Hi, I've been following the line of Birgitt and others regarding world Peace and facilitation and a nagging question keeps coming into my mind regarding Self-Organizing systems. My question is:
"If systems self-organize, isn't it possible that the facilitator's role is one of the elements in self-organization????" Why is that seen as something outside the realm of "self-organization?" I find when I read the postings on this I get a nagging feeling, that the helping, or holding role that I think I take up in most of my facilitation is like some sort of swindle or hoax or that it is less useful or important than all of those other things going on at any one time. I wonder if anything can "self-organize" in an environment that isn't conducive to it...isn't the work we do facilitating Open Space or Open Space Technology (however you choose to call what we do) partly about creating that environment??? Doris Gottlieb * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
