From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hho...@verizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:27 PM To: 'juliane...@boscop.de' Subject: RE: marketplace
Julian this one is an easy one. At least it always is for me. After I get to the point where I invite everybody to go and sign up (enter the market place) I just leave. Gone. Out of the room. Without a word. And depending upon my mood and needs, I either take a long walk. Or more usually, I take a nap. Sounds like an odd thing to do at that time of day (presuming a morning start), but under normal circumstances I will have been up for a while preparing myself and the space. And by the time I have finished opening the space I need a real break. Nothing like a good nap! And the good thing about naps (outside of getting you refreshed and ready for the rest of the gathering) is that once unconscious, there is no temptation to go and fix anything. The folks are now definitely in charge, and you dont have to say a word. It is just a fact. A long time ago, I used to say something about being around if somebody needed me, but then I discovered that nobody was listening except me. And when I thought further it was very clear that the only reason I said it was somehow to make me feel better. So all under the heading of thinking of one more thing not to do I just kept my mouth shut, walked out, and headed (usually) for the nearest shady tree, couch, or best of all -- bed. Try it. I know you will like it :-) Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> www.openspaceworld.org Personal website <http://www.ho-image.com/> www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Juliane Ade Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:28 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: marketplace dear colleagues, I facilitated an open space and after the participants announced their issues, while I openend the market-place, I realized my body wasn´t sure where to stand/go: I had left the circle and was now in what I call "the room in between": outside the people`s circle and inside the "line" of the principals; while talking I moved forward, so that I stood in one of the aisles, on the line of the circle and at one point I moved a little back into the circle, but not very deep; when I ended with the words that from now on everything will be self-organized, I was back on the circle-line, before drawing back completely. I had one moment, when I didn´t feel comfortable, in the beginning of the market-place, when I stood behind the people, in their back, and one moment when I felt unsure, when I moved back into the circle. One reason for this I know: there was not as much space between the circle and the pin-boards, as is good for my feeling of space and I didn´t have/take enough time before the beginning of the os to get adjusted. But this experience raised a general question in me actually I caught my mind wandering for a nano-second while opening the market-place, where I really want to go as the facilitator during this part of the os-introduction and why; and I realized I couldn´t remember how I and others have done it, I only had this image in me of a wider circle, a wider space so, now I am curious to hear of the ways you do it, and your thougths about it. Greetings from Berlin, where we enjoy a wonderful golden Fall! Juliane ___________________________________________________ Juliane Ade, boscop eg Hasenheide 9, 10 967 Berlin T: ++49-30 747 39 622, F: - 623 www.boscop.de <http://www.boscop.de/> 3rd annual international gathering on InterActive Organizations 24. - 26. November 2006 in Istanbul INVITATION: www.acicalanteknoloiisi.com <http://www.acicalanteknoloiisi.com/> open space-Lernwerkstatt 12.bis 15. 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