Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11

[Harrison Owen via OSList]

Robert - Super article, and thanks for finding/sharing. The work that these
folks are doing in Wales sounds twin to some of the wonderful stuff that is
happening in China under the Guidance of the wonderful Mrs. Song. 100's of
Open Space in multiple communities across that massive country. Mrs. Song's
English is not extensive - my Chinese is infinitely worse. But we do
communicate and a great lady by the name of Zhang Ke z...@ssca.org.cn could
tell the story.

 

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Tony,

 

Please see this link to how open space is being used within local
communities in Wales. 

https://participationcymru.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/why-we-love-open-space-t
echnology/

 

I found my sponsor through existing networking contacts and worked with a
community of professional people who were interested in tackling anti-social
behaviour. 

 

Robert Parker



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budget I wonder how to find an actively engaged local  community that 
will support an OST gathering.  The preparation work on theme and 
invitation is easily achievable, however the cost of necessary expenses 
is beyond our means.  Please share your experience and ideas regards 
*usingIn Our Backyards, IOBY, *(crowdfunding + 
resource organizing = crowd-resourcing) to drive an open space 
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Re: [OSList] embracing paradox as a leadership competency

[Michael Herman via OSList]

thanks for starting this, birgitt.

first, because i know words matter to you, i want to suggest an alternative
to "paradox," which is about apparently conflicting statements or ideas.  i
would broaden it to distinct or even opposing experiences, ways of being.
 i want to offer the word "mutuality" which describes what we can practice
in these moments of apparent conflict.  and the beginning of this practice
is pulsation, which i think is this sequencing you describe.

we talk a lot about circle in this community, and marketplace and bulletin
board.  harrison's fourth mechanism, breathing, or what i often generalize
to pulsation, or in agile circles, to iteration gets little attention, but
is no less important.

i learned the practice of "mutuality" sitting with a partner, pulsing
awareness between noticing all of the sensations that let me know that i AM
and being aware that the person sitting in front of me also IS.  we
practiced pulsing back and forth, noticing self and other, until it became
normal to be aware of both as distinct AND as one, simultaneously,
paradoxically.  in this way, i came to understand mutuality as a way of
being with someone, or some group, or otherwise holding-without-collapsing
apparently opposite experiences or positions.

i think this sense of mutuality, of being separate and one, simultaneously,
is what we are inviting everyone to practice when we facilitate open space
meetings.  for me, the four principles (nobody's in charge) and law of two
feet (you can go wherever you need to) are held mutually.  learning and
contributing -- how often and quickly groups learn that bringing a question
for their own learning ends up being simultaneously a contribution to the
whole group -- leading by following, i think.  inside and outside.  sellers
and customers.  individual and community.  plenary and breakouts -- these
happen in apparent pulsation, and then how often is it that everyone
discovers that while in so many breakouts and side conversations, they've
all been talking about the same issues?  one and many, simultaneously.  in
so many ways we invite people to pulse awareness between distinct or even
opposing points, while holding both as real.

i've heard a tibetan description of this as the experience/practice of
taking in the vastness of the starry sky at night and still being able to
hear the dog barking at the bottom of hill.  i've also heard the tibetan
sense of "mutuality" translated as "equalizing and exchanging self and
others."  both of these images fit my experience of opening space and ost.

and when we practice in this way, the result is the spontaneous arising of
the compassion, love, freedom, and joy.  that is, the wish for others to
not suffer, for things to go well for them, self-direction and
-organization, and a gratitude and delight in what is.  now substitute
problem solving for not suffering, achievement for things going well,
empowerment and thank you, and it sounds a lot like open space, again.

the law of two feet tosses OS participants into a pulsation between what's
happening in the room and what's happening in their own bodies and minds.
 this can be in conflict, or paradoxical, but it's always simultaneous.  we
ask them to maximize learning and contribution, taking in and giving into.
 in every single moment, as often as each one of them can manage to notice
it, they have a choice between staying and going.

i believe this is the core of what we do as leaders and facilitators and
what our practice naturally and automatically, implicitly, invites
participants into.









