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I do a great deal of conflict work professionally. I am a practitioner of OS as well. <br><br>Rather than hearing only success (and I know that the definition of success varies) stories of OS and conflict, I am also interested in those times<br>when someone felt OS did not work in a conflict situation, or did not work as well as he/she thought it would and what did you learn from those encounters. <br><br>Thanks,<br><div>
Craig<br><br></div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:13:58 +0200<br>> From: mmpanne@boscop.org<br>> To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Dealing with conflicts<br>> <br>> Dear Marie Ann,<br>> the gathering Harrison describes (Israelis and Palestinians in Rome) got <br>> him to write a book on why os events are so peaceful even in highly <br>> conflicting situations.<br>> If you like, I will send you a copy of "The Practice of Peace"... of <br>> course, you can also get the german version I was involved in: "Raum für <br>> den Frieden".<br>> In my own experience there have been a number of highly conflicting <br>> situations for which sponsors chose Open Space Technology. The biggest <br>> job I had was to convince the sponsors that you need nothing but open <br>> space and it worked every time (Israelis and Palestinians meeting in <br>> Switzerland, Parish Board and church workers at issue with each other, <br>> Board of Directors and Marketing Department of a Food Corporation at <br>> issue, Welfare Organisation with all subsystems at "war", Highschool <br>> with opposing factions of teachers...you name it).<br>> Come to think of it, at the beginning of my OSpractice after 35 years of <br>> OD consulting, I actually had to convince mainly myself that highly <br>> conflicting situations is what os-events run on (one of the five <br>> preconditions)... unlearning the old approaches (still very much in <br>> vogue!!) was the hard part.<br>> Greetings from Berlin<br>> mmp<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 24.07.2012 22:35, Marie Ann Östlund wrote:<br>> > Dear all,<br>> ><br>> > I just spent a week in a community in France that is divided by quite<br>> > a large conflict. Have anyone of you used OS with a group of people<br>> > where the conflict is at its hight and emotions are still strong? I<br>> > can see that OS can be used in complex conflictual situations, but<br>> > wonder whether you would first spend time bringing down their emotions<br>> > to a 'manageable' level before attempting to bring them together into<br>> > an OS.<br>> ><br>> > Do you have any experiences in this regard? I'd be very interested in<br>> > your reflections!<br>> ><br>> > Thank you,<br>> ><br>> > Marie Ann<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > OSList mailing list<br>> > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org<br>> > To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org<br>> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br>> > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org<br>> > .<br>> ><br>> <br>> -- <br>> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg<br>> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany<br>> ++49-30-772 8000<br>> mmpanne@boscop.org www.boscop.org<br>> <br>> <br>> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 388 resident Open <br>> Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries <br>> worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OSList mailing list<br>> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org<br>> To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org<br>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org<br></div> </div></body>
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