So that is what I see happen a lot, as well, Adriana.
People do not seem to take the time to explore the "why" behind
process, behind facilitating - Open Space or other processes.
In Open Space, for example, the principles and law may be listed
somewhere on a link - but that is different than naming them clearly
as invitations about opportunities and possibilities.
And so many people do not go to that link anyway.
And just saying the words of the principles - how could people know
what that means if they have not experienced the model? It is a
different way to think about being in groups.
So I feel that the participants - and the work at hand - deserve
someone holding the space in a way that (some may speak in
illustrative language, some may speak in more concise language, it is
often cultural) - not just 'says' the principles or posts them, but
explains them within the context of the meeting.
Sure, it can happen well anyway.
But I find there is a difference to the experience if the person
facilitating is not just doing what is visible to the participants
(circle, topics on the wall / marketplace, some guidelines posted
somewhere) - but really truly making these guidelines / this material
accessible and understandable to all - and really truly understanding
the dynamics of participants in this process and their own role and
dynamic in it.
What do others think?
Lisa
On Jun 23, 2013, at 5:36 PM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring wrote:
Lisa thank you for sharing this!
I went to 2 OS recently with a lot of people from Agile community,
coaches and srcum masters and what I noticed is that they did not
take time to focus the group and neither to really explain the
principles. They just read those and I feld that the energy was not
the same. They are using OS without event reading the book so they
dont get that part. On the other hand they have a lot of energy and
topics they want to talk about together so the event was OK but I
had an impression of something related to the quality of the
presence was missing there.
This happend 2 times.
I have the impression that people just take the "external format" of
OS but they are not getteing the essence but as, I said in the other
hand, the space was opened and the guys enjoyed a lot.
Adriana
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