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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear community<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would like to delve a
little deeper on the idea that I have raised with the title "Welcome the
5th principle in order to remain 4”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>First, tell you I
appreciate and value the open space is OSLIST virtual. I am basically a
peripheral participant OSLIST. Very few times I've written something, but I am
a legitimate peripheral to live in freedom and responsibility to participate
from time to time on subjects that interest me. <br>
And this has been the case. The appearance of the reflections and comments on
the 5 th Principle has interested me. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I
believe that the talks that have emerged on this new principle have been a
great contribution to cultivate the spirit of the OS, for to flourish his
essence.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The foundations for the
incorporation of this new principle seem solid and have been exhibited with
clarity by Harrison Owen and others. This new principle, - which has always
been there-, makes me much sense incorporate it into the opening of OS, because
it provides an essential distinction to the experience of the spirit of the OS.
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But it was his appearance
that made me take a fresh look to each of the other Principles. I wondered what
was the equivalent contribution of each one, which led me to review the focus and
the ideas associated with each. <br>
The focus of the first principle is people. The recognition that whatever is
done will be done by people who are there. In our practice as facilitators,
with my dear friend <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Juan Luis</st1:PersonName>, enunciated
this principle as "somos los que estamos, estamos los que somos" an
expression that our culture promotes the idea that those are the best people to
carry out the task . This focus responds to the who / whom <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The focus of the second,
the action is, what is happening, what people do, the experience of what I will
do - we will do, I do - we do, I did – we did. The lived process, the successful
product. It responds to what</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For me, the focus of the
third and fourth principle is only one, is time. Present as one principle helps
to raise awareness of the relationship we have with time. From the experience
of time to create, to learn. To start and finish. The title of this merger
could be "when it starts, it starts, When it is over, it is over." This
focus responds to when <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And there is the new
principle, which brings the experience of space itself. The place of meeting,
whatever, will always be an appropriate place. There is the worry about whether
he could be in a better place, once there, this is the right place. </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Responds to where. <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That's how I came to
wonder the idea of welcoming the principle 5 in order to remain 4. <br>
But also in terms of form, I like the idea of 4 to 5 Principles. I think four
is more harmonious with the circle of the OS figure. Shape 4 shows key
dimensions of life: the 4 cardinal points, the 4 seasons, the 4 basic elements
and others. Finally, also, that less is more. <br>
But maybe I'm not seeing something important to justify the two principles
associated with the time necessary and useful to present them separately. If
so, please ask me what they indicate. <br>
OS has been effective so far as it is and I believe that the Principles are 4
or 5, does not add anything significant. In any case, try my idea in the next
OS to provide. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Finally, reflect on the
subject I have found attractive, I recreated the spirit of OS. <br>
A hug for everyone and we hope in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chile</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the right place for the next
Wosonos. <br>
Jorge Amigo <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>En español<br>
Querida comunidad<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Quiero ahondar un poco más sobre la idea
que he planteado con el título “Bienvenido el 5º Principio para que sigan
siendo 4”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Primero, decirles a ustedes que aprecio y
valoro el open space virtual que es la OSLIST. Soy básicamente un participante
periférico de la OSLIST. Muy pocas veces he escrito algo, sin embargo, me
siento un legítimo periférico, en cuanto a vivir la libertad y responsabilidad
de participar de vez en cuando en temas que me interesan. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Y este ha sido el caso. La aparición de
las reflexiones y comentarios sobre el 5º Principio me ha interesado. Creo que
las conversaciones que han surgido sobre este nuevo Principio han sido un
gran aporte para cultivar el espíritu del OS, para que florezca su esencia.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Los fundamentos para la incorporación de
este nuevo Principio me parecen sólidos y han sido expuestos con claridad por
Harrison Owen y otras personas. Este nuevo Principio, - que siempre ha estado
ahí -, me hace mucho sentido incorporarlo en la apertura de OS, pues aporta una
distinción esencial para la vivencia del espíritu del OS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pero fue precisamente su aparición lo que
