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    Hi John, <br>
    <br>
    Yours is a very interesting story. <br>
    <br>
    You say: <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <big><big><i>"...To be honest</i><i><b> I am not sure</b></i><i> how
          I need to deal with this, though </i><i><b>my strategy is to
            accept the authority</b></i><i> for hosting the space in the
          next workshop, </i><i><b>obsolving the department of their
            responsibility</b></i><i> to manage the day.</i><i>"</i></big></big><big><big><i><br>
          <br>
          "...I don't think it is feasible for the obvious authority
          candidates hosting something genuinely participatory.  </i><i><b>The
            relevant director has said she doesn't want to speak
            formally and become The Authority for the day</b></i><i>, a
          position I agree with.</i><i>"</i></big></big><br>
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      <br>
      In the situation as described, it sounds like the org is the very
      earliest stages of moving in a direction of more
      open/participatory/inviting. <br>
      <br>
      Do you agree with this assessment?<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      If this assessment is correct, based on what you describe, I would
      probably avoid attempting Open Space in the canonical form
      whatsoever (as described in the OST GUIDE)  because the Sponsor
      role is vacant. Unoccupied. And so, by my reckoning, if I
      understand you right, a true Open Space event isn't even possible,
      because the essential OST-Sponsor-role is in fact not willingly
      occupied by anyone with enough authority to play that essential
      role well. <br>
      <br>
      What's clear is that someone who could function as OST-Sponsor is
      currently unwilling to do so. And so I might try a "taster" or
      "demo" event instead, where the goal is to <i>learn about Open
        Space in general</i>, and do a <i>little</i> bit of "real" work
      too. Especially if the allotted time a mere 1/2 day, I am even
      more inclined to strongly favor this re-framing of the stated
      goals.<br>
      <br>
      So the primary and stated goal for the "taster" is learning about
      OST. Another goal for a short event might be to see who shows up
      super-interested in the art of Facilitation, and then offer to
      mentor those who do self-select by showing interest.  In this
      manner some Facilitation capacity is developed inside the org, to
      help with current meetings and processes. Introducing Facilitation
      into typical meetings is a easy and effective "culture hack".<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      For me, the total unwillingness of an obvious candidate to occupy
      the Sponsor role is a huge warning signal to slow down, pause, or
      even stop. <br>
      <br>
      Lots of people here have more experience than me, and might be
      willing to lend you some of their expertise regarding the
      authority dynamics of Facilitating an OST event with the essential
      OST-Sponsor-role completely vacant<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Kind Regards,<br>
      Daniel <br>
      <br>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/14 11:30 PM, John Baxter wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJpg6=RF-wzHKOA6HXG9tBjoC2Sek_nso=KeqMAYVGqCDZEwPg@mail.gmail.com"
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I am navigating some
          challenging authority dynamics in a project at the moment.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I was brought in a week
          out from the first of three forums, and asked to 'facilitate a
          codesign process' which was at that stage a black box (with
          many hidden expectations) scheduled into that event (1 hour
          before lunch and 1 hour afterwards).</div>
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          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">It's a long journey, but
          you can imagine how my role has changed as I prepare for the
          third forum which I am hosting in Open Space.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The overall process is an
          engagement between a government department and their funded
          agencies.  The most obvious direct power dynamics are obvious,
          the effective power and authority dynamics are much more
          complex (though predictable).</div>
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          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">
          <div class="gmail_default">Department staff have authority
            challenges as much as the agencies.  They are trying so hard
            to be 'neutral' and 'non controlling' that they are
            effectively reinforcing their own authority positions (which
            often have little real correlation to the power, knowledge
            etc that they imagine them to).</div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><br>
          </div>
          <div class="gmail_default">To be honest I am not sure how I
            need to deal with this, though my strategy is to accept the
            authority for hosting the space in the next workshop,
            obsolving the department of their responsibility to manage
            the day.</div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><br>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">It has been interesting to
          watch push back so far from agency reps who are committed to
          participating, who are genuinely engaged, but are playing to
          an us-them tension that is getting in the way of the shared
          work (and serves them no good ends except protecting them from
          their own responsibility).  Stand-offishness is gradually
          being resolved, though some pockets are holding firm.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I am crossing my fingers
          for WS3 that we can traverse these and get into Open Space
          without being pushed off the bridge by the reactionary
          tension; and that once on the other side, the department reps
          can embrace Open Space and take responsibility for their role.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">We will get across <i>as
            long as I have the authority</i> to host the space for them.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I don't think it is
          feasible for the obvious authority candidates hosting
          something genuinely participatory.  The relevant director has
          said she doesn't want to speak formally and become The
          Authority for the day, a position I agree with.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">But it does leave
          something of a shell, where I am crossing my fingers that our
          time together thus far affords me the authority to host that
          space.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet
          ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I think we are ready. I am
          bringing my harness and floaties just in case.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM,
          Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Harrison,<br>
              <br>
              So interesting how the Law of 2 Feet authorizes me, and
              every other member of an OST event, to go anywhere we may
              want to go. <br>
              <br>
              Without asking anyone else for any kind of "permission"...