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On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Tony Budak via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Here is an extract from "Is leadership only for heroes?",  by Zoe van
> Zwanenberg
> 
>
> "The work of leadership
> In our drive to provide simple answers with clear deliverable outcomes for
> complex problems we have latched on to the notion that strong, effective
> leaders are what will make the difference.
>
> Current belief is that the work of leadership is to define not just what
> needs to be done but how it will be done and by whom in a defined linear
> format. In this model the work of leadership is to be all knowing and to
> take the blame when things do not work out in accordance with the master
> plan.
>
> The certainty that this type of leadership provides should then enable us
> to see our way out of the complex mix of dilemmas and relationships that
> face us. This seems to presume a straight line of cause and effect and also
> a simplicity of relationships between problems and solutions that our
> everyday experience of the world would deny.
>
> It is also based on a very simple and value laden model of leadership –
> that of the leader/hero who provides direction, goals, standards and
> beh

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11

[christine koehler via OSList]

Hi Robert

As I am very curious, I had a look at the Google group called Openspace you
refer to in your article. I had not heard about it before .

mmm , indeed they are talking about open space :
Openspace List
Description
Welcome to Openspace, a list to discuss all aspects of developing methods
for spatial data analysis and their implementation in the form of open
source software tools. It is a forum for support of spatial tools such as
GeoDa, R-Geo, and PySAL.


I love the idea of being somewhat connected to those folks, but
unfortunately I cannot join their conversation as I don't understand a word
of what they are talking about : spatial data and open source tools.

Nice cousins anyway !



Christine


On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Robert Parker via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Tony,
>
> Please see this link to how open space is being used within local
> communities in Wales.
>
> https://participationcymru.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/why-we-love-open-space-technology/
>
> I found my sponsor through existing networking contacts and worked with a
> community of professional people who were interested in tackling
> anti-social behaviour.
>
> Robert Parker
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> invitation is easily achievable, however the cost of necessary expenses
> is beyond our means.  Please share your experience and ideas regards
> *usingIn Our Backyards, IOBY, *(crowdfunding +
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Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11

[Robert Parker via OSList]

Christine,

Have used the term "Open Space" as shorthand for "Open Space Technology". If 
you Google search on the term Open Space Technology you will find a wealth of 
information revealed about a quite remarkable subject. Enjoy finding out more.

Robert

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On 13 Mar 2016, at 17:52, christine koehler 
mailto:chris.alice.koeh...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Robert

As I am very curious, I had a look at the Google group called Openspace you 
refer to in your article. I had not heard about it before .

mmm , indeed they are talking about open space :
Openspace List
Description
Welcome to Openspace, a list to discuss all aspects of developing methods for 
spatial data analysis and their implementation in the form of open source 
software tools. It is a forum for support of spatial tools such as GeoDa, 
R-Geo, and PySAL.


I love the idea of being somewhat connected to those folks, but unfortunately I 
cannot join their conversation as I don't understand a word of what they are 
talking about : spatial data and open source tools.

Nice cousins anyway !



Christine


On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Robert Parker via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
Tony,

Please see this link to how open space is being used within local communities 
in Wales.
https://participationcymru.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/why-we-love-open-space-technology/

I found my sponsor through existing networking contacts and worked with a 
community of professional people who were interested in tackling anti-social 
behaviour.

Robert Parker


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*As a community organizer with ***limited *institutional support and
budget I wonder how to find an actively engaged local  community that
will support an OST gathering.  The preparation work on theme and
invitation is easily achievable, however the cost of necessary expenses
is beyond our means.  Please share your experience and ideas regards
*usingIn Our Backyards, IOBY, *(crowdfunding +
resource organizing = crowd-resourcing) to drive an open space
technology community / local gathering? ***

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Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11

[Robert Parker via OSList]

Harrison,

Many thanks for your endorsement about the Participation Cymru article. Sarah 
the author will be delighted with this feedback and the information and contact 
link about how OST is being used in communities across China. Just shows the 
power of self organisation.

Robert

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mailto:hho...@verizon.net>> wrote:

Robert – Super article, and thanks for finding/sharing. The work that these 
folks are doing in Wales sounds twin to some of the wonderful stuff that is 
happening in China under the Guidance of the wonderful Mrs. Song. 100’s of Open 
Space in multiple communities across that massive country. Mrs. Song’s English 
is not extensive – my Chinese is infinitely worse. But we do communicate and a 
great lady by the name of Zhang Ke z...@ssca.org.cn 
could tell the story.

