Great read! Now I will sleep well. Opening Space tomorrow, warms my đź’” We rock Appreciatively Thomas
Skickat från min iPhone > 8 jan. 2019 kl. 23:47 skrev Harrison Owen via OSList > <[email protected]>: > > For reasons known only to the CyberGods I somehow missed Mark’s offering. But > I didn’t miss what followed… Mark’s language is (0n occasion) off putting. > But having known him for a long time, his heart is definitely in the right > place (even if it isn’t YOUR place). J > > When I first meet Mark (25 years ago?) he had the exalted title of > Superintendant of Roads (I think) in a Colorado County -- Pueblo. I don’t > know what that totally involved – but one thing was the snow plowing > operations on some of the nastiest parts of the American Rockies. Serious > business with marginal room for error lest you go over the edge. Each Fall, > the plow operators would be gathered for a “education” session on “better > plowing.” Experts would hold forth, and the drivers, presumably, got smarter. > Then came Mark. He turned the gathering over to the real experts (the > drivers) – and it was all in Open Space. Came up with a catchy title: Roads > Scholars! Then it seemed that the Governor of Colorado needed to work with > all “his” County Execs. Mark was called upon for the job. He ended up as a > County Executive … which is a political job equal to President in many > (smaller) countries. Frankly, I have always stood in awe of Mark – opening > space in the middle of a political morass. He’s good – but definitely odd. > I’m pleased to call him my friend. > > ho > > From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Marai Kiele via OSList > Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:32 PM > To: ost list international > Cc: Marai Kiele; Mark Carmel > Subject: Re: [OSList] Report From The Field > > Dear Mark, > > I appreciate your flow of energy and appreciation, both for OST and Harrison! > I am fascinated, hearing about the „at that time“ largest educational > transformation group and I honour you as someone who has walked the trails of > OST before me. > > At the same time, I notice my resentment in regard to this part of your > sharing: > > "beware of the evil spirits that seek the status quo at all costs“ > and "fortify oneself against the forces that WILL seek to undermine change". > > I actually don’t live within a paradigm of something like „evil spirits“, and > I find myself quite „resistant" to changing that world-view. I also don’t > believe in setting myself up „against“ anything, but instead I believe in > focusing on what is wanted. For me, this would include honouring those with a > different perspective on what I desire (which might be change or > transformation in regard to a specific subject). > > I have heard the term, „the client is resistant“ both in therapy and > consulting contexts, and I notice great discomfort within me towards this > kind of label. > > Not mostly, but also from my personal experience of someone giving me that > „batch of honour". Someone who didn’t understand my perspective and how I was > actually serving a group with my intervention. It has now happened to me > several times that someone said to me (sometimes years later): „NOW I get > you! I thought you were just annoying/resistant, but you were right / > actually ahead of us with your perspective“. > > And.. there are times when I am not at all ahead, but truly resistant to > change. For example because of different priorities. > > I will never forget the disbelief of the person at the iPhone help desk of my > mobile phone provider: > > I called to ask how to activate my new iPhone 6. Which had been sitting in my > desk for OVER A YEAR unused, after I had received the new model. He couldn’t > believe that I hadn’t activated it right away. I imagine he might have shared > that story during his coffee break with colleagues and all of them shaking > their heads or laughing about that strange client. > I just hadn't wanted to let go of my iPhone 3s (until I really had to because > I couldn’t get software updates anymore). Back then, I so preferred its > design. I mostly used it to make calls, not for the internet, and it fit so > nicely into my hand and the back pocket of my jeans… Clearly a criteria that > many tech savvy people will not find as important at I did! > > So the „moral“ of my story: What might be the things that other people value > which we don’t understand, when we judge them as „resistant“? > > I very much appreciate how that perspective is embodied in this short video, > narrated by Charles Eisenstein: > > What is it like to be you? > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStmnodUpOo > > Also, isn’t OST based on invitation? And if there is something like > „resistance to following an invitation“, is it a true invitation in the first > place? > > (Kudos to Dan Mezick and Mark Sheffield and their book on > Inviting Leadership) > > With respect, > Marai > > > > > Am 08.01.2019 um 02:41 schrieb Mark Carmel via OSList > <[email protected]>: > > Greetings Fellow OST Practitioners! > > It is an honor to join you once again. I met the great Harrison Owen in the > early 1990's and began immediately facilitating Open Space. I hope some of > you remember me. Guided by Harrison's mentor-ship I set the world record > with a 700 person group in 1993, the largest at the time for an educational > transformation. > > To my fellow followers of His Honor, Harrison "The GREAT" Owen, THE Inventor > of the Magic and Miracle of OPEN SPACE, (or the Receiver, from the Great > Inventor...) I honor you for carrying on His Legacy. > > May I suggest to ALL, that when the Space is Opened to the Spirit of Change, > you are playing with the fire of the crucible right there, fomenting the > ferver that IS the crux of CHAOS, and thus bringing out the very, very Good > in people, and also, sometimes, the bad. In all your preparations, beware of > the evil spirits that seek the status quo at all costs, sometimes, literally. > Change dies hard, as it is said, and in America, we now live in Retaliation > Nation, where change, may be, and is, often, met with resistance. > > To fortify oneself against the forces that WILL seek to undermine change (and > not in an open way, quite the contrary), and undermine the change agents > championing change, one tidbit of hopefully useful observation is warranted: > Make SURE Leadership is SOLID! > > It is such a joy to see O.S.T. alive and well. We ALL have Harrison to thank > for His Gift of the Spirit of Human Understanding, Peace, and Reconciliation. > Thank YOU, dear Father Harrison Owen!! > > Cheers! Long May OST Live!! > > O - Open Invitation > S - System Innovation > T - Transformation Communication > > Peace!! > > Mark Carmel > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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/[email protected]
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