<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dan,<div><br></div><div>I did a search through the OS listserv archives. Below, from April 27, 1997 is the oldest message I located using the term "hold the space". Interestingly, it includes a discussion of what it means to hold space. I made it bold.</div><div><br></div><div>Peggy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">_________________________________</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Peggy Holman</div><div><a href="mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com">peggy@peggyholman.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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font-size: medium; "><div><br></div><div><b>Enjoy the award winning </b><a href="http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/">Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity</a></div></div><div> <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</div></div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Open Space Institute" <<a href="mailto:osi@TMN.COM">osi@TMN.COM</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">April 27, 1997 12:17:03 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Multiple recipients of list OSLIST" <<a href="mailto:OSLIST@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU">OSLIST@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Fw: April 16 OS Meeting Notes</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:osi@TMN.COM">osi@TMN.COM</a>><br></span></div><br><div>For those interested in the latest of the OS training discussion, the<br>meeting notes are attached.<br><br>This session became more part of the practice of how training might look<br>than a conversation on training. What I mean is the basic form of training<br>we've been discussing is to view training as an entry into the OS<br>community. As such, the flow is something like:<br><br> Attend an open space<br> Participate in OS discussions (like we had on the 16th and will have aga<br>in<br>on May 14) in which stories are told, questions are asked and answered)<br> Be linked up with a mentor to support conducting your first OS<br> Attend OSonOS if desired.<br><br>We haven't yet given thought to the mentoring role -- timing, preparation,<br>beginning and ending, etc. We also haven't thought through the pricing and<br>costs associated with such a design. I would expect the next meeting to be<br>a combination of discussing these aspects of the training design and<br>continuing the conversation on OS. It will all depend on the mix of people<br>and where the energy lies.<br><br>Peg Holman<br><br>----------<br><blockquote type="cite">From: Holman, Peggy <<a href="mailto:holmanp@wdni.com">holmanp@wdni.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Open Space Institute <<a href="mailto:osi@tmn.com">osi@tmn.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: FW: April 16 OS Meeting Notes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: Thursday, April 24, 1997 10:01 AM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> ----------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: <a href="mailto:MaHower@ix.netcom.com">MaHower@ix.netcom.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Holman, Peggy<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: April 16 OS Meeting Notes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: April 22, 1997 10:23PM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS Meeting Notes: April 16, 1997<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">at Peggy & Neil Holman's residence.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Participants:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy Holman<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Neil Holman<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Spencer Fox<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Clarice Sieden<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mark Hower<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Next Meeting: May 14 at 6:30 PM (we'll have pizza again)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy & Neil Holman's residence: 15347 SE 49th Pl, Bellevue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">206-643-6357<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The turnout on April 16 was very small due to my failure to get the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">word out. I apologize to Peggy and all of you who may have wished to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">attend, as it was a truly invigorating meeting for those few of us<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">participating. Below are my notes of our free-ranging conversations.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I have occasionally recorded the speaker, but what follows should be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">taken as the product of an engaged and fully present group of folks.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy asked each participant to answer: "What has brought me to this<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">meeting?" Our responses follow.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy: I have an interest in inviting new people into OSI to keep it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">vital. I hope to see beginnings of what someone needs to know to be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">comfortable to facilitate OS.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Spencer: I'm here to find out what I want to know. New questions are<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">evolving...: how to participate and facilitate at the same time? And<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">it seems that we can learn how to facilitate by participating or doing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mark: I am interested in seeing how Open Space or Open Space<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">principles can be applied in our daily lives. People seem to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">learn/embrace OS with ease, can't we use it elsewhere in our lives?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Clarice: OS is so right, so rich, so important. What can I do to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contribute toward the work that needs to be done? How do I speak<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">about this to others?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Neil: I find OS energizing -- the participation/exchange of ideas,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">growth. At work, I am trying to implement management tools in a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">company that has been largely without. How do you introduce<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">infrastructure with its discipline without destroying the creativity,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">etc. that is so essential? I am using an open format, helping people<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">see that they control their own destiny, must take personal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">responsibility, go with passion. I hope to give them a taste of these<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">things and then use Open Space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What would we get out of the OS Training?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy: a greater renewal of Spirit.... Also, part of Open Space is to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">get people to breathe together..., or to sing together. There is a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">very slow, deliberate pace to the convening of the circle. Tone of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">voice, pace, modulation are key. Many people learn kinesthetically,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">so this kind of thing cannot be learned by reading Harrison's books.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Other things that may be missed by those reading the books:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the importance of sacredness, honoring, ritual, spirit.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Since these things are so contradictory to our work environments, they<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">need to be seen and experienced. People are not willing to be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">responsible at work.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Qualities of Open Space differing from traditional training or OD:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the learner is often seen as an empty vessel in traditional trainings.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Space assumes everyone contributes/belongs.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The "facilitator" is NOT the expert in OS.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS has a pull vs push philosophy.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Spencer: Its power is its simplicity. There is just enough structure<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for freedom to take off without anarchy.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Unlike traditional OD consultants, Harrison is saying take this<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">framework and use only its essence, what is essential. Others have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">been taking something and building onto it, creating more complexity.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Spencer: So anyone can learn Open Space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy: Yes, but training is necessary to better hold the space..., or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to know how to just let things happen.