<div dir="auto">So yes, my question wasn't fully formed until now: <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am fascinated that folks who are passionate about Open Space can be in differing "poles" of the "polarity" in the USA, and also be able to show how OS is a kind of guide to understanding their own view. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Which leads me to wonder if good old OS can help unlock insights into the situation in a fruitful way. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Being USA centric in an international list has its issues, but any insight from outside the USA is welcome and important, including a request to keep it among us folk.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We may not want to "go there" here, and that would be fine, but i would feel remiss not to mention it, as 2022 draws near. It will be a big year in these parts.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warmly,</div><div dir="auto">Jeff</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 2:08 PM Jeff Aitken <<a href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Yes, it seems that the paradigm of authoritarian leadership is exactly what OST and other participatory methods are intended to remedy. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The postwar work in social systems by folks like Kurt Levin and others were a response to the tragic origins of the second world war, along with the outdated mechanistic notions of human organization. OD work and later OT work like Open Space have this in their genealogy.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm so curious how we may have differing perspectives on where such authoritarian impulses are present now, and what to do about them. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Not to "go there" right here and now, but to invite an inquiry into the resources of this legacy of theory and practice as a guide for muddling into the near future. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe skilled hosting would be called for in such a case. (Not volunteering, as I am surely holding one of the "poles".) </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warmly,</div><div dir="auto">Jeff</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 12:28 PM Marc C. Trudeau via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Mark, check out Daniel Mezick’s A-1 Meeting, as a way to give the bosses a taste and help them test their own resolve. You could build the A-1 around the OST Principles and Law. Odds are, some of the bosses really are Open.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Bosses that SAY they are Open are perhaps ALL talk... THEREFORE, Beware of Bad Bosses. This is My New 1st Law of OST, unwritten and unspoken, of course. In my humble (or not so humble) opinion, All believers in and Facilitators of Open Space
Technology must understand times have changed. In the US, we now live in Retaliation Nation. Don't believe it, just look at any and all the news. One smear campaign after another. Yet, the great USA is the most open and envied society on earth, right? Before
leading your Open Spacers into the Tiger's Den, prior to the invitation stage and setting up the theme, i suggest you first vet the true intent of the bosses. Look at their past behavior and figure out whether they are open or if they repeat past behavior
to pounce on open and honest people they consider Snitches. If a boss is dishonest and fake, do not consider honoring them with the miracle of OST. They don't deserve trust and will crush criticism like a bug.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Dilbert holds an Open Meeting... Dilbert says...We won a guvmint contract to build a CO2 capture machine. We are only brainstorming so remember, there are no bad ideas... Alice says...we could capture CO2 with a net. Aren't you going to write
that down? Dilbert says...No, I'm fairly confident I'll remember that suggestion for the rest of my life... then Wally says...we could attract the CO2 with some sort of food... then Dilbert says...Forget it. You're all idiots. I'll just design the stupid
machine myself... As employees exit the meeting, Alice says...that was fun. Then Wally says... </div>
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<div dir="auto">Wishing Peace to the Peacemakers and TO ALL those you serve.</div>
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