What's Open Space got to do with Group Relations?
Wait. What is Group Relations?
It's this, and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHO1yUtCRo
http://www.tavinstitute.org/what-we-offer/group-relations/
So: What's Open Space got to do with Group Relations?
Probably nothing, right?
Wait. Let's inspect some of the facts:
Item
Open Space events?
Group Relations events?
100% Experiential Learning
Yes
Yes
Very lightly structured
Yes
Yes
Potentially triggering
Yes
Yes
About leadership and authority
Yes
Yes
An exercise in self-organization
Yes
Yes
Self-selecting groups
Yes
Yes
Strictly opt-in participation
Yes
Yes
Possessing a “spectator sport” dimension..watching others watching, etc
Yes
Yes
Insanely efficient as a learning device
Yes
Yes
Who else has attended a Group Relations conference?
It is a fact that Group Relations theory and practice deeply informs the
structure of Prime/OS, which in turn is the basis of OSA:
http://www.Prime-OS.com
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Daniel Mezick
Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.
(203) 915 7248. Bio. <http://www.DanielMezick.com/> Blog.
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