When people ask me to do an evaluation of Open Space I hand all the participants a firms that says "complete this sentence: As a result of this meeting..."
Then we get real useful. feedback. Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Harvest Moon Consultants Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free resources. > On Jun 19, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Michael Herman via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > here's one of my favorite stories about feedback, harold. > > some years ago i did one of those 10-day meditation courses (goenka, > vipassana, for those who care) and then helped with hosting another one. on > my third, as a participant, we had an old indian guy, the #2 teacher in the > world at that time in that practice, sitting in with us, but i thought the > actual course teacher and the overall organization were a little dodgy. > > we were just forming the community in the midwest US, working toward building > a center. the practice was all about equanimity. i went to this great > teacher, a kind of mountain of gentleness, and asked something like, "what is > more important, my responsibility to point out things that could help make > the community better here or my staying in practice of equanimity?" > > he says, reassuringly, "these gypsy (not in an establish center) courses are > always a bit difficult, not the ideal, always with different arrangements and > challenges, BUT... if 10% of the people get 10% of the benefit, that will be > enough." > > for me, it's same with open space. > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > http://MichaelHerman.com > http://OpenSpaceWorld.org > > >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList >> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >> Hi Viv, >> >> Thank you! I appreciate you're joining the annoyance club with me :-) >> >> I've noticed some tendency towards people making open invitations to >> "improve" the process - and I'll be doing a post conference >> debrief/retrospective in a couple hours. I've no interest in taking on >> others anxieties about Open Space. And I'm also curious what you think about >> inviting feedback, and how to help make the best of it - not just for >> myself - but for the other stake holders in the process when an Open Space >> is being hosted by an organization? >> >> Thanks! >> Harold >> >>> On 6/15/15 7:56 PM, Viv McWaters via OSList wrote: >>> Hi Harold >>> >>> Ah, yes I share your annoyance. For me it has nothing to do with what you >>> did or did not do at the opening etc, I'm sure it's just as it needed to >>> be. It's the second-hand feedback, via email no less. "Some people" nearly >>> always means "me". It's also slightly passive-aggressive. I try not to take >>> on other people's anxieties about open space - of which there seems to be a >>> lot around - and simply get on with it. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Viv >>> >>> Viv McWaters >>> vivmcwaters.com.au >>> creativefacilitation.com >>> Australia +61 417 135 406 >>> UK +44 79 3733 7935 >>> >>> Bringing meetings to life. Connecting people and ideas. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Harold Shinsato >> har...@shinsato.com >> http://shinsato.com >> twitter: @hajush >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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