17 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
> Subject: Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks for these thought-provoking words.<br>
><br>
><br>
> As far as invitiation - in my work as an artist supporting large =20<br>
> groups to come together to create collaborative works of =20<br>
> "permanently" installed art for their (the participants') =20<br>
> communities - Invitation is the only thing that works.<br>
><br>
><br>
> My underlying belief is that engagement in artistic endeavors is a =20<br>
> useful piece in the puzzle of creating a peaceful world. I've =20<br>
> found that eople creating art together generally aren't engaged in =20<br>
> fighting<br>
><br>
><br>
> here are the ingredients of invitation, for me, that I believe =20<br>
> contribute to good flow:<br>
><br>
><br>
> 1) getting the word out is critical,<br>
><br>
> 2) the "stickiness" (see Malcolm Gladwell and more particularly, =20<br>
> the brothers Heath in their book Making It Stick) of the invitation =20=<br>
<br>
> and project description heavily affects the outcome in terms of =20<br>
> participation and engaged-ness of participants.<br>
><br>
> 3) having the setting ready before the participants arrive so I'm =20<br>
> not distracted by DOING and can keep my attention on BEING PRESENT =20<br>
> with the participants<br>
><br>
> 4) having a structure in mind and at the same time being willing to =20=<br>
<br>
> let it go at any moment<br>
><br>
> 5) keeping participation voluntary (a bit tricky when I am =20<br>
> operating in a classroom setting where the children are basically =20<br>
> in the position of being "sitting ducks")<br>
><br>
><br>
> As far as the invitation, my on-the-ground work is lots of word-of =20<br>
> mouth, who knows who. Increasingly via internet - helps spread the =20=<br>
<br>
> word quickly, although in the end, nothing beats the realm of the =20<br>
> personal, one by one invitation.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Different age groups respond to different methods (snail mail/flyer =20=<br>
<br>
> vs internet etc)<br>
><br>
><br>
> my beginning thoughts on this for now...<br>
><br>
><br>
> Denise<br>
><br>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Several days ago I sent a note to what I thought was going to be a =20<br>
> small group of friends, inviting thinking about opening space every =20=<br>
<br>
> day, what that might mean, and how to accomplish all that in =20<br>
> specifics. In effect, I was taking off from my book "Wave Rider" =20<br>
> which is my best shot on the subject to date -- with the =20<br>
> expectation that there is much more "out there" in terms of ideas =20<br>
> and actions. Along the way I did suggest that OST (as the meeting =20<br>
> approach) might be getting in the way of the larger discussion. =20<br>
> Even worse, I facetiously (jokingly) invited everybody to join "The =20=<br>
<br>
> Imperial Society of Wave Riders!" Well you can imagine the uproar =20<br>
> this caused. Here I am suggesting that we eliminate OST and become =20<br>
> imperialists! Not a good day -- but I do think the proposed =20<br>
> discussion has merit. In fact from where I sit it may just be the =20<br>
> most important discussion we could have.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Given the state of the world (no need for detailed analysis) =20<br>
> superior human performance achieved in a peaceful fashion seems =20<br>
> like a very good idea. Or put another way how do we find the =20<br>
> intelligence and energy to deal with the massive issues we face =20<br>
> without killing each other? I believe that the 25 year Open Space =20<br>
> experiment has clearly shown that superior performance in a =20<br>
> peaceful manner can be achieved any time we open space. It may not =20<br>
> be perfect, but it works better than just about anything else, and =20<br>
> for sure it is a lot less work. The reason for all this is that we =20<br>
> are not really doing anything. Rather, we are inviting the system =20<br>
> (business, family, organization) to do what it can do all by =20<br>
> itself. Self organize. We are just helping people to notice that -- =20=<br>
<br>
> and when they do magic seems to happen. Peace and high performance =20<br>
> show up. If we are honest about it, I think we might realize that =20<br>
> OST is in some real ways a fraud and a joke, at least it becomes =20<br>
> all that if we take credit for the power and effect of the process, =20=<br>
<br>
> and the special way that we might "do" it. Rather like taking =20<br>
> credit for the power and effect of gravity -- which will continue =20<br>
> no matter what we do!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Anyhow, I believe the community that gathers here online (and =20<br>
> anybody else who cares to join us) is uniquely positioned to engage =20=<br>
<br>
> in this discussion not just at a theoretical level but at a very =20<br>
> solid practical level. We have the shared experience of hundreds of =20=<br>
<br>
> thousands of Open Spaces. And we have something else -- the shared =20<br>
> experience of life in our community. As the world might see it the =20<br>
> "Open Space Community" is a pretty strange thing. It has no =20<br>
> boundaries, no formal organization, leadership, or corporate =20<br>
> status. Membership is pretty much whoever shows up -- and the party =20=<br>
<br>
> has been going on for 25 years. Odd but very effective. Indeed =20<br>
> there are multiple formal organizations in the world who with might =20=<br>
<br>
> greater effort have accomplished substantially less. Think about =20<br>
> it! Multiple Global and regional meetings. A world wide reach. More =20=<br>
<br>
> training programs than you can name. And absolutely nobody is in =20<br>
> charge. There has never been a Business Plan, and if a budget =20<br>
> exists it has never been found. Is it all just a gossamer dream, a =20<br>
> fanciful delusion, or something much deeper and more important? I =20<br>
> vote for the latter. I think this is a conversation that needs to =20<br>
