<div dir="auto">No hard and fast rules for me on this. I play it by ear. <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">At times alone, at times others take the lead handing over the microphone, at times two or three mikes at play.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Depends on the client, the group and whatever feels right in the moment.<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What's important is that the contagious energy force of people writing their topics have the opportunity to flow. I appreciate that Open Space</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">can be quite jarring for people who are invited and experience Open Space for the first time. The contrast self-management and self-organizing is quite great for many living command control, predictability and hierarchy. Holding the mike (or not) is an act of service that gently introduces people to an amazing way of interesting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">However once the marketplace wall is created, I totally get out of the way. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Suzanne</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 30, 2018 10:46 PM, "Daniel Mezick via OSList" <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Lately I just (at the end of the beginning) place the mic in the
center of the circle real slow and then vacate.<br>
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Is walking away a productive act? Is it better to stay in the
center?</p>
<p>If so why? If not why not?<br>
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Is vacating bad form?<font color="#888888"><br>
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