For me, opening space is all about doing whatever it takes to invite people's minds and hearts and spirits into a space where the center is co-created. The most important thing for me is the space I am in, which in the best cases is a space of deep trust in my spontaneity and intuition.
jack jack ricchiuto two.one.six/three.seven.three/seven.four.seven.five www.designinglife.com / www.appreciativeleadership.org > ------------Original Message------------ > From: Jennifer Hurley <jlhur...@hfadesign.com> > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Date: Fri, Nov-19-2004 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: Givens -- Again > > On 11/18/04 11:38 PM, "Viv McWaters" <v...@thereef.com.au> wrote: > > > The other day I opened space and broke most of the rules - I didn't > > tell my client I was going to use open space, there was no mention of > > open space in the pre-workshop material that went out to participants > > and I didn't even mention open space technology when opening space. > > There was no discussion about givens (by me anyway). > > This raises a question I've been meaning to ask the group-- > > I've opened space 3 times now. I've been wondering how much other > people > talk during the opening about the ideas behind open space vs. the basic > mechanics. I think I've been confusing people by talking about the > circle, > and breath, and bumblebees and butterflies. Maybe people just need to > be > welcomed to the space and given a basic mechanical explanation? > > Any thoughts? > > Jennifer Hurley > ------------------------------- > Hurley~Franks and Associates > Planning & Urban Design > > 1429 Walnut St., Ste. 601 > Philadelphia, PA 19102 > > P: 215-988-9440 > jlhur...@hfadesign.com > http://www.hfadesign.com > > Association for the New Urbanism in PennsylvaniA (ANUPA) > http://www.anupa.org > > ********************************************************************** > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential > and/or proprietary information. If you have received this in error, > please > contact the sender by replying to this message and delete this material > from > any system it may be on. > ********************************************************************** > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
