Hi Lisa,
I get a lot of delectable food for thought and feeling from your
wonderfully wise and friendly emails.
Thank you.
Hi Michael, I have no experiences to offer you, but am pleased you
raised the question and wish you all the best.
Allison
(From a rather steamy-warm Healesville (S E Australia) Saturday, on
my way to the local organic vege market.)
On 01/12/2007, at 8:05 AM, Lisa Heft wrote:
Michael - another thing to keep in mind - often when there is
grief, loss,
rage, fear - it is important to have a 2 or 2.5 day Open Space.
Open Space or not - what people tend to do on Day 1 is name their
story
.... sometimes over, and over, and over again. They need to do
this until
a point when they feel truly witnessed... Then, with a good dinner
(will
you design that the food for dinner is shared? Amazing to break
bread with
people to get a different sense for them), a good chat in the bar (or
whatever), a good sleep, and a nice warm shower...
...people tend to not let go of their old story entirely, but can
carry it
with them, as it were, as they co-create a new story into the
future. On
Day 2, it is not as if things are solved - it is just ... a little ...
breathing room. Day 2 you will often feel a shift.
So my recommendation is to - if you can - ensure there will be 2 or
2.5
days. More room to name things, to feel things, to muddle through
together.
I also think that your framing of the day will help - your co-
creation of
the theme / focusing question with your client, your way of opening
the
circle. And: if you can, if there are different languages, it will
help
to include those languages on your posters / signs. Inclusivity,
respect,
presence.
Open Space will do the rest.
From Kansas City, USA (where I am facilitating tomorrow an Open
Space with
immigrant and refugee farmers from Somalia, Cambodia, Mexico and
Central
America, Korea)
Lisa
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