> happen, not to the exclusion of all others, but this is where my =20<br>
> passion is.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Anyhow I invite you to share and think about our common experience =20<br>
> -- and let our experience be our guide. As a starting point we =20<br>
> might just begin with invitation. What would happen if all our =20<br>
> projects began with invitation as opposed to assignment?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Harrison<br>
><br>
><br>
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Hi Suzanne<div><br></div><div>Reading your list what comes to mind =<br>
is:</div><div><br></div><div>the gift of time</div><div>a return to =<br>
"boundless time"</div><div><br></div><div>Throughout my life I have =<br>
noticed that I regularly return to a space in which time seems to have =<br>
no hold.</div><div><br></div><div>When I was younger I noticed that =<br>
there were certain key points that my watch would actually stop working =<br>
and I wouldn't notice (looking down at it I would say to myself, oh, =<br>
only ____ o'clock, still lots more time to go). Often this would =<br>
happen around creating art work.</div><div><br></div><div>Today this =<br>
still happens for me regularly, most often around creating art =<br>
work,</div><div><br></div><div>There is something about the open space =<br>
"set-up" that seems to provide a doorway for people collectively to step =<br>
into this boundless space together. In my experience Open Space, =<br>
in as much as it is a "format" seems to help us (human beings) step into =<br>
"flow" as a =<br>
group.</div><div><br></div><div>Denise</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>=<br>
On Dec 20, 2009, at 6:31 AM, Suzanne Daigle wrote:</div><br =<br>
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><p>=46rom =<br>
Harrison's posting and the replies, I see pieces of a puzzle, so like =<br>
the picture in my mind which ebbs and flows between clarity and =<br>
confusion, theory and action, thinking and doing in this journey of my =<br>
life. <br> </p><ul><li>Open Space 24 X 7...oh the dream of =<br>
it!</li> <li>Invitation is where it all begins</li> <li>Letting go to =<br>
let be</li> <li>One less thing to do</li> <li>May not be perfect </li> =<br>
<li>Magic happens (perhaps because we suddenly realize this important =<br>
fact that none of us and nothing is perfect and this more than anything =<br>
releases us to be and do)</li> <li>Oh what fun </li> <li>The party has =<br>
been going on for 25 years</li> <li>Reaching back to bring forward</li> =<br>
<li>Helping people notice (others)...or experience what can be?</li> =<br>
<li>=46rom the core...the "coeur" i.e. the heart</li> <li>Invitation is =<br>
where it all begins</li><li>But does it really begin there or in the =<br>
conversations we have every day, opportunities to nourish and =<br>
seize</li><li>How can we exponentially grow what we do as a collective =<br>
because we all feel and know that the timing now feels different =<br>
somehow</li> </ul><br>And then finally, is Open Space about speaking =<br>
less (not pressing the send button) and listening more...or =<br>
speaking now because there is so much work to do and we have this =<br>
opportunity to nudge but never force an awareness of consciousness that =<br>
happens when we open space.<br> <br>So I decide again to press =<br>
<i><b>send </b></i>with gratitude for others who do too. <br> =<br>
Suzanne<br><br> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div =<br>
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Herman =<br>
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com">michael@michaelherman.com</a></a>></span> wrote: =<br>
<div> </div> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: =<br>
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: =<br>
1ex;">yes, exactly, about 'fails'. guess that should have been in =<br>
quotes. it's same as we always say about posting an issue and =<br>
nobody comes. it can't fail. there's always information in =<br>
it. and several choices about what could do next. =<br>
<div> </div> <div>reminds me too, that i've often described the =<br>
process of open space as a cascade of invitation. part of the =<br>
power, i think, is that a leader or leadership groups somehow launches =<br>
the "invitation" to a meeting, then he or she take the first three =<br>
minutes of the meeting to share what i always suggest to them is "the =<br>
story of how we got here." </div> <div> </div> <div>sometimes =<br>
it's the short form of the history of the whole org, other times it's a =<br>
quip about how we all made it here in the middle of this snow =<br>
storm. then, the invitation is for each person to do what the =<br>
leader has already done... make an invitation, name and issue, pick a =<br>
place and a time, and then kick off the conversation with three minutes =<br>
(i always bow to michael pannwitz for '8:00am to 8:03' sponsors =<br>
introduction) about why the issue they posted is important to them... =<br>
how they got to here, to caring about this issue. </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>so the first bit in the cascading is that the =<br>
leader invites, and then invites everyone else to invite. great =<br>
power, i think, in asking folks to do what they themselves have already =<br>
done. (for this same reason, this is why i always hand-write my =<br>
posters, cuz i'm about to ask participants to scribble their own issues, =<br>
so i figure that mine should be scribbled too.) </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>next part of cascade is that particpants capture =<br>
and process their notes, which i often refer to as 'an invitation to =<br>
action, or at least an invitation to others who weren't part of the =<br>
conversation to get involved.' and many times some of the actions =<br>
will be 'have another meeting.' and so i point out that the =<br>
invitation to those next meetings don't need to be hardly anything more =<br>
