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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Greetings to you Dan, Harrison and All</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Dan: I concur with the verity
of your two ‘outlandish assertions’ and go further in indicating - from
inspirations and observations beyond measure – that <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">
"Whenever we treat each other well good things happen."</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">And suggest that this be noted in a context as
specified by late lamented RD Laing:</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">"The range of what we think and do is limited by
what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice
there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice
shapes our thoughts and deeds."</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Our main 'failure to notice' as a species, in my
opinion, is the <b>implications</b> of practising the Golden Rule. <i>“Treat others
as you would want to be treated” in every situation.</i> For now acting in the
moment (similar to ethical action) with an underpinning of <span style="color:black">the Golden Rule sets in train possibilities for 'positive'
outcomes, with no notion or consideration of what these may be.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">My friend Pille Bunnell in Vancouver was prompted to say, in response to
my bringing this to her notice: <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">“… when nice things happen, we can always
find good human relations behind them, and so we are once again encouraged by
the quality of humanness, and how we love to be this species, <i>Homo
sapiens-amans</i>. [amans is Latin for ‘loving’].”</span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">See also my blog post </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://conversare.net/?p=1590" title="Permanent Link to Conversare – an experience of treating anyone we meet with respect">Conversare
– an experience of treating anyone we meet with respect</a></span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">I
would add that implicit in the formal agreement between a facilitator and a
sponsor about the facilitation of an OST event is that it be a context in which
‘all voices are heard.’ </span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Dan:
Does that satisfy your second assertion?</span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">And
Harrison, could it be that all participants
feeling secure in this knowing be the ‘trigger’ for self organising to emerge? Bearing in mind that people can detect bs to the nanogram degree! <smile><br></span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><i><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">In
our globalized world, everybody is fast becoming our neighbour.<br>
<span style="color:black">To be treated well.</span><br>
Forever.</span></span></i></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Looking
forward</span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Go
well</span></span></h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Alan
</span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span style>Alan Stewart, PhD<br>
Social Artist<br>
Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun<br>
Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia<br>
Em: </span></b><a href="mailto:alan@multimindsolutions.com" target="_blank"><b><span style>alan@multimindsolutions.com</span></b></a><b><span style><br>
Web: </span></b><a href="http://www.multimindsolutions.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style>www.multimindsolutions.com</span></b></a><b><span style><br>
Mob: </span></b><a href="tel:0413848680" target="_blank"><b><span style>+61413848680</span></b></a><b><span style> <br>
Blog: </span></b><a href="http://conversare.net/" target="_blank"><b><span style>Conversare</span></b></a></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span><p></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> </span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">"If there's dancing
count me in" </span></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span><h1><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style></span></span></h1><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 October 2014 05:08, Harrison Owen via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dan said:</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">“... in human systems, there is no such thing as self-organization, <i>whatsoever</i>, unless and until "respect" is successfully sent, and successfully received, by and between the members.”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Interesting idea... There is no question in my mind that respect is critical to effective human interactions. But I am not so sure about it being causative for self organization. As a matter of fact I rather suspect that the flow of causation goes the other way. Or said a little differently -- Respect is a byproduct, effect of effective, well working self organization. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I am not sure how one might prove this, but over the years I have been blown away by massively hostile groups of human beings, who have spent major effort at being dis-respectful to each other, showing real respect for each other in the gathering, and that the level of respect seemed to grow as the hours and day passed. There are multiple examples, but the earliest one was a gathering of some 250 Native Americans, Feds and State and local bureaucrats. These folks had been given the task of working out the guidelines for the expenditure of something in excess of a billion dollars in Highway Trust funds for the purposes of building roads on tribal lands. They had spent 2 years fighting and the time was running out... the money was heading back to the US Treasury. As a last ditch effort they tried a little Open Space. When they entered the room it was crystal clear that mutual respect was not a common currency. By word, deed, and body language they demonstrated how little they thought of their fellows. 