me hizo mirar con nuevos ojos a cada uno de los demás Principios. Me pregunté
cual era el aporte equivalente de cada uno, lo que me llevó a repasar el foco y
las ideas asociadas a cada uno.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>El foco del primer Principio son las
personas. El reconocimiento de que cualquier cosa que se haga será hecho por
las personas que ahí están. En nuestra práctica como facilitadores, con mi
querido amigo <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Juan Luis</st1:PersonName>, enunciamos
este Principio como “somos los que estamos, estamos los que somos”, expresión
que en nuestra cultura potencia la idea que los que están son las personas
idoneas para llevar adelante la tarea. Este foco responde al quién / quienes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>El foco del segundo, es la acción, lo que
ocurre, lo que las personas hacen, la vivencia de lo que haré-haremos,
hago-hacemos, hice-hicimos. El proceso vivido, el producto logrado. Responde al
qué<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Para mí, el foco del tercer y cuarto
Principio es uno solo, es el tiempo. Presentarlos como uno solo Principio ayuda
a tomar conciencia de la relación que tenemos con el tiempo. De la vivencia del
tiempo para crear, para aprender. Para iniciar y terminar. El enunciado de esta
fusión podría ser: "cuando comienza, se comienza; cuando termina, se
termina". Este foco responde al cuando<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Y está el nuevo Principio, que nos trae la
vivencia del espacio mismo. El lugar de encuentro, que sea cual sea, siempre
será el lugar apropiado. No es el punto preocuparse por si se pudo estar en un
lugar mejor, una vez ahí, ese es el lugar correcto. Responde al donde.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Así fue como llegué a plantearme la idea
de dar la bienvenida al 5º Principio para que sigan siendo 4.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pero también en el plano de las formas, me
gusta más la idea de 4 que 5 Principios. Me parece que cuatro es más
armónico con el círculo, la figura del OS. En forma de 4 se presentan
dimensiones elementales de la vida: los 4 puntos cardinales, las 4 estaciones,
los 4 elementos básicos y otras. Finalmente, también, por que menos es más.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pero quizás yo no esté viendo algo
importante que justifica que los dos principios asociados al tiempo sea
necesario y útil de presentarlos por separado. Si es así, pido por favor me lo
señalen. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>OS ha sido efectivo hasta ahora tal como
es y yo creo que los Principios sean 4 o 5 no agrega algo significativo. En
todo caso, probaré mi idea en el próximo OS que facilite. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Finalmente, reflexionar sobre el tema me
ha resultado atractivo, he recreado el espiritu de OS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Un abrazo para todos y los esperamos en
Chile, el lugar correcto para en el próximo Wosonos.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jorge Amigo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>De:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Jorge amigo
[mailto:jorge@amigoconsultores.cl] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Enviado el:</span></b> miércoles, 01 de junio
de 2011 01:59 p.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Para:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">World
wide Open Space Technology email list</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Asunto:</span></b> [OSList] Welcome to the
5th principle in order to remain 4</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear community<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have followed with
interest the conversations that have emerged from the reflections of HO to
incorporate a 5 th principle. True, it is important to include since it adds an
important dimension that has long been exposed to HO and others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I want to take the
opening of this debate on this 5 th principle, to propose another change that
some time I turn around and I think it is appropriate to do so now. In simple
and direct way, I have always believed that principles 3 and 4, which refer to
the same phenomenon that is the time, may be mentioned as one principle.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The appearance of the 5
th principle I made it clear this idea. With his introduction, the principles
now include the four essential distinctions for OS: people, time, place and
action.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So then, welcome to the
5th principle in order to remain 4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The English translation
is from google. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sorry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jorge Amigo from Chile<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Phone: 56-2-8391773<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>jorge@amigoconsultores.cl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>www.amigoconsultores.cl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>En español<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Querida comunidad<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>He seguido con interés las conversaciones
que han surgido a partir de las reflexiones de HO para incorporar un 5º
principio. Es cierto, es importante incluirlo puesto que agrega una dimensión
relevante que ha sido largamente expuesta por HO y otras personas. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Quiero aprovechar la apertura de este
