<p dir="ltr">As Harrison often says, these other folks work way too hard...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 10, 2015 1:21 PM, "Jeff Aitken" <<a href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com">r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hi Dan,</p>
<p dir="ltr">This may be a difference: </p>
<p dir="ltr">Easy to facilitate such that the facilitator can take a nap, pick up coffee cups, and hold space in the hotel bar until the closing which requires a higher level of attention?</p>
<p dir="ltr">: )</p>
<p dir="ltr">Jeff</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 10, 2015 12:21 PM, "Daniel Mezick via OSList" <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Not to mention the 100% present-tense, "here and now" orientation of
both Open Space and GR Conferences<br>
<br>
<div>On 12/10/15 3:15 PM, Daniel Mezick via
OSList wrote:<br>
</div>
<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 href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo</a><br>
<a href="http://www.tavinstitute.org/what-we-offer/group-relations/" target="_blank">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<table style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Item<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Open Space events?<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Group Relations events?<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">100% Experiential Learning<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Very lightly structured<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Potentially triggering<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">About leadership and authority<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">An exercise in self-organization<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Self-selecting groups<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Strictly opt-in participation<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Possessing a “spectator sport”
dimension..watching others watching, etc<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:2.05in;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="148">
<p class="MsoNormal">Insanely efficient as a learning
device<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:60.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="60">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
<td style="width:67.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
<br>
Who else has attended a Group Relations conference? <br>
<br>
It is a fact that Group Relations theory and practice deeply
informs the structure of Prime/OS, which in turn is the basis of
OSA:<br>
<a href="http://www.Prime-OS.com" target="_blank">http://www.Prime-OS.com</a><br>
<br>
<div>-- <br>
Daniel Mezick<br>
Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.<br>
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