than the scribbles that made the breakout meetings possible. =<br>
</div> <div> </div> <div>so the coherence and integrity that come =<br>
from a leader modeling what he/she is asking others to do, and then =<br>
supporting the relative ease of convening a breakout or followup =<br>
meeting, are two important dimensions of 'being inviting' as a =<br>
leader. implicit in these the first is some stablility or =<br>
confidence in the value of their own example, their own presence, and a =<br>
comfort with who they are and what they can and can't do or control =<br>
personally. and the wisdom to support in the simplest ways =<br>
possible, like tape, markers, circle, for everyone else to pick up and =<br>
do their own part. self-organizing. this comfort, clarity, =<br>
integrity, confidence, i thikn, lets the caring come through, and =<br>
suddenly they are "being inviting", not just "doing it". </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>practice implies doing it again and again =<br>
until we can 'be' it without the props of the doing. and over time =<br>
controlling leaders become inviting leaders. i was saying just the =<br>
other night at my neighborhood association, talking about invitation, =<br>
and pointing out that if we bring more and more invitations to the fore, =<br>
if this is how we do neighborhood, then what we get over time is a more =<br>
and more inviting neighborhood. </div> <div> </div> <div>so this =<br>
gets to my last point about invitation (at least for the moment!) ...if =<br>
we live in open space and open space is inviting... then we must live in =<br>
the midst of invitations, a whole bunch of things just trying or waiting =<br>
to happen. at the neighborhood group, it's common to bemoan the =<br>
lack of volunteers to do things... but that's really a lack of =<br>
volunteers to do what a few board people think should be done. =<br>
meanwhile, people are convening all kinds of little things that could =<br>
benefit greatly by being supported with a community bulletin =<br>
board. on bowen island that bulletin board is what chris corrigan =<br>
calls "invititation corner", a vacant little piece of land just off the =<br>
ferry, where posters of all sorts go up and invite gathering. =<br>
</div> <div> </div> <div>and i always go back to your very first =<br>
words to me, ever, harrison... when i asked in the kickoff of my first =<br>
open space breakout session about how to, in a word, organize =<br>
people/work/organization... you said "i don't. i go in and ask =<br>
what's working and then ask how to grow more of that." what's =<br>
working is inherently inviting. "working" and "inviting" are not =<br>
separate. and i've always found this to be true... when i look for =<br>
what's working, that's where i always find the bits of language, story, =<br>
structure, action that are the fodder for inviting more of what =<br>
works.</div> <div> </div> <div>so the only failure possible might =<br>
be a failure to notice what's really working and why? </div> <div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>m</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div =<br>
clear=3D"all"> </div> <div>--</div> <div> </div> <div>Michael =<br>
Herman</div> <div>Michael Herman Associates</div> <div> </div> =<br>
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target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org</a></a></div> =<br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/</a>" =<br>
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<div> </div> <div>312-280-7838 (mobile)</div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div> </div></div> <div> <div></div> <div> <div =<br>
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Cochran =<br>
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:scochran305@gmail.com">scochran305@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote: =<br>
<div> </div> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: =<br>
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: =<br>
1ex;"> <div>Thanks for opening this dialogue, Harrison.</div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>I'm wondering how <i>any </i>invitation can be =<br>
regarded as failing if we enbrace the 'whoever comes...' principle? =<br>
</div> <div> </div> <div>Best to All - Steve <div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div></div> <div> <div></div> <div> <div =<br>
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Harrison Owen =<br>
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a></a>></span> wrote: =<br>
<div> </div> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: =<br>
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: =<br>
1ex;"> <div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US"> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Good Stuff Michael and Denise -- And I wonder about "failed" =<br>
invitations. If failure means that we didn't get precisely the folks we =<br>
wanted to come -- there could be a number of reasons for that, not all =<br>
of them bad. For example it could be that the issue we were so excited =<br>
about really didn't have all that much going for it. And all those folks =<br>
who failed to respond positively were just brighter than we were. Our =<br>
"failed" invitation simply saved a lot of time and energy which might =<br>
better be applied to something else. And just suppose all those folks =<br>
did come out of some sense of "should" or "ought" -- and the whole =<br>
affair turned out to be just as flat as they thought it might. Now -- =<br>
how happy are the folks? And what do you think would be the likely =<br>
response the next time you offered an invite?</span></p><div><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Harrison</span></p><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison =<br>
Owen</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; =<br>