<b> </b>The role of the facilitator in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS is not to control. He/she should "be fully present and totally<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">invisible." That can be very hard to do at times.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Space is natural. It is "in" us already. In the circle, we<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">readily share what we know. We do not need experts. People with life<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">experience can do this. We assume that people know rather than assume<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">they do not.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What is the Open Space Institute?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place to mentor and be mentored<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">support for practitioners<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place for research<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a place to practice<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">on-line conversations<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">regular meetings<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place to share stories<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place to get feedback<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">come as practitioners to regular meetings<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">new members will be able to enter a community<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS people talk about spirit, what has heart and meaning,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">intentionality, etc. So it is not about certifying who can do Open<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Can a participant also facilitate Open Space?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Spencer: I see how it could work.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy: The first priority should be in holding the space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy also noted that she had participated before, but only for very<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">short periods. "Participation keeps me from getting fully engaged (in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">holding the space). My bias is don't do this when getting started as<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a practitioner."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Clarice: Holding the space means you are accessing something bigger.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When I speak, I am back in my head, so not so "present."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b><br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>What does Holding the Space mean?<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>like meditation, being intentional, fully present.<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>Clarice: It's an altered state, silent sitting; be authentic and<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>full; no opinion, let go, allow space to occur; observe, catch what is<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>off center, attention to self and state of being; don't do, let others<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>fill that void.<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b><br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>People entrust you to hold the space and they are able to do the rest,<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>to do the work. Let go of old models of facilitation. The<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>facilitator is not responsible for outcomes and at the same time, you<br></b></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><b>(the facilitator) put the work back into people's hands.</b><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pre-event planning includes plumbing the depths of people's passions<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">so that they will be able to go as deep as possible during the OS.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Interventions during OS are not part of this. The level of passion<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">will directly correlate with how deep a group will get in Open Space.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">O.S. Training through OSI:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">1) Attend an Open Space event.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2) story telling session and get hooked up with a mentor<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">3) when ready, work with a mentor to facilitate an Open Space event.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What should be taught/what people should learn:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">1) The circle is about communication and community,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2) learn to breathe -- gather, disperse, gather, disperse rhythm<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">during OS (collective consciousness happens, the same kinds of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">conversations take place within the various learning circles)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">3) bulletin board<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">4) market place<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">A field is created during Open Space. The notes of sessions, no<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">matter what the topic, tend to have common threads running through<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">them. People tap into key themes. Open Space has a kind of cycle or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rhythm regardless of its length. There is an unloading (divergence)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">followed by creativity (emergence). However, the depth will be a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">factor of time. Harrison recommends at least a full day of OS. Peggy<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">describes it as follows:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> in one day, people have a good conversation<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> in two days, people begin to document and expand knowledge<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> in three days, people begin to get into action.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy also noted that the convergence of the third day is still seeing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">experimentation.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Space is about getting things done. People come together for a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">purpose, out of intention.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Also Peggy said that Harrison believes OS should be a last resort,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">when other methods are not working. People must be ready for the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">effects of OS since it has the very real potential to radically<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">transform an organization. So, if the leadership is not ready for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">such change, OS can create more problems. The profoundness of the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Space experience, and its effect on those who participate must be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">known beforehand. Don't use OS unless ready for the consequences,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">because it will run its course.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Walking away (after Open Space)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS does not lead to traditional action planning.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It is more like the medicine wheel (vision, community, etc.)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To what extent do you as a manager allow flow to work, to happen?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">That is the key to following up on OS. And the manager needs to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">continue to hold the space, so that what emerges is possible. So,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this means that managers need to change or be different than those<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">found in traditional command and control environments.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It was an incredible meeting! We demonstrated many of the truths of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OS in our participation at the meeting. We pursued the questions<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">brought by each participant. Like a pull model, we explored what we<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">felt passionate about, confident that somebody in the room would know<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the answer.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Next Meeting:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">May 14 at 6:30 PM (we'll have pizza again)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Peggy & Neil Holman's residence<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">15347 SE 49th Pl, Bellevue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">206-643-6357<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If you have any questions about these notes, please feel free to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contact me at (206) 781-5150 or through E-mail at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:MaHower@ix.netcom.com">MaHower@ix.netcom.com</a>. Cheers! Mark Hower<br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>