I experience this thread as a fascinating study in authority. I hope you
do, too.
On 10/2/15 8:55 AM, Jan Höglund via OSList wrote:
Some thoughts ...
Pernilla in Sweden wrote 30 Sep 2015:
> I am personally very uncomfortable to use the words ‘voting’ or to
‘make a collective decision’ within an Open Space.
> One of the beauties with Open Space is taking responsibility for
your own engagement. If we all share the same engagement we will walk
in the same direction, eventually. But sometimes it takes time for
things to emerge.
Yes, indeed.
Here's Tom Atlee's beautiful story on How to make a Decision Without
Making a Decision
http://www.co-intelligence.org/I-decisionmakingwithout.html
Tom writes: As I stepped out into the flooded fields I suddenly
realized that no decision had been made. No motion was made. No vote
was taken. No one checked for consensus. Nothing was announced or
recorded. The group just "knew" how we were going to behave ...
Jan, also in Sweden
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