And just came across this fascinating piece about the effect of Culture on thinking: <a href="http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/#.US-6tS-PT6E.twitter">http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/#.US-6tS-PT6E.twitter</a><br>
<br>The news is that we don't all think like Americans!<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 March 2013 17:08, Celia Bray CEO Omni One <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:celia.bray@omni-one-consulting.com" target="_blank">celia.bray@omni-one-consulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear OS community<br>
<br>
THANK YOU!!<br>
<br>
Your reflections are like water in the desert. I have been working in remote<br>
areas around India, Nepal and now I am in Kenya and can see how much I have<br>
missed my peers to reflect and create with.<br>
<br>
Key issues for me to take on from your feedback are in setting the context<br>
from the beginning within which people feel safe, free and want to be there<br>
with accurate expectations. So the invitation process and setting the scene<br>
is where I can see I have skipped some critical steps. Especially in a new<br>
culture. I will take a lot more time next time to be mindful in the<br>
invitation process and also find out how to create the safety for people<br>
(from their cultural rituals etc) to break out of their small tribes in the<br>
event and follow their passion.<br>
<br>
Thank you again. I will go through each of your responses again and create a<br>
new context for the next open space. I love OS and working in new cultures<br>
stretches me so much because culture has a bit impact on people's freedom to<br>
innovate, speak and be themselves. There is a universality about OS, but I<br>
am still learning about how to reach the hearts and passion of people in<br>
different contexts.<br>
<br>
Yours in Appreciation!<br>
<br>
Perhaps I should organise an international OSonOS in Kenya :-) Bring you all<br>
over!<br>
<br>
Celia Bray<br>
CEO<br>
Omni One Ltd<br>
Peace, Enterprise and Community Development<br>
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<br>
'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] On Behalf Of Kári Gunnarsson<br>
Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:11 AM<br>
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list<br>
Subject: Re: [OSList] inquiry OS<br>
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Celia, and other that share there questions and experience good and bad. I<br>
give you my thanks as this informs my own actions. It also makes it save for<br>
me and others to do the same.<br>
<br>
I have facilitated open spaces as part of the program for an annual forum,<br>
my experience reflection shows me that when people are there for other parts<br>
of the program do not engaged for the progression of the theme. These are<br>
not the right people and perhaps they would be better served at the bar.<br>
Perhaps I could have done more pre-work to engage these people that had been<br>
selected to come, but I don't think so. I would have liked it if I had been<br>
part of the selection process so that I could have asked tows that did not<br>
have any passion for this to stay at home or simply not to waste there time.<br>
My time was not wasted but the time of the people that did care was blogged<br>
up by interacting with these people. I felt like they created an energy of<br>
fear and insecurity. But perhaps this is the fault of the event to provide<br>
the security for them to engage, but I don't think so. It was only fault of<br>
the invitation process. but the harm was minimal in my cases.<br>
<br>
With best greetings<br>
Kári<br>
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