Virginia, Thanks for sharing...this was an insightful experience for you it seems. I often wonder about the wonder that facilitators share following an open space...especially one with a group of people who might seem antithetical to the process and philosophy of open space. I suspect (but cannot prove) that it is the hearts and minds of open space practitioners that are revealed in these moments of surprise...more than it is the surprise that OS works with most everyone.
warm regards, Richard ------------------ "In my experience, most troubles and most possibilities for improvement add up to proportions something like this: 94% belong to the system (the responsibility of management); 6% are attributed to special causes." W. Edwards Deming Richard Charles Holloway - P.O. Box 2361, Olympia, WA 98507 Telephone 253.539.4014 Thresholds <http://www.thresholds.com> Meeting Masters <http://www.thresholds.com/masters.html>