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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Franklin – My feelings precisely! And I would probably go a little further. In my experience in extreme environments, where the conflict has become overly destructive, Open Space IS the mediating modality. This is not to say that alternative approaches have no impact, but in every case that I have witnessed they were infinitely less effective, especially when you take into account the amount of time and effort required. And when these approaches were most effective it turned out that the mediator operated with light or invisible hands. In a word, he/she simply held space and the engaged parties essentially did it all. All of which would seem to take us back to Open Space. The reasons, I am sure, are various and complex, but I think it is the case that no external party can ever possibly understand the complexity of the issues involved, their massive and ill defined connections, all combined with the (rapidly) changing nature of the total scene. These are not bad people and their hearts and minds are certainly in the right place – but the task they have taken on is simply overwhelming. More to the point the assembled group, united only by their common caring for some resolution carries all the history, all the complexity, combined with a nanosecond to nanosecond awareness of the present evolving situation—which their collective wisdom (Wisdom of Crowds) is usually able to weave together in a useful fashion. No help needed save for a single individual to open and hold the time/space in which all of that can take place. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Way back when I asked whether we were talking about mediation or meditation, I really wasn’t being obtuse. Given what I have said above, you will not be surprised that I see little point in combining Open Space with Mediation. However, when it comes to Meditation, that is a horse of a totally different color. In fact if my own experience is any indicator, failure to combine Open Space and Meditation in a high conflict situation is the perfect prescription for frying your soul. Holding space under extreme circumstances will require extreme degrees of focused presence. Meditation helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.openspaceworld.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu"><span style='color:blue'>oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</span></a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html"><span style='color:blue'>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Franklin Quijano<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 12, 2010 10:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: OS and mediation and Laur<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<br><br>I have been enjoying a lot by following all the OS threads, but let me share this thoughts from the experiential point.<br><br>I was exposed to some peace processes in the Philippines and I see that OS may help a lot in arriving equilibrium in many parts of the globe. Mediation is purposive, such that peace comes after series of requests on all sides are met.. OS, on the other hand, is consensus building from the first moment it is initiated; and, and at the point of convergence and sharing. Conflict is handled well by the process, that in the end, everyone is satisfied and satiated.<br><br>Mediation could be a small subtext in the OS process which would possibly happen somewhere during the discussions or perhaps during the agenda setting..<br><br>My humble submission.<br><br>Cheers from the Mindanao, Philippines.<br><br>Franklin M. Quijano<br>Iligan City<o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne@boscop.org><br><b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:40:45 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSLIST] OS and mediation and Laur<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Dear Larry,<br>stories like that make my day!<br>Have a great weekend.<br>And the rest of you all around the globe, too.<br>Greetings from Berlin<br>mmp<br><br>Larry Peterson wrote:<br>> As a wise man once said, opening space is partly about expanding "our" now.<br>> As a process enables a group to experience together increased<br>> consciousness/awareness. Meditative practice can do the same for<br>> individuals. Can corporate practice of Open Space do the same for<br>> collectives? <br>> Last night I opened a space for a group of 20 somthings, friends of Laur,<br>> who are exploring how to develop a "Civic Series" of conversations to better<br>> understand world issues. Only a couple had experienced and "unconference"<br>> and they realized that this was different. Others in the diverse group<br>> (what Toronto is) blossomed within the surprise of open space. Most now see<br>> the potential "Civic Series" differently so the next steps should be fun and<br>> interesting. Certainly, many expanded their sense of what is possible now.<br>> <br>> Larry<br>> <br>> <br>> Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation<br>> Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br>> <a href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com">larry@spiritedorg.com</a> 416.653.4829 <a href="http://www.spiritedorg.com" target="_blank">http://www.spiritedorg.com</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Bui<br>> Petersen<br>> Sent: November-12-10 11:42 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] OS and mediation<br>> <br>> Hi Arno,<br>> <br>> I have a background in mediation myself and my experience with OS is more recent. As anyone on this list would tell you, OS would be a great way to hold your conference. I'm just not sure why you would do mediation during the conference. Even a mediators' conference. Do you really have that big disputes to resolve? :)<br>> <br>> While OS can be useful for resolving some disputes, it is an entirely different process from mediation, at least as I know it. Mediation involves significant intervention in the discourse, while OS is almost trying to intervene as little as possible. In my practice, I consider these to be the opposite extremes of what I do.<br>> <br>> Apart from OS there are several other processes that you can use as components of an otherwise conventional conference, such as World Cafe, Conversation Cafe just to name a couple. But as with anything, it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Decide on the purpose first and then pick the tool.<br>> <br>> Hope that is helpful.<br>> <br>> Bui Petersen<br>> <br>> On 12/11/2010 5:15 AM, Arno Baltin wrote:<br>>> 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<br>>> <br>>> *<br>>> *<br>>> ==========================================================<br>>> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>>> ------------------------------<br>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>>> view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<br>>> <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><br>>> <br>>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a><br>>> <br>> <br>> *<br>> *<br>> ==========================================================<br>> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>> ------------------------------<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>> view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<br>> <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><br>> <br>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a><br>> <br>> *<br>> *<br>> ==========================================================<br>> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>> ------------------------------<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>> view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<br>> <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><br>> <br>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a><br>> <br><br>-- Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg<br>Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany<br>++49-30-772 8000<br><a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org">mmpanne@boscop.org</a><br><a href="http://www.boscop.org" target="_blank">www.boscop.org</a><br><br><br>Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 411 resident Open Space Workers in 70 countries working in a total of 141 countries worldwide<br>Have a look:<br><a href="http://www.openspaceworldmap.org" target="_blank">www.openspaceworldmap.org</a><br><br>*<br>*<br>==========================================================<br><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>------------------------------<br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>:<br><a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><br><br>To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>
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