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Michael,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your response to my post about Group Relations. Have you
attended many of these?<br>
<br>
There is more than a little irony in the assertion that "nothing is
100%."<br>
<br>
Can you see why?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/15 5:19 PM, Michael M Pannwitz
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5669FA60.7020404@gmail.com" type="cite">Dear
Dan,
<br>
<br>
reading through the "items", I see nothing I specifically
associate with open space.
<br>
<br>
--- Nothing is 100%
<br>
--- all os events I have seen are highly structured
<br>
--- All kinds of things are potentially triggering
<br>
--- Everything is about leadership and authority and other stuff
<br>
--- I dont know what an exercise in self-organisation is, sounds
like an oxymoron to me since everything is self-organizing
<br>
<br>
etc.
<br>
<br>
Thinking of the force of selforganisation (totally free even
though it might be intoxicating) as a unique characteristic of os
events would also be strange since the force acts everywhere...
but intentionally seeing to it that the prerequisites for the less
hampered unfolding of the force are in place I would suggest is a
unique characteristic. Especially when it is done without being
attached to any outcome (that attachment is just another variance
of control and thats poison to the froce)... so not aiming to
achieve stuff like high performance, fun, participation, action,
etc might also be a characteristic. And certainly a crazy idea for
most folks having to invest time and money and etc. for something
not being aiming at a certain outcome. Aiming at expanding time
and space for the force of selforganisation to fully do its thing
might create heaven knows what... how would you explain that to
the Dean, the boss, the Board of Directors, the shareholders, the
press....
<br>
<br>
mulling over this it becomes clear again: just go ahead and open
space...
<br>
<br>
Greetings from Berlin where we will have our extraordinary holiday
Stammtisch on Thursday, Dec 17, starting at 7pm at our regular
hang out
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kreuzberger-weltlaterne.de/">http://www.kreuzberger-weltlaterne.de/</a>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I just sent out the invitation and folks are responding... so if
you happen to be in town, drop in, os pure and basic, no topic, no
facilitator, no proceedings... and be prepared to be surprised!
<br>
<br>
ciao
<br>
mmp
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10.12.2015 22:48, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">OK. Good one. Like.
<br>
<br>
But wait. Aren't those similarities just really juicy? What
about those?
<br>
<br>
On 12/10/15 4:36 PM, Jeff Aitken wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
As Harrison often says, these other folks work way too hard...
<br>
<br>
On Dec 10, 2015 1:21 PM, "Jeff Aitken"
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com">r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com"><mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com></a>> wrote:
<br>
<br>
Hi Dan,
<br>
<br>
This may be a difference:
<br>
<br>
Easy to facilitate such that the facilitator can take a
nap, pick
<br>
up coffee cups, and hold space in the hotel bar until the
closing
<br>
which requires a higher level of attention?
<br>
<br>
: )
<br>
<br>
Jeff
<br>
<br>
On Dec 10, 2015 12:21 PM, "Daniel Mezick via OSList"
<br>
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org"><mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org></a>> wrote:
<br>
<br>
Not to mention the 100% present-tense, "here and now"
<br>
orientation of both Open Space and GR Conferences
<br>
<br>
On 12/10/15 3:15 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> What's Open Space got to do
with Group Relations?
<br>
<br>
Wait. What is Group Relations?
<br>
<br>
It's this, and this:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tavinstitute.org/what-we-offer/group-relations/">http://www.tavinstitute.org/what-we-offer/group-relations/</a>
<br>
<br>
So: What's Open Space got to do with Group
Relations?
<br>
<br>
Probably nothing, right?
<br>
<br>
Wait. Let's inspect some of the facts:
<br>
<br>
Item
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Open Space events?
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Group Relations events?
<br>
<br>
100% Experiential Learning
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Very lightly structured
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Potentially triggering
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
About leadership and authority
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
An exercise in self-organization
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Self-selecting groups
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Strictly opt-in participation
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Possessing a “spectator sport” dimension..watching
others
<br>
watching, etc
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
Insanely efficient as a learning device
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Who else has attended a Group Relations conference?
<br>
<br>
It is a fact that Group Relations theory and
practice deeply
<br>
informs the structure of Prime/OS, which in turn is
the basis
<br>
of OSA:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.Prime-OS.com">http://www.Prime-OS.com</a>
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