Re: Dealing with New Entrants to OS sessionsJack, thanks for sharing your introduction experiments. I've tried some similar things (although never to start an OST meeting) and I enjoy the lively humming fertility of the energy when everyone settles back into their seats. I've never tried "closing the triangle" but I like it a lot & look forward to adding it next time.
Chris Chris Weaver Springbranch, Inc. Asheville, North Carolina USA ch...@springbranch.us http://springbranch.us -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Jack Ricchiuto Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:19 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Dealing with New Entrants to OS sessions My practice parallels Michaels non-intrusive presence, which is different than absence. Whenever there is any kind of awkwardness in the group, I just stay present to it with faith in the self-organizing qualities of any living system that emerge naturally unless someone tries to interrupt it. I also dont ask people to express expectations in the beginning and set a tone off fluidity where people feel free to come and go, so anyone coming in later comes in a fairly seamless way. Ive also experimented recently with a different approach to introductions where I have people mill around and interview someone they dont know or don t know well. This is done mainly in groups sharing enough common languages to do this. Then I have them do what my social network colleagues call closing the triangle. They then introduce their new people to someone they already know. Its always chaos in the best sense of the word as people reconfigure into small groups where the energy is awesome. Then we open the space where the field is richer for the process. Jack __.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__ jack ricchiuto two.one.six/three.seven.three/seven.four.seven.five www.designinglife.com / www.appreciativeleadership.com * * ========================================================== 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