It seems to me ho reminds us to let it Be just to enjoy witnessing theyall be taken of by themselves.^^ 2012. 2. 24. 오후 10:25에 "Artur Silva" <arturfsi...@yahoo.com>님이 작성:
> Agreed! It is always good to hear from you, Kerry. > > Artur > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kerry Napuk <kna...@gmail.com> > *To:* oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:27 PM > *Subject:* [OSList] the oracle's musings > > Hi Harrison > > Enjoyed your analogy of teaching someone to fish in lieu of handing them a > fish. It certainly is applicable to the failures of traditional foreign > aid. > > Yeah, Open Space is easy. I facilitated my first group with 175 people in > an old tram works in Glasgow for the entire theatre sector of Scotland. My > training was reading your Handbook and a weekend course in OD. But, like > most simple things, you can spend your life working on it. So, simple it > is, but practising and perfecting it is an art. > > I now have done over 100 events with a bit more than 7,000 participants > and I still am amazed at large group energy and dynamics. It sure beats > facilitating top teams in organisations who, agree a vision and strategy, > then watch it fail when they try to cascade it downwards. Nobody buys in, > because they were not a part of its creation. > > It is far easier to get the whole system in one room and let people commit > at the point of participation. After all, what more can you ask than an > organisation creating the space where people totally equal contribute and > participate on a level field. Nobody is in control and nobody can > influence outcomes. So, there can be no stacked deck or hidden agendas. > > That is yet another thing so brilliant about Open Space, you can seed the > field with grass and players far faster than any other large group > process. Flexibility is the hallmark of Open Space, along with its > complete bottom up self organisation driven by motivation and action > through *passion *(care enough about something to stand up in front of > everyone with your burning issue) *and responsibility* (care enough to > lead a group and do something about your passion.) > > Simple it is, but you can spend a life time working on it. In this > respect, Open Space has a Zen like quality. Practise, practise, polish, > polish. > > So, thank you Harrison for your laziness and penchant for martinis. You > have done well. And we all can attest to your generosity as David Osborne > discovered. You gave your creation to the world without strings and > without royalties. Bravo! > > Cheers > > Kerry > Edinburgh > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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