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls Dr.</span></p><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Potomac, MD 20854</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">USA</span></p><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Phone 301-365-2093</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a></a></span><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.ho-image.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ho-image.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a></a> =<br>
(Personal Website)</span></p><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
10pt;"> OSLIST [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV">OSLIST@LISTSERV</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV</a>.</span><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p> <div style=3D"border-style: =<br>
solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color =<br>
-moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in =<br>
0in;"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://boisestate.edu/" target="_blank">http://boisestate.edu/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a>] =<br>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Herman </span></p><div><b>Sent:</b> =<br>
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:09 AM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a =<br>
href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a></div> =<br>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders =<br>
Unite!</div><div><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div> <br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =<br>
style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;">oh this is fun. </p><div> </div> =<br>
<div>for me, this business of inviting has long been the center of the =<br>
ongoing practice of opening. what i noticed some time ago is that =<br>
"inviting" is something that we can *do* as a business practice, =<br>
somethign we can try and repeat and refine. but it's also =<br>
something that we can, as individuals, *aspire* to *be*. the =<br>
practical inviting is essential for performance. but the latter, =<br>
the aspiring, is where spirit shows up. if we are a space for =<br>
that. </div> <div> </div> <div>as for the accepting or =<br>
not. being trained in economics and finance, straight through a =<br>
rather serious mba program, i have always understood invitation in terms =<br>
of markets and prices. any invitation is just like a bid or offer =<br>
in any market. the text of an invitation is like a price. =<br>
it's got to be stated, announced. but it also might need to be =<br>
adjusted. i like what denise says about getting to "core" because =<br>
core is from french coeur, heart. when an invitation fails, it's =<br>
usually because i've started from something other than heart.</div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>the way i think of markets, despite the financial =<br>
training, i mostly think in terms of farmers markets. the guy who =<br>
brings tomatoes or blueberries or whatever has poured some chunk of his =<br>
life energy into tending and harvesting that crop. it's him. it's =<br>
his care. his responsibility in those baskets. it's what he =<br>
has to offer. so invitation is the same. it just has to be =<br>
offered. the danger is not that an invitation might be =<br>
declined. the danger is in caring, in being full of somethign, and =<br>
not sharing it, letting it go to waste. </div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div>so the invitation to a meeting or simply into relationship in a =<br>
passing smile on the street, is about being a space that doesn't know =<br>
what will happen next, but shows up anyway. alive. =<br>
ready. enough. and inquiring. </div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div>anyway, these are some first thoughts that didn't want to =<br>
rot.</div> <div> </div> <div>m</div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div> </div> <div clear=3D"all"> </div> =<br>
<div>--</div> <div> </div> <div>Michael Herman</div> <div>Michael =<br>
Herman Associates</div> <div> </div> <div><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.michaelherman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.michaelherman.com/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.michaelherman.com" target="_blank">http://www.michaelherman.com</a></a></div> <div><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.ronanparktrail.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ronanparktrail.com/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.ronanparktrail.com" target="_blank">http://www.ronanparktrail.com</a></a></div> <div><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org" target="_blank">http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org</a></a></div> =<br>
<div><a href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a></a></div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div>312-280-7838 (mobile)</div> <div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at =<br>
9:59 PM, Denise Tennen <<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.net">denisetennen@comcast.net</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:denisetennen@comcast.net">denisetennen@comcast.net</a></a>> wrote:</p> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal">Harrison</p> <div><div> <br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal">For me, when an invitation I extend is refused, I =<br>
take another look at the invitation (especially when I think the person =<br>
and project would be a good fit). In some ways it feels like my =<br>
whole life is about learning to extend vibrant, inspiring invitations =<br>
(this often helps me get to the core of what I'm trying to accomplish), =<br>
as well as receiving the response with acceptance and love. </p> =<br>
<div><div> <br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> =<br>
<div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I also notice that it is useful to reconnect =<br>
with my own sense of inspiration about the project - that seems to make =<br>
a difference in the whole interaction around the invitation - whether or =<br>
