I have enjoyed reading about the liberating and empowering effect this law has on fellow facilitators. In Open Spaces sessions, however, I have noticed that people are reluctant to apply it at first. Traditional meeting etiquette prevails and it looks like some people should butterfly or bumblebee themselves to somewhere else. As the process unfolds, people seem to realize that the Law of Two Feet really is an option and start to exercise it more readily. The group has to learn how to use the law and establish a new norm of behaviour.
I would like to know if other facilitors have noticed this delay phenomenon and if they have techniques that encourage people to exercise this choice right from the beginning. Incidently, in one discussion group, a participant fell asleep - so I now talk about butterflys, bumblebees and sleeping dogs. Who am I to say that person wasn't doing something important on the group's subconscious.