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              Reminds me of this past June, being in Camden with you,
              and Ethelyn, and Harold, and friends... when we were
              standing on the porch of that Camden restaurant... waiting
              for everyone to arrive, and assemble for dinner... <br>
              <br>
              And as we wait, I notice there is this convenient-looking,
              alternate entry-door... into the dining area. <br>
              <br>
              And I say: "Hmm...I wonder if we are authorized to use
              that door."<br>
              <br>
              And you say: <br>
              <br>
              "We're authorized to go Anywhere we want to go."<br>
              <br>
              ...and I like that.<br>
              <br>
              Daniel<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              Picture of that place:<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/483054326265692161"
                target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/483054326265692161</a><br>
              See also:<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://twitter.com/danielgullo/status/483434622009999360"
                target="_blank">https://twitter.com/danielgullo/status/483434622009999360</a><br>
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                  <div>On 9/25/14 4:58 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Daniel...

                          You really did it! I think. Your language
                          comes from a place I don’t know... which is to
                          say that I probably wouldn’t say what you say
                          in the way that you do (duh). BUT when I run
                          my “translator” it comes out sounding pretty
                          good! So... I can’t help with the questions
                          you have raised. Actually I think you are
                          doing pretty well on your own, and (hopefully)
                          will incite others to a similarly riotous
                          performance. Thanks!</span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Winter

                            Address</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">7808

                            River Falls Drive</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Potomac,

                            MD 20854</span></p>
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                            Address</span></p>
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                              <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Mezick via
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                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 25, 2014
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                              <b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Authority
                              Distribution in Open Space</span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Greetings
                        to All, <br>
                        <br>
                        For the past several years I have attended
                        conferences of the Group Relations community,
                        and encouraged others to do the same. I've
                        studied their literature, and harvested some
                        important learning as a result. One of the
                        things I have come to understand a little bit
                        better is the role of "authority dynamics" in
                        self-organizing social systems.<br>
                        <br>
                        Link:<br>
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://www.akriceinstitute.org"
                          target="_blank">www.akriceinstitute.org</a><br>
                        <br>
                        Over the past several years I've been using Open
                        Space with intent to improve the results of my
                        work in helping companies implement Agile ideas
                        in their organizations. We do an initial Open
                        Space, then the folks get about 3 months to play
                        with Agile (we carefully use the word
                        "experimentation" with management,) then we do
                        another Open Space after that, to inspect what
                        just happened across the enterprise. The initial
                        and subsequent Open Space events form a "safe"
                        container or field in which the members can <i>learn</i>...