not the invitation is accepted. My being centered and inspired =<br>
helps retain the relationship regardless of the response. I am =<br>
always thankful for a clear no...</p> <div> <div><div> <br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal">On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Harrison Owen =<br>
wrote:</p></div><div> <br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div> </div> =<br>
<div> </div> <div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Denise =<br>
--</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div> <div><div><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">So this is all great! And my question is how can you do the same =<br>
thing every day with every project, organization start-up, =<br>
whatever=85</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div> =<br>
<div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);"> </span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">I think you are hinting at the problem of making a REAL =<br>
invitation=85 Not the sort that we all have received knowing full well =<br>
that we will be shot at dawn if the invitation is not accepted. Or at =<br>
the very least -- FIRED!</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> =<br>
</div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);"> </span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">So what would happen if all our invitations were real? Which =<br>
means they could be refused. And then what?</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p> </div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; =<br>
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> =<br>
<div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; =<br>
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div> =<br>
<div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison Owen</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls =<br>
Dr.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Potomac, MD 20854</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">USA</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, =<br>
125);">Phone 301-365-2093</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a></a></span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a =<br>
href=3D"<a href="http://www.ho-image.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ho-image.com/</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a></a> =<br>
(Personal Website)</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div> =<br>
<div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, =<br>
223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium =<br>
medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: black;">From:</span></b><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> OSLIST [<a =<br>
href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank">mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a>] <b>On =<br>
Behalf Of </b>Denise Tennen =<br>
</span></p><div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:17 =<br>
PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a =<br>
href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>" =<br>
target=3D"_blank"><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></a></div> =<br>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders =<br>
Unite!</div><span style=3D"color: black;"></span><div><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div></div> =<br>
<div><div><span style=3D"color: black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: =<br>
black;">Harrison</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div> =<br>
<div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: =<br>
black;">Thanks for these thought-provoking words.</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div> <div> <div><div><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">As =<br>
far as invitiation - in my work as an artist supporting large groups to =<br>
come together to create collaborative works of "permanently" installed =<br>
art for their (the participants') communities - Invitation is the only =<br>
thing that works.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> =<br>
</div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">My =<br>
underlying belief is that engagement in artistic endeavors is a useful =<br>
piece in the puzzle of creating a peaceful world. I've found that =<br>
eople creating art together generally aren't engaged in =<br>
fighting</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> =<br>
<div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: =<br>
black;">here are the ingredients of invitation, for me, that I believe =<br>
contribute to good flow:</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
13.5pt; color: black;"> </span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> =<br>
<div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; =<br>
color: black;">1) getting the word out is critical, </span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">2) =<br>
the "stickiness" (see Malcolm Gladwell and more particularly, the =<br>
brothers Heath in their book Making It Stick) of the invitation and =<br>
project description heavily affects the outcome in terms of =<br>
participation and engaged-ness of participants.</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">3) =<br>
having the setting ready before the participants arrive so I'm not =<br>
distracted by DOING and can keep my attention on BEING PRESENT with the =<br>
participants</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> =<br>
</div></div> <div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
13.5pt; color: black;">4) having a structure in mind and at the same =<br>
time being willing to let it go at any moment</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">5) keeping participation =<br>
voluntary (a bit tricky when I am operating in a classroom setting where =<br>
the children are basically in the position of being "sitting =<br>
ducks")</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> =<br>
