Dear colleagues,
reading this from Mark Carmel in the note of Dec 5
"What IS Open Space Technology if not to inspire participants into
action to pursue their passion to accomplish their aims? Their purpose?
To become successful in their life?"
made me wonder about this statement and about the many other things OST
is supposed to achieve, accomplish, etc.
I suspect that all statements in this direction are manifestations of
the assumptions we find to be pretty solid truths.
The manifestation of my assumption around OST goes like this
"OST is a tested and reliable approach to expand space for the unfolding
of the power of selforganisation."
Nothing more, nothing less. This also keeps it entirely open und
unpredictable what happens when the force has a better go at it in
comparison to the normal conditions under which is restricted.
When we take a look at what happens in OST events we can see myriads of
things, including folks taking action on stuff that they care for and
are ready to fight for.
In my thinking I believe I as facilitator should not worry or bother
myself with what can be achieved with OST. I simply know that there will
be more space for the force. What happens is definitely of interest to
all the folks involved.
And usually they know but dont take much notice of the fact, that they
have been doing and achieving all this stuff under the influence of the
force of selforganisation, all by themselves. They dont really think
much of it because they apparently are pretty happy with what they are
doing. And any attempts on my part (or other facilitators) to get them
interested on what wonderful things they have been achieving (Community,
Leadership of All, Selfmanagement, Vision building, Goal setting....they
are rather bored with those exercises and want to spent their energies
for getting on with what is at hand for them).
Definitions of such things as "success" are endless. In the context of
an OST event I have become more and more interested in not being noticed
after the market place activities. The less I am noticed the more
success I feel.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
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Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
mmpannw...@gmail.com
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