                        as they explore how to <i>improve</i> together
                        by <i>experimenting</i> with new practices, and
                        see if they actually work. I call the process
                        Open Agile Adoption. <br>
                        <br>
                        Link:<br>
                        OpenAgileAdoption.com<br>
                        <br>
                        This seems to work pretty good. It seems to
                        "take the air out of" most of the fear, most of
                        the anxiety and most of the worry that is
                        created. The key aspect is <i>consent</i>:
                        absolutely no one is forced to do anything they
                        are unwilling to do. No one is <i>coerced</i>
                        to <i>comply</i>. Everyone is instead
                        respectfully <i>invited</i> to help <i>write</i>
                        the story, and be a <i>character</i> in the
                        story...of the contemplated process change. Open
                        Agile Adoption encourages a spirit of
                        experimentation and play. <br>
                        <br>
                        The spirit of Open Space is the spirit of
                        freedom. Isn't it? In the OST community, we
                        discuss and talk a lot about self-organization,
                        self-management and self-governance. The Agile
                        community also talks about these ideas a lot. <br>
                        <br>
                        So I have some questions. What is really going
                        on during self-organization in a social system?
                        What are the steps? What information is being
                        sent and received? >From whom, and by whom?
                        Is the information about <i>authority</i>
                        important? How important? Can a social system
                        self organize without regard to who has the
                        right to do what work? <i>How do decisions that
                          affect others get made in a self-organizing
                          system?</i> <br>
                        <br>
                        Who decides about <i>who decides</i>? How
                        important is the process of <i>authorization</i>
                        in a self-organizing system? Is
                        self-organization in large part the process of
                        dynamic authorization (and <i>de-authorization</i>)
                        in real time?<br>
                        <br>
                        What <i>is </i>authorization? Can
                        self-organization occur without the sending and
                        receiving of authorization data by and between
                        the members?<br>
                        <br>
                        Is Bruce Tuckman's
                        forming/storming/performing/adjourning actually
                        decomposing the <i>dynamics of authorization</i>
                        inside a social system?<br>
                        <br>
                        The essay below attempts to answer some of these
                        difficult questions. I'd love your thoughts on
                        it. Will you give it a look?<br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        Essay: Authority Distribution in Open Space<br>
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/"
                          target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/</a><br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        Kind Regards,<br>
                        Daniel</p>
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                        <p>Daniel Mezick, President</p>
                        <p>New Technology Solutions Inc.</p>
                        <p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="tel:%28203%29%20915%207248"
                            value="+12039157248" target="_blank">(203)
                            915 7248</a> (cell)</p>
                        <p><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/"
                              target="_blank">Bio</a></span><span>. <a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/"
                              target="_blank"><span>Blog</span></a>. <a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/"
                              target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>.</span><span><span
                              style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
                        <p><span>Examine my new book:</span><span><span
                              style="color:black">  </span></span><span><a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/"
                              target="_blank"><span>The Culture Game </span></a></span><span>:
                            Tools for the Agile Manager</span><span>.</span></p>
                        <p>Explore Agile Team <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/"
                            target="_blank"><span>Training</span></a>
                          and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/"
                            target="_blank"><span>Coaching.</span></a></p>
                        <p>Explore the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://newtechusa.net/user-groups/ma/"
                            target="_blank"><span>Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span> </span></p>
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                  <div>-- <br>
                    <p>Daniel Mezick, President</p>
                    <p>New Technology Solutions Inc.</p>
                    <p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="tel:%28203%29%20915%207248"
                        value="+12039157248" target="_blank">(203) 915
                        7248</a> (cell)</p>
                    <p><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/"
                          target="_blank">Bio</a></span><span>. <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/"
                          target="_blank"><span>Blog</span></a>. <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/"
                          target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>.<span> </span></span></p>
                    <p><span>Examine my new book:<span>  </span><a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/"
                          target="_blank"><span>The Culture Game </span></a></span><span>:
                        Tools for the Agile Manager</span><span>.</span></p>
                    <p>Explore Agile Team <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/"
                        target="_blank"><span>Training</span></a> and <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/"
                        target="_blank"><span>Coaching.</span></a></p>
                    <p>Explore the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://newtechusa.net//user-groups/ma/"
                        target="_blank"><span>Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span> </span></p>
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