Filiz, for me ; both goal and tool ---- Michael Herman <mich...@michaelherman.com> demiş ki: > hi filiz, > > for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or > practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attention to doing, all > the time. i've written in my weblog several times recently about > this, (www.michaelherman.com) and chris corrigan and i have been > working out the language for something we've called "the four > practices of open space". my latest version of these looks like > this... > > 1. opening heart... this means everything from the meditative time > setting up the space, letting my heart open, touch and fill the space, > the chairs, etc., to the more objective 'opening the heart of the > matter', of the issue, getting to what really matters, because that is > what we want to invite attention to... > > 2. inviting attention... i think of this as what we do with the > invitation, inviting attandance, bring your attetion to the meeting, > and then simple things like posting previous information, if necessary > on the walls, inviting review, ringing the bells to invite attention, > beginning the opening and inviting attention to the posters, the other > participants, the purpose, the passion inside of each participant... > it might be a talking thing or a listening thing here... in coaching > it might be inviting attention to a question and then letting the > person talk... it almost always seems a focusing thing... adjusting > focus... expanding and stretching, or focusing and concentrating... on > the thing(s) that emerged(ing) from the heart. > > 3. supporting connection... when all the people, ideas, information > and attention shows up in response to the invitation... the next > practice is to support it staying connected... this is the part of the > opening where we explain how people will connect with each other, > posting topics, moving around... notice that the law of two feet > supports connection between participants, as well as letting people > stay connected to themselves, their passions, learning and > contribution in the moment... sometimes i say "if you find your mind > wandering, take you body with it - stay whole" ...supporting > connection inside. this is also where we think about ongoing, > afterward support structures, online forums, and participant address > lists and other things that would support connection beyond the event. > > 4. grounding the energy... is the process of making it real... taking > action, or just noticing action... or in smaller ways, we ring the > bells and invite everyone back for evening news, grounding the energy > of the day in the largest circle, the largest whole, remembering that > we are part of this whole. returning attention, remembering, the > purpose and the place where we started. saying thank you, in an open > space or not... is taking the rise of energy we feel and grounding it > in somebody else. taking all the conversations and notes and typing > it all up grounds the energy of the day in a document. it makes the > thing real in some way, and gives us a 'solid' place to rest heart a > little more open in the next cycle. > > notice, too, that these practices can be nested, in a fractal sort of > way, practices inside of practices... holding an event might have an > "connecting" sort of purpose, with an opening briefing (one piece of > the event) whose purpose is still to invite attention to that purpose, > and within that opening there is the moment where all of the attention > and internal connecting with passion is grounded in topics that get > written and taped to the wall. so these things are all definitely > happening at once, inside and embracing each other. > > having thought all these things, i tried it out at my last opening... > as i am setting up some chairs, i wonder what to do, the usual inner > stirrings and butterflies. checking the practices, i think to myself > that all i really need to do is open my heart. touch the space. so > then that's all i do... as i set up the chairs. then when i reach my > limit and the room is full, i ring the bells, invite all the gathered > attention into one spot, and the whole circle. once all the > participants have noticed the other participantsand the theme, i > support connection with the usual marketplace, two feet, bulletin > board, and reflection about personal passion. then they start > grounding the energy in written topics. > > through the day, i might cycle through these, in little ways, many > times... always returning to opening heart, which i think is the main > way in which we lead in these circles. in and out of open space work, > i'm starting to pay more attention to these four practices. > > more and more, i 'm thinking that what we're really practicing in (and > out) of these meetings is opening heart, and then inviting and > supporting others in doing the same. > > thanks for the question. i wonder what anyone else will say. anyone? > > michael > > > On 1/16/06, Jan Cirkola <jano...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:18:21 -0000, Filiz Telek <fi...@bugday.org> wrote: > > > > >greetings from Istanbul! > > > > > >I have been wondering for a while...acknowledging OS is a way of life, in > > your professional life, is it a goal or a tool for you? > > >and do you think OS is the only solution there is there to offer? > > > > > >cheeky smiles, > > >filiz > > > > > > > very welcome mr. filiz > > > > cirkola > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > 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 > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 300 West North Ave #1105 > Chicago IL 60610 USA > Phone: 312-280-7838 > mher...@globalchicago.net > skype: globalchicago > > http://www.michaelherman.com > http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki > http://www.openspaceworld.org > > Executive Facilitation ...getting > the most important things done in > the easiest possible ways. > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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
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