"The work ahead, I believe, is to continue to invite from the place of where people are, without shame or blame, because they cannot know what they do not know until they have experienced it."
Beautiful. > On 22 mar 2015, at 14:07, Suzanne Daigle via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Harrison and all, > > > > I had the opportunity to visit some companies lately that had the stirrings > of self-organization. One of them, Sun Hydraulics, was among the 12 > organizations featured in Frederic Laloux’s book: Reinventing Organizations. > And as luck would have it, Doug Kirkpatrick of Morning Star (another Laloux > company) was touring with me. > > > > The other companies I visited were not at the same level but in their heart > and actions, I knew they were heading in the same direction. Though truly > for all, it is the journey and not the destination that self-organization > represents. > > > > I was in awe and truly could not get enough. It reminded me of those best > moments in my own work career when shared pride, purpose, collaboration, > camaraderie, high performance and aliveness bubbled over. Above all, I was > struck by the wonderful “ordinary” people doing “extraordinary things”; > leadership lurking everywhere, individuals taking and living their own space > with others. > > > > In the joy of experiencing and reliving the intensity and vibrancy of what > “work” can and should be like, I was struck and deeply saddened knowing how > few organizations are operating this way. How much pain and how much > “settling and giving up” there still is in the world of work today. > > > > I see and feel the contrast of the two: lifeless versus vibrant. > > > > And yet in the despair of knowing this, I sense a shift in consciousness, two > realities colliding, as one world dies, another waits to be birthed. There > is much “hanging on” in companies today with a grasping of the “illusion of > safety” that our old system operated on, whilst many are now edging towards > something that is exerting its pull, something new. > > > > Much has been written about the industrial model under which most companies > still operate. A top-down hierarchy, command-control system with > predictability and efficiency built in. The habits of this are embedded > everywhere. Most of us know this operating system has been pushed to its > limits and no longer serves. One can’t deny that much good came of it not the > least of which we have been given more years in this wonderful life. Nor can > one deny its excesses, which have caused much damage not the least of which > to our human spirit on what matters most. > > > > The challenge is how to get from “here” to “there”. Letting go the old ways > of doing things, acknowledging the futility of much that we are now doing, > starting to operate from a whole new frame, almost from scratch if one > considers the contrast between hierarchy and self-organization. This > represents a ton of internal grief work and lots of trial and error. > > > Does it require that our organizations hit bottom? Or perhaps in our souls, > we know that we have already hit bottom and this will be enough to propel us > forward. > > > > Harrison says: “The cure then would be to stop the wounding, at least until > we could see how things might go. Of course, if the situation is really > terminal, then by all means. Bring it on! That could be SCRUM, Facilitation, > Last Rites, whatever…” > > > > And then later he says: > > “Before we do anything more, different, or otherwise – I sincerely believe we > need to stop and appreciate what apparently happens very naturally, all by > itself, with minimal or no assistance. And after that appreciative moment, we > might think of a few things to do, but only a very few.” > > > > Harrison, in my heart of hearts, I believe this too. I believe in “less is > more” even though I still struggle in living this way. My struggles will be > no different than the struggles of others and indeed there is beauty in those > struggles, in doing it wrong, in losing and finding our way. It is the > essence and unfolding of life. > > > > And what I also know is what the “real deal” Open Space can do to snap us out > of the command/control shackles, to shock us into awareness, a coming home to > who we are buried there inside of us. The work ahead, I believe, is to > continue to invite from the place of where people are, without shame or > blame, because they cannot know what they do not know until they have > experienced it. That power of less is more. Knowing that in the "less" lies > the best in high performance, creativity, human connection and life. Therein > lies the magic of Open Space. It gives us a taste of what could be. > > > > Suzanne > > > > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > Twitter @Daiglesuz > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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