debate sobre este 5º principio, para proponer otro cambio que hace tiempo me da
vuelta y creo que es oportuno hacerlo ahora. En forma simple y directa, siempre
he creído que los principios 3º y 4 º, que refieren a un mismo fenómeno que es
el tiempo, pueden ser mencionados como un solo principio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>La aparición del 5º principio me hizo más
evidente esta idea. Con su incorporación, los principios ahora abarcan las
cuatro distinciones esenciales para un OS: las personas; el tiempo; la acción y
el lugar. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Así que entonces, bienvenido el 5º
principio para que sigan siendo 4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jorge Amigo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fono: 56-2-8391773<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>jorge@amigoconsultores.cl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>www.amigoconsultores.cl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>En nombre de </span></b>Peggy Holman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Enviado el:</span></b> miércoles, 01 de junio
de 2011 10:03 a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Para:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">World
wide Open Space Technology email list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Asunto:</span></b> Re: [OSList] The 5th
Principle - Why I think it is Important</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Harrison,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm laughing at </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);
-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)'><font
color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>little
time bombs of enlightenment. </span></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span></span><font size=3
color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Methinks only an <span
style='-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);
-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)'>old radical revolutionary
could have come up with that one!</span></span></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><br>
</span></font></span>Peggy<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jun 1, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Harrison Owen <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Peggy – Somehow your note got buried </span></font><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>
And I wanted to thank you for the comments. As to when the 5<sup>th</sup>
Principle might be rolled out – that may have happened already, unless Doug was
doing an imaginary OST. But for sure it will make an appearance in South
Africa. I would expect that the initial and near term impact will be just about
zero – pretty much in line with the previous “4”. When first heard I suspect
that at best they create a small curiosity bump – Why on earth would anybody
bother to “announce” such things? But they are “slow-burners.” Somewhere down
the road, and not in every case – some passing event will open a little space
in consciousness – and a mild Ah-Ha takes place. “So that’s what it all about…
“Whoever comes is the right people.” The analogy is probably inappropriate, but
I rather think of the Principles (1-5) as sleeping viruses in a computer system
which spring to life given the right circumstances. Laying little time bombs of
enlightenment, or something. Guess that is just the old radical revolutionary
in me still churning about. </span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Peggy Holman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">World
wide Open Space Technology email list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSList] The 5th
Principle - Why I think it is Important</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Harrison,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I love the passion
and clarity of your voice in this thread! You're not speaking the usual
litany -- important and useful for sure, but still exercising the same old
muscles. This exchange is in a new place, requiring thoughts and words
that travel on different terrain. And I find it alive with your own
curiosity for where it will go. It contains an invitation that attracts
me!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You said the
fundamental reason for any Open Space: </span></font><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Calibri'> To enable the participants, individually and as a
collective, to more effectively navigate the self-organizing world of which we
are part. </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes! I am so
with you! That intent is at the heart of my own exploration. As you
know, I use the lens of emergence, which describes the dynamics of
self-organization from the inside-out. I hear variations of your intent
from others as well. My variation on your fundamental reason for opening space
is: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>how does self-organzation become so well
understood that anyone and everyone can navigate this natural pattern of change
with increased confidence and grace? </span></i>Not to mention
compassion, creativity, and wisdom. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Do we need to name
a 5th principle? For me the idea that we are always in Open Space --
which you have been saying for as long as I've known you -- points to the
intent. So does the way I've come to describe the law of two feet, which
I see as the heart of Open Space: take responsibility for what you love.
