This sounds like such a worthwhile invitation Harrison - I'm on to it!
As he was publicly 'offering me a job' at the end of the gathering, I
might be able to entice him into a free lunch and a yarn about:
his prior expectations,
his observations and insights,
his considered reflections in the after-glow of that very affirming
closing circle,
and any additional perspectives as a Psychotherapist/Psychodrama
practitioner of considerable experience.
Anything else I should raise?
(I think I will pass on your story about the Sheltered Workshop in
Canada - which for me is another wonderful illustration of how the
embodied experience of an OS event has the potential to achieve
really deep and sustainable outcomes so much quicker)
I think it will be so interesting to contrast his responses with
those of some of the Professional Facilitators who viewed it rather
differently from their 'considerable experience'
Cheers
Brendan (the Investigator)
At 12:17 AM 11/02/2007, Harrison Owen wrote:
When Brendan noted the response of the Psychology Professor to Open Space, I
guess my response was a little flip - but it was very serious. I think it
would be really fascinating to know more specifically what the good
professor noticed and, even more interesting, why he thinks it happened.
"therapeutic properties of this process' evidenced by, in his words,
'the positively healthy dynamics
so unexpected in such a meeting of highly disparate interests'...." - are
definitely words to conjure with. I don't think this is about "validating"
open space - but rather coming to see how others view os from the vantage
point of their own discipline. So Brendan - do you think you could entice
the Prof into something more?
Harrison
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