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Tony,

Please see this link to how open space is being used within local communities 
in Wales.
https://participationcymru.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/why-we-love-open-space-technology/

I found my sponsor through existing networking contacts and worked with a 
community of professional people who were interested in tackling anti-social 
behaviour.

Robert Parker


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invitation is easily achievable, however the cost of necessary expenses
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Re: [OSList] embracing paradox as a leadership competency

[Harrison Owen via OSList]

A lot of words... and no small amount of Wisdom. Thank You Michael. But 
perchance you are working a tad too hard? The description of how/why is 
marvelous! But to the experience... Not Rocket Science!!

 

Sit in circle, create bulletin board, open market place, Go to Work! But all of 
that is just practice. For being in the World – where Leadership is inevitably 
a matter of paradox/mutuality/flowing together as one/many

 

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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:22 PM
To: Tony Budak; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] embracing paradox as a leadership competency

 

thanks for starting this, birgitt.

 

first, because i know words matter to you, i want to suggest an alternative to 
"paradox," which is about apparently conflicting statements or ideas.  i would 
broaden it to distinct or even opposing experiences, ways of being.  i want to 
offer the word "mutuality" which describes what we can practice in these 
moments of apparent conflict.  and the beginning of this practice is pulsation, 
which i think is this sequencing you describe.  

 

we talk a lot about circle in this community, and marketplace and bulletin 
board.  harrison's fourth mechanism, breathing, or what i often generalize to 
pulsation, or in agile circles, to iteration gets little attention, but is no 
less important.  

 

i learned the practice of "mutuality" sitting with a partner, pulsing awareness 
between noticing all of the sensations that let me know that i AM and being 
aware that the person sitting in front of me also IS.  we practiced pulsing 
back and forth, noticing self and other, until it became normal to be aware of 
both as distinct AND as one, simultaneously, paradoxically.  in this way, i 
came to understand mutuality as a way of being with someone, or some group, or 
otherwise holding-without-collapsing apparently opposite experiences or 
positions.  

 

i think this sense of mutuality, of being separate and one, simultaneously, is 
what we are inviting everyone to practice when we facilitate open space 
meetings.  for me, the four principles (nobody's in charge) and law of two feet 
(you can go wherever you need to) are held mutually.  learning and contributing 
-- how often and quickly groups learn that bringing a question for their own 
learning ends up being simultaneously a contribution to the whole group -- 
leading by following, i think.  inside and outside.  sellers and customers.  
individual and community.  plenary and breakouts -- these happen in apparent 
pulsation, and then how often is it that everyone discovers that while in so 
many breakouts and side conversations, they've all been talking about the same 
issues?  one and many, simultaneously.  in so many ways we invite people to 
pulse awareness between distinct or even opposing points, while holding both as 
real.  

 

i've heard a tibetan description of this as the experience/practice of taking 
in the vastness of the starry sky at night and still being able to hear the dog 
barking at the bottom of hill.  i've also heard the tibetan sense of 
"mutuality" translated as "equalizing and exchanging self and others."  both of 
these images fit my experience of opening space and ost.

 

and when we practice in this way, the result is the spontaneous arising of the 
compassion, love, freedom, and joy.  that is, the wish for others to not 
suffer, for things to go well for them, self-direction and -organization, and a 
gratitude and delight in what is.  now substitute problem solving for not 
suffering, achievement for things going well, empowerment and thank you, and it 
sounds a lot like open space, again.

 

the law of two feet tosses OS participants into a pulsation between what's 
happening in the room and what's happening in their own bodies and minds.  this 
can be in conflict, or paradoxical, but it's always simultaneous.  we ask them 
to maximize learning and contribution, taking in and giving into.  in every 
single moment, as often as each one of them can manage to notice it, they have 
a choice between staying and going.  