It is an act of service. When people operate from that assumption,
it liberates them to more effectively navigate a self-organizing world. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Like others, i've
taken to heart the notion from you of one less thing to do. So I am not
called to naming another principle as a means of making it visible to event
participants that self-organization is the sea in which they swim. Still,
if something increases the likelihood that people leave an Open Space event
better equipped to navigate a self-organizing world, that's huge! As far
as I'm concerned, the more accessible the notions of emergent
self-organization, the better! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So I can't wait to
hear what happens the next time you open space at an event somewhere and offer
up a 5th principle. More, what happens AFTER the event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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be alive exploring the edge of what you know and what you don't know?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Enjoy the award winning </span></font></b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><a href="http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/">Engaging
Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'> <br>
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get
burnt, is to become <br>
the fire".<br>
-- Drew Dellinger</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On May 29, 2011,
at 7:40 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>When something
sneaks up on you as a Blinding Flash of the Obvious, it is not uncommon for it
to take a while to understand what happened. Such is the case with the 5<sup>th</sup><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Principle for me. I make no pretence
that clarity has arrived, but I think I am getting somewhere.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>I knew
in the moment that it seemed like a GIT (good idea at the time), I even
had some inklings as to its use and purpose – but hardly more. True it created
a nice symmetry: 5 Preconditions for Open Space (Real business issue,
complexity…), 5 Principles, 5 typical results (High Learning, High Play…). And
of course all that is easy to keep track of with the 5 Fingers on the hand –
although you might need a third hand. Shiva, Where are you?<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The 5<sup>th</sup><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Principle, like the preceding four is
descriptive, not prescriptive. It does not tell anybody what to do or what
should happen, rather it simply alerts people to what will be happening in any
case. The reason we do this at the beginning of an Open Space is to provide a
little forewarning that may (will) offer some comfort to people along the way.
As we all know, OST can seem like a strange new world for 1<sup>st</sup><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>timers. Just about all of their
presuppositions and practices regarding meetings will be trashed. No announced
agenda, no Leader, a facilitator who is most apparent in his/her absence… All
the normal Comfort Guides for the traditional (boring) meeting are disappeared.
We know all that, and we also know that when venturing into strange territory,
having a few advertisements of things to come can make it all a little more
comfortable. The original principles do just that in terms of the people who
might come, actions/happenings that might occur, the role of time – and of
course, the ending of it all.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>But what
about space? Isn’t it odd that in conversation about something called “Open
Space,”<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>space/place</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>is never mentioned? I am pretty sure
that the reason it never occurred to me previously was that the venue (space)
was simply a part of the logistical scene – rather like computers, magic
markers and flip charts. All needed but hardly worthy of a Principle, if indeed
there was any principle involved. No reason to even mention it for the comfort
of those present. So what’s different now?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The key
difference for me is a growing concern and interest in what might or could
happen after the event. We have always been interested in the follow-on,
follow-up of the key decisions and insights that may have emerged during a
gathering – implementation, so to speak. But for me those specifics are of
infinitely lesser import than an enhanced awareness that Open Space does not
end at the venue’s doors. If a group of people leave an Open Space Event, well
satisfied with their accomplishments, but believing that all of that was the
product of a special, unique, and rarely to be repeated method or approach, I
think they have been severely short changed. Such people might naturally think
that the magic of their moment was due, in whole or in part, to the power of
the design, the brilliance of its originator (that would be me<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>L</span></font><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>), and
the consummate skill of the facilitator. How wrong can you get?!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>There
was no design, at least in a sense comparable to other “methods” (AI, Future
Search, etc), which are all are carefully researched and constructed. Yes it is
true that we “sit in a circle, create a bulletin board, open a market place,
and go to work” – but none of that came out of years of research and practice
in Group Dynamics, with a linage to Lewin and other greats in the field. It
just happened as a result of what seemed to be a good idea at the time.
