Peggy, might be, that (the perception of) COMPLEXITY produces a (first) feeling of beeing overwhelmed And digesting needs time.
(Maybe there is a similarity to some long and deep silences I also experienced when the complex GESTALT of the mindmaps in FSConferences became evident to everybody in the room.) Bernard On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Peggy Holman wrote: > Ironically, I read this thread having just opened a space with a really long > silence before the first session was announced. > > Harrison (who is here at this OS with students of my Implementing System > Change class in the American University Masters of Science in Organization > Development program (MSOD)), said: >> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the storm >> of creativity. > > > So true! I marveled at the wealth of topics -- both content and number -- on > the wall following the long silence. > > My experience has been that generally, the more hierarchical the > organization, the longer the silence. This is the second time I've opened > space with the MSOD program. And both gatherings began with a long silence. > In this setting, hierarchy isn't the issue. After some conversation with the > first cohort about what was going on for them, I have a theory of why. They > came for an Open Space. As much as I've worked to emphasize the purpose of > the OS (sponsored by the program chair, the topic is What contributes to a > world-class education in system change?), it gets talked about as the Open > Space meeting. So it takes a while for participants to formulate questions > related to the theme. > > Peggy > Sent from my iPad > > 425-746-6274 > www.peggyholman.com > > On Nov 15, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the storm >> of creativity. If so… just > _______________________________________________ > 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