48 hours later, they had their guidelines, but most remarkable to me was the level of mutual respect demonstrated in all sorts of ways, and verbalized by one Navaho Chief. In the closing circle he said something like, “I have known most of you for some time. And it has not been pleasant. But I have to tell you that I have rarely felt so listened to and respected as I have felt here. Thank you.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Needless to say the word respect, or admonitions for respectful conversation had never been uttered by anybody, and certainly not me. 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I hereby posit and proffer that, in human systems, there is no such thing as self-organization, <i>whatsoever</i>, unless and until "respect" is successfully sent, and successfully received, by and between the members.</b><br><br>In other words, in human systems, self-organization is all about respect. Specifically, the <i>sending</i> and <i>receiving</i> of it. <br><br>In real time, <i>all</i> the time. Moment by moment. <br><br><br><br><b>2. I further posit and proffer that, for human systems, the concepts of [respect] and [informal authorization] are very closely related, and are often identical.</b><br><br>Ideally, <i>formally</i> authorized leaders also have <i>informal</i> authorization; that is, genuine respect. Respect is a medium of exchange, and a store of value. Respect is something that can be extended to another, and also something that can drawn back by the sender at any time, after it is extended. <br><br>Likewise, respect can be withheld entirely. And it often is.<br><br><br><i>"I have used the word 'leadership' instead of 'leader' to emphasize a basic point. In the world of Spirit, leadership is the capacity to focus Spirit, and is not automatically linked to a title or position. Thus, anyone who exercises that capacity is, by definition, a leader. Hopefully, titular leaders will also possess the capacity of leadership, but that is not necessarily the case."</i><br><br><b>-Harrison Owen, SPIRIT, page 102, footnote 54.</b> <br>Link: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/spirit.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/spirit.pdf</a><br><br><br>au·thor·i·za·tion<br>ˌôTHərəˈzāSH(ə)n/<br>noun: authorization<br><br> 1.<br> <b>the right to do work.</b><br><i> "the group authorized her to proceed with making the plans"</i><br><i> </i><br><br><br>re·spect<br>rəˈspekt/<br>noun<br>noun: respect<br><br> 1.<br> <b>a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualiti<i>es, or achievements.</i></b><br><i> "the director had a lot of respect for Douglas as an actor"</i><br><i> synonyms: <b>esteem</b>, regard, <b>high opinion</b>, admiration, reverence, <b>deference</b>, <b>honor</b></i><br><i> "the respect due to a great artist"</i><br><i> antonyms: contempt</i><br><i> <b>the state of being admired or respected.</b></i><br><i> "his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the business"</i><br><i> <b>due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions of others.</b></i><br><i> plural noun: respects</i><br><i> "respect for human rights"</i><br><i> synonyms: <b>due regard</b>, politeness, courtesy, civility, <b>deference</b></i><br><i> "he spoke to her with respect"</i><br><i> antonyms: disrespect</i><br><i> a person's polite greetings.</i><br><i> plural noun: respects</i><br><i> "give my respects to your parents"</i><br><i> 2.</i><br><i> a particular aspect, point, or detail.</i><br><i> "the government's record in this respect is a mixed one"</i><br><i> synonyms: aspect, regard, facet, feature, way, sense, particular, point, detail</i><br><i> "the report was accurate in every respect"</i><br><br><i>verb</i><br><i>verb: respect; 3rd person present: respects; past tense: respected; past participle: respected; gerund or present participle: respecting</i><br><br><i> 1.</i><i><br><i> <b>admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.</b></i></i><br><i> "she was respected by everyone she worked with"</i><br><i> <b>synonyms: esteem, admire, think highly of, have a high opinion of, hold in high regard, hold in (high) esteem, look up to, revere, reverence, honor</b></i><br><i> "she is highly respected in the book industry"</i><br><br><br><br><br>For example, I respect Harrison. And so: Harrison, if you are willing to lead, I am willing to follow. <br><br><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p>Daniel Mezick, President<u></u><u></u></p><p>New Technology Solutions Inc.<u></u><u></u></p><p>(203) 915 7248 (cell)<u></u><u></u></p><p><span><a href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/" target="_blank">Bio</a></span><span>. <a href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/" target="_blank"><span>Blog</span></a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>.</span><span><span style="color:black"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span>Examine my new book:</span><span><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span><a 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><u></u><u></u></p><p>Explore Agile Team <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/" target="_blank"><span>Training</span></a> and <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/" target="_blank"><span>Coaching.</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p>Explore the <a href="http://newtechusa.net/user-groups/ma/" target="_blank"><span>Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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