Fascinating conversation...looking forward to exploring it more when we
talk with Toke!
Fondly,
Juanita
On May 27, 2005, at 7:59 PM, Peggy Holman wrote:
Harrison said:
Get rid of the whole bloody mess, WC, AI, FS, and of course OS too.
How is that for striking a blow for freedom?
What can I say but amen?
Love from Seattle (where it is an unseasonable 92 degrees Farenheit),
Peggy
P.S. To your statement:
And of course I think a helping hand can be occasionally useful even
though I personally kick all stray dogs and immediately banish the
helpless to hopelessness...
I KNEW there was something I loved about you. (Sorry for painting
such a picture.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Harrison Owen
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Growing Together at the Emerging Edge of
Evolution (long)
Peggy -- you will note that I said, " I can certainly understand that
for reasons of client sensitivities or facilitator sensitivities WC,
AI, or FS may be the preferred way to go."-- and I can appreciate
your strategy that if all roads lead to Open Space any road will do.
And of course I think a helping hand can be occasionally useful even
though I personally kick all stray dogs and immediately banish the
helpless to hopelessness. But that really wasn't my point. I was
simply observing the fact that we (all of us some of the time, and
some of us most of the time) seemingly obsess on Processes as if they
were the source of our salvation. In doing so we may forget that the
Process, at best, is an artificial assist for natural functions. Sort
of organizational CPR, I suppose. And in the case of CPR you do only
enough to get the old heart going again. Long term CPR is off the mark
-- except possibly in certain circumstances and with particular
partners. One of my major learnings from Open Space has been how
LITTLE assistance people actually require in order to effectively
utilize their natural gifts and talents. I think we have all had the
experience with a client group when somebody says "What you are
proposing (in my case OS) sounds just wonderful -- BUT it could never
work with THIS GROUP! And of course, if it is never tried, it will
never work. And besides "it" doesn't work -- the people work. But if
the fates are smiling, and despite all misgivings, fears and
trepidations, Open Space is attempted -- Miracle! But of course it is
not a miracle. On the contrary, it is just what you would predict.
Turns out "THIS GROUP" is just like groups everywhere. Given the
space/time -- they will get the job done. For me, less is best, and
even lesser would be better still. Get rid of the whole bloody mess,
WC, AI, FS, and of course OS too. How is that for striking a blow for
freedom?
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
USA
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