<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div>Dear Arno, (and hello OSList)</div><div><br></div><div>Not only do you <i>mean</i> mediation, you <i>wrote</i> it and you are engaged in really profound work by the sound of it - I hope you get more responses from those with insights on the subject - my curiosity in UK is about the tensions between the essential oppositionalism in our state systems and those advocating (forced to use the term in the context) for mediation, e.g. in particular in family courts and resolution of so much human disarray) - OST here is potentially such a lifesaver...</div><div><br></div><div>PS - Joined list in last few days (OST-er for 15 years) - bizarre communications observed, reluctant to filter them so early, but why the almost willful confusions - meandering is fun but do I detect some all too human/
psychodynamic/ social twists? This from a dame who might have chaos for a middle name...</div><div> </div><div><font color="#a040ff" face="verdana" size="3"><strong>Anne M Bennett</strong></font></div> <div> </div> <div>London<br><span style="background-color:rgb(128, 255, 0);"></span><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Harold Shinsato <harold@shinsato.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 12 November, 2010 15:25:07<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: OS and mediation<br></font><br>
Dear Arno,<br>
<br>
Open Space is a bit analogous to organizational meditation if you
think about it.<br>
<br>
A traditional leader is similar to the ego in our consciousness,
with the illusion of command and control. In Open Space, the
"leader" takes a breather and just watches what's present in the
psyche of the organization and lets it surface - "how fascinating" -
and then refuses to refocus the organization on any one topic at
least during the time of the Open Space.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
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On 11/12/10 1:45 AM, Arno Baltin wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Hi
everybody!
<br>
<br>
I have seen on the list comments from listers with connections to
mediation. I am intersted in possible overlappings of these two
methods.
<br>
After expressing once my skepsis on traditional conference
arrangement (on a mediatiors annual conference) I was encouraged
to suggest alternatives. I suggested OS. This idea developed into
search for a mix of mediation and OS. The min. program is still
dividing annual meeting between time for presentations and OS. The
max. program could be some arrangement including OS and mediation
practice.
<br>
So, what you think?
<br>
<br>
Arno
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