<div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">As =<br>
far as the invitation, my on-the-ground work is lots of word-of mouth, =<br>
who knows who. Increasingly via internet - helps spread the word =<br>
quickly, although in the end, nothing beats the realm of the personal, =<br>
one by one invitation.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> =<br>
</div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: =<br>
black;">Different age groups respond to different methods (snail =<br>
mail/flyer vs internet etc)</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">my =<br>
beginning thoughts on this for now...</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"> </span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; color: =<br>
black;">Denise</span><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black;">On Dec 15, 2009, at =<br>
7:26 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:</span></p></div></div> <div><div =<br>
style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style=3D"color: =<br>
black;"> </span><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div> =<br>
<div> <div> <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; =<br>
color: black;">Several days ago I sent a note to what I thought was =<br>
going to be a small group of friends, inviting thinking about opening =<br>
space every day, what that might mean, and how to accomplish all that in =<br>
specifics. In effect, I was taking off from my book "Wave Rider" which =<br>
is my best shot on the subject to date -- with the expectation that =<br>
there is much more "out there" in terms of ideas and actions. Along the =<br>
way I did suggest that OST (as the meeting approach) might be getting in =<br>
the way of the larger discussion. Even worse, I facetiously (jokingly) =<br>
invited everybody to join "The Imperial Society of Wave Riders!" Well =<br>
you can imagine the uproar this caused. Here I am suggesting that we =<br>
eliminate OST and become imperialists! Not a good day -- but I do think =<br>
the proposed discussion has merit. In fact from where I sit it may just =<br>
be the most important discussion we could have.</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> <div> <div><div><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Given =<br>
the state of the world (no need for detailed analysis) superior human =<br>
performance achieved in a peaceful fashion seems like a very good idea. =<br>
Or put another way how do we find the intelligence and energy to deal =<br>
with the massive issues we face without killing each other? I believe =<br>
that the 25 year Open Space experiment has clearly shown that superior =<br>
performance in a peaceful manner can be achieved any time we open space. =<br>
It may not be perfect, but it works better than just about anything =<br>
else, and for sure it is a lot less work. The reason for all this is =<br>
that we are not really doing anything. Rather, we are inviting the =<br>
system (business, family, organization) to do what it can do all by =<br>
itself. Self organize. We are just helping people to notice that -- and =<br>
when they do magic seems to happen. Peace and high performance show up. =<br>
If we are honest about it, I think we might realize that OST is in some =<br>
real ways a fraud and a joke, at least it becomes all that if we take =<br>
credit for the power and effect of the process, and the special way that =<br>
we might "do" it. Rather like taking credit for the power and effect of =<br>
gravity -- which will continue no matter what we do!</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> <div> <div><div><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
black;">Anyhow, I believe the community that gathers here online (and =<br>
anybody else who cares to join us) is uniquely positioned to engage in =<br>
this discussion not just at a theoretical level but at a very solid =<br>
practical level. We have the shared experience of hundreds of thousands =<br>
of Open Spaces. And we have something else -- the shared experience of =<br>
life in our community. As the world might see it the "Open Space =<br>
Community" is a pretty strange thing. It has no boundaries, no formal =<br>
organization, leadership, or corporate status. Membership is pretty much =<br>
whoever shows up -- and the party has been going on for 25 years. Odd =<br>
but very effective. Indeed there are multiple formal organizations in =<br>
the world who with might greater effort have accomplished substantially =<br>
less. Think about it! Multiple Global and regional meetings. A world =<br>
wide reach. More training programs than you can name. And absolutely =<br>
nobody is in charge. There has never been a Business Plan, and if a =<br>
budget exists it has never been found. Is it all just a gossamer dream, =<br>
a fanciful delusion, or something much deeper and more important? I vote =<br>
for the latter. I think this is a conversation that needs to happen, not =<br>
to the exclusion of all others, but this is where my passion =<br>
is.</span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> <div> =<br>
<div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
black;"> </span><span style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div> <div> <div><p =<br>
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: =<br>
black;">Anyhow I invite you to share and think about our common =<br>
experience -- and let our experience be our guide. As a starting point =<br>
we might just begin with invitation. What would happen if all our =<br>
projects began with invitation as opposed to assignment?</span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span></p> </div></div> <div> <div><div><span =<br>
style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span =<br>
style=3D"color: black;"></span><br =<br>
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black;"></span></p></div></div> <div> <div><div><span style=3D"font-size: =<br>
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