 

i believe this is the core of what we do as leaders and facilitators and what 
our practice naturally and automatically, implicitly, invites participants 
into. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 
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Michael Herman Associates

312-280-7838 (mobile)

 

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org

 

 

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Re: [OSList] embracing paradox as a leadership competency

[Michael Herman via OSList]

Nope. Not working too hard to do it. It's just a way of being. Maybe too
hard in all the words, but then again, I don't write books!  



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> A lot of words... and no small amount of Wisdom. Thank You Michael. But
> perchance you are working a tad too hard? The description of how/why is
> marvelous! But to the experience... Not Rocket Science!!
>
>
>
> Sit in circle, create bulletin board, open market place, Go to Work! But
> all of that is just practice. For being in the World – where Leadership is
> inevitably a matter of paradox/mutuality/flowing together as one/many
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> first, because i know words matter to you, i want to suggest an
> alternative to "paradox," which is about apparently conflicting statements
> or ideas.  i would broaden it to distinct or even opposing experiences,
> ways of being.  i want to offer the word "mutuality" which describes what
> we can practice in these moments of apparent conflict.  and the beginning
> of this practice is pulsation, which i think is this sequencing you
> describe.
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> we talk a lot about circle in this community, and marketplace and bulletin
> board.  harrison's fourth mechanism, breathing, or what i often generalize
> to pulsation, or in agile circles, to iteration gets little attention, but
> is no less important.
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> i learned the practice of "mutuality" sitting with a partner, pulsing
> awareness between noticing all of the sensations that let me know that i AM
> and being aware that the person sitting in front of me also IS.  we
> practiced pulsing back and forth, noticing self and other, until it became
> normal to be aware of both as distinct AND as one, simultaneously,
> paradoxically.  in this way, i came to understand mutuality as a way of
> being with someone, or some group, or otherwise holding-without-collapsing
> apparently opposite experiences or positions.
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> i think this sense of mutuality, of being separate and one,
> simultaneously, is what we are inviting everyone to practice when we
> facilitate open space meetings.  for me, the four principles (nobody's in
> charge) and law of two feet (you can go wherever you need to) are held
> mutually.  learning and contributing -- how often and quickly groups learn
> that bringing a question for their own learning ends up being
> simultaneously a contribution to the whole group -- leading by following, i
> think.  inside and outside.  sellers and customers.  individual and
> community.  plenary and breakouts -- these happen in apparent pulsation,
> and then how often is it that everyone discovers that while in so many
> breakouts and side conversations, they've all been talking about the same
> issues?  one and many, simultaneously.  in so many ways we invite people to
> pulse awareness between distinct or even opposing points, while holding
> both as real.
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> i've heard a tibetan description of this as the experience/practice of
> taking in the vastness of the starry sky at night and still being able to
> hear the dog barking at the bottom of hill.  i've also heard the tibetan
> sense of "mutuality" translated as "equalizing and exchanging self and
> others."  both of these images fit my experience of opening space and ost.
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> and when we practice in this way, the result is the spontaneous arising of
> the compassion, love, freedom, and joy.  that is, the wish for others to
> not suffer, for things to go well for them, self-direction and
> -organization, and a gratitude and delight in what is.  now substitute
> problem solving for not suffering, achievement for things going well,
> empowerment and thank you, and it sounds a lot like open space, again.
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> the law of two feet tosses OS participants into a pulsation between what's
> happening in the room and what's happening in their own bodies and minds.
>  this can be in conflict, or paradoxical, but it's always simultaneous.  we
> ask them to maximize learning and contribution, taking in and giving into.
>  in every single moment, as often as each one of them can manage to notice
> it, they have a choice between staying and going.
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Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11

[Tony Budak via OSList]

Thank you, Robert.

On 3/13/2016 3:50 AM, Robert Parker via OSList wrote:

Tony,

Please see this link to how open space is being used within local 
communities in Wales.

https://participationcymru.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/why-we-love-open-space-technology/

I found my sponsor through existing networking contacts and worked 
with a community of professional people who were interested in 
tackling anti-social behaviour.


Robert Parker


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invitation is easily achievable, however the cost of necessary expenses
is beyond our means.  Please share your experience and ideas regards
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resource organizing = crowd-resourcing) to drive an open space
technology community / local gathering? ***

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