<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Raffi and all,</div><div><br></div><div>It is my practice to encourage the inclusion of skeptics and disrupters on the planning team. The early work of the planning team is to co-create a strong container that remains active before, during and after the "event". <span class="Apple-style-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); "> It has been my experience that by creating this container at the front end of the work, the outcomes of the process are more likely to be held and nurtured through the manifestation phases of the work.</span></div><div><br></div><div>When people disrupt because they are acting out rather than acting on behalf of the whole, they often take themselves out of the container because their behavior is not getting reinforced or they begin to modify their behavior as they become more conscious of the whole.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm wishes from a cloudy Phoenix morning,</div><div><br></div><div>Christine</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 8, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Raffi Aftandelian <<a href="mailto:raffi_1970@yahoo.com">raffi_1970@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Chris, Harrison, and all greetings!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Chris, for your thoughts re: a disrupter.</div><div><br></div><div>Harrison, while I was worried about someone potentially disrupting the opening, the question had been about the planning meetings and someone disrupting them.</div><div><br></div><div> And what you suggested, Chris, made a lot of sense-- simply engaging in conversation.</div><div><br></div><div>Often, we talk about OST being an approach for engaging the whole system, we talk of inviting everything and everyone. What does that mean in practice at the planning stage where there often is an aim to have the whole "system" represented? If there is a police provocateur who wants to attend, do we welcome him or her? </div><div><br></div><div>I guess, Chris, your suggestion of engaging them in
conversation makes sense...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>appreciatively,</div><div>raffi</div><div> </div><div>powered by ubuntu 10.4</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OSList mailing list</span><br><span>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br><span>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>