Dear Michael,
in case you are the facilitator for a potential os event with this
parish, I suggest you stay out of confusion by finding out if the
sponsor feels the prerequisites for an ost event are in place. Its his
event.
If you are the sponsor, relax. From what you report, some of the
important prerequisites are fully in place: burning business issue, no
dearth of conflict, complex situation, open question (on one person has
the answer)... maybe "diversity of participants" might need some work
but a thoughtful invitation might be of some help.
Just find yourself one of the many cool ost-facilitators populating this
universe, them love diving into the middle of messes.
Cheers
mmp
On 02.04.2014 03:59, Michael Wood wrote:
A Case Study.... One of the principles that I have generally worked
with in Open Space is helping the client get clear on the
'boundaries' of the space that's being opened. For example, helping
people who come into the space to know 'what up for grabs here and
what isn't? What decisions have already been made?'
So picture this (purely hypothetical of course)....a church community
in which the pastor has (in many peoples' opinion) run off the rails
and the main church body is in the process of trying to dismiss him;
the church is in compete disarray and completely conflict ridden,
many people have left; the pastor who holds all the keys, banking
passwords; church telephone connections etc etc, has taken legal
advice and had hunkered down in the church owned house where he
continues to hold the reigns of power (via some of his 'allies' in
the church) despite not formally being the Pastor of the church
anymore....
So...here we have a situation where the 'boundaries' are actually in
a state of complex flux and uncertainty. The financial 'givens' are
ambiguous; there is no 'locum' pastor in place because of legal
uncertainties with the existing pastor...etc etc.
So in terms of 'Opening Space', do we wait a bit longer until some of
the legal boundaries are clarified, OR open space right away in the
midst of the mess....my hunch is the latter, but any thoughts from
anyone?
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