Truthfully all of this has been the source of continuing confusion and
embarrassment ever since the field of Large Group Interventions was identified
by the likes of Billye Alban and Barbara Bunker. The opening chapters of their
book described in detail the antecedents of the new methods – and then there
was Open Space which was only included as a last minute addition, and simply
doesn’t fit.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>As for
the brilliance of the originator, we know the story of that one! The inspiration
was actually a desperation play fortified by two martinis! The originator was
in fact so brilliant that it took him almost five years to understand that Open
Space was interesting and potentially important. Slow learner!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Facilitator
skills? Useful, but not necessary. The truth of the matter is that anybody with
a good head and a good heart can “do it.” This does not mean, of course, that
experience and practice don’t make a difference. But I think the major
difference is a reduction of the facilitator’s anxiety level, but that
difference has only marginal impact upon group performance. This seemingly odd
phenomenon is due to the fact that the facilitator is not “managing,”
“running,” or “doing” a process. The process “does” itself and is deeply
ingrained in all the participants, whether they know it or not. The
facilitator’s sole function is Invitation – to invite the people to do what
they already know how to do. And then gracefully get out of the way. Making a
graceful exit can take years of practice.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>And now
we come to a critical question, I think.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Why do we do what we do?</span></i><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>When we facilitate an Open Space what
are the goals, objectives, purposes? The answers to this question may seem so
blatantly obvious as to render the question meaningless. Of course, we open
space in order to – solve a problem, build a building, create a plan, unstuck a
dysfunctional organization… And for the individual participants we open
space in order to bring a little joy, inspiration and renewal to the folks. For
ourselves, we open space because it is fun, challenging, exciting – and on
occasion financially rewarding. These answers, and many others of a similar
sort, roll easily from the tongue, and they are all quite valid. Missing from
this list, however, is an answer which for me is perhaps the most important.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>For me
the fundamental raison d’être for any Open Space I am involved in is -- To
enable the participants, individually and as a collective, to more effectively
navigate the self-organizing world of which we are part. Along the way we will
hopefully accomplish other good things: a new plan made, a community issue
resolved, a building designed. And for the participants there should also be an
experience of accomplishment, ownership, participation, inspiration, to say
nothing of some real fun. However, if everybody walks out the door on the final
day with<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>only</span></i><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the
completed plan or building design, albeit accompanied by some good warm fuzzy
feelings – I do not believe the mission has been accomplished.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The
Mission Accomplished sign will be displayed when participants walk through the
venue doors with the understanding that everything they experienced on the
“inside” may be used on the “outside.” Actually “inside” and “outside” is a
misapprehension. It is all one thing! Everything is Open Space – or more
accurately everything is self-organizing, despite the fact that there is a
continuing delusion to the contrary. Strange talk? Indeed, such talk in itself,
would appear to be delusional. After all we all know that somebody is in
charge, and that our organizations are the creatures of our making. In such an
environment, playing by the airy-fairy rules (principles) of Open Space is an
iron clad predictor of failure. That’s what it says in all the books, and
is emblazoned on the walls of every “well managed” institution. Under such
circumstances the average participant might be forgiven for a little
skepticism.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>But
skepticism is a healthy thing, and after all we have been there before. I
suspect that every single 1<sup>st</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>time
participant in all the Open Spaces I have been a part of, entered with some
degree of skepticism, and in those instances where I actually asked, they all
admitted that their confidence level for a “successful” outcome was close to
zero. Nice idea, but it just couldn’t work! No amount of argument on my part
ever convinced a soul, and for sure the recitation of the 4 Principles did
little if anything to change their opinion. They remained confirmed skeptics
UNTIL they had the experience. At that point, the 4 simple Principles became
useful prods to their critical process. They help people to see, really notice
– how the “impossible” became common place. From that point on, they had some
real work to do – but they now had something to work with.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Now back
to the 5<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Principle
-- which is simply an invitation to notice that all the marvelous things which
occurred “in” the event needn’t stop at the venue door. In fact they can and do
occur anywhere. “Wherever it is, is the right place!”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Will that
Principle convince anybody? No, absolutely not – at least until they have had
the experience. At that point, the 5<sup>th</sup><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Principle will join its fellows as a
simple statement of the obvious.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>So I am
stuck with the 5<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Principle,
not for reasons of symmetry or theory. In fact it messes up a whole bunch of
great signs that have been make, to say nothing of all the books I have
written. But what else is new?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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