[OSList] Chris Weaver
Friends, ´I, too, am sharing in this shock and sadness on the news of Chris´ death. I had the good fortune of being with him at two Genuine Contact workshops (maybe more), in 2004 and in 2014, if I´m not mistaken, in North Carolina. His warmth, gentleness, humor, and wisdom touched me deeply, as did his smile and laugh. I was inspired by his work as an educator. Chris, holding you in my heart with a big hug. -raffi**What blocks gratitude in this moment?___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] Hilton Foundation Accepting Nominations for Humanitarian Prize
friends,perhaps you have someone in mind??? Hilton Foundation Accepting Nominations for Humanitarian Prize SEPTEMBER 12, 2017Deadline: October 18, 2017 | | | | | Facebook | | | 0 | | | | | Twitter | | | | | | | LinkedIn | | | 0 | | | | | Google | | | | | | Email | | | | | | | Share | | | 0 | | | | | Print | | | The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is accepting applications for the 2018 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the largest humanitarian award in the world.Established in 1996, the $2 million prize is given to an organization, anywhere in the world, judged to have made extraordinary contributions to the alleviation of human suffering — often operating at great risk, hardship, or personal sacrifice. The prize is not only intended to recognize and advance the efforts of the recipient organization but also to call attention to the worldwide need for humanitarian aid and encourage others to expand their support.To be eligible, nominees must be an established nongovernmental publicly supported charitable organizations legally established for at least five years and have audited financial statements and an operating budget (expenditures) greater than $750,000.The 2018 nomination period will open on September 20, 2017. Nominations must be received no later than October 18, 2017.For complete program guidelines and nomination procedures, see the Hilton Foundation website.Link to Complete RFP ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] on context [was Open Space in Charlottesville]
Hi Lucas, hi all! I´ve been following this conversation with interest and my curiousity is taking me in a different direction, hence a changed subject line- ¨On context.¨ First off, hats off to you, Lucas, for initiating these conversations. Much needed! One question that comes up for me when these types of public conversations are offered is if the matter of context needs to be visited, and if so how is best to do so. I think there can be many, many assumptions- uncovered assumptions- that may end up not being aired. Assumptions like- ¨this is a democracy, we lost our way, and we need to find our way back.¨ Or, that Rodney King line, ¨Can´t we all get along?¨ On this question of context- as to who are we (here in the USA) and where are we, there are two points I´d want to make. The first one-- by way of a story-- Back in my college days, I took a course in Soviet history. Our main text was a book titled Utopia in Power by dissident historians Nekrich and Geller. All (or many?) of the darkest chapters of Soviet history were right there, in gory detail. I remember thinking at the time- oh, those poor Soviets, too bad they don´t know the truth of their own history. And in my time living in Russia, I had the sense that most people- even educated people- had little knowledge of this history. Fast forward twenty-five years. My book club read a work titled American Nations (by Colin Woodard) late last year- and as the coincidental timing would have it- we discussed the book the day after the election. Woodard identifies 11 different regional cultures in the USA, each with its own distinctive values, often clashing with those of other regional cultures. While I was reading the book, I realized how little I knew of ¨my¨ own country, how little I knew its history, how little I understood the cultural and value context of each of these regions, and gained a much clearer sense of why we these so-called culture wars and other kinds of social and political conflict. My takeaway was that it really didn´t make sense for all of these cultures to exist under one flag. I also realized that, no, we *can´t* get along (if couples can divorce, why can´t states/cities/communities divorce from the USA???) So, the book had me flashing to that Soviet history class-- and in a way, I had my own comeuppance- ¨us poor Americans, if we only really knew our own context! I really wish that book - for all its own shortcomings- had a wider audience as it could really help us understand our own context much more clearly. And without a consideration of context, we are having these conversations without unpacking what *are* our respective worldviews anyway. And they are quite different. The other aspect of context is surfacing assumptions about our current political system. As best as I can tell, the USA never was a democracy, nor even a republic. The best way I could describe it is as an inverted totalitarian apartheid state with a not insignificant amount of democratic window dressing. Let me unpack this. Sheldon Wolin, a political philosopher at Princeton, who passed a few years ago, coined the term ¨inverted totalitarianism¨ to describe the political system we have here-- a web of corporations and other entities together exerting total control on the political system without the need for a person at the top (no need for a Stalin or Hitler). Journalist Chris Hedges breaks this concept down in an engaging three hour interview he gave to C-Span (it´s online) in 2012. And, historian Gerald Horne in his recent Counter-revolution of 1776 makes a strong argument that the so-called Revolution of 1776 was really a counter-revolution, a reactionary attempt to maintain the institution of slavery. He states that really the US was the first apartheid state. And others would say that slavery never really ended, it just evolved...(I first heard of the institution of neo-slavery that existed from the end of the Civil War until the end of World War II and still don´t know much about it) So, when people say, ¨That´s not who we are (we aren´t racist, sexist, etc.)¨-- I find that maddening. We are all those things! So, to be an inverted totalitarian apartheid state with a not insignificant amount of democratic window dressing isn´t bad. But, it would be too bad, I think, not to recognize that this is our base point. And what´s important is that there is some democratic window dressing-- there is some space to change things, some space for conversation, but perhaps not in the ways we would like to think. So, I don´t know how or if what I´m bringing up here is useful. But, I do believe it needs to be part of these conversations somehow. My two kopecks/rials/dinars/pesos,raffi **What blocks gratitude in this moment?___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.open
[OSList] testing
I was wondering if all was ok with the list as when I look at the archives here http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/2017-June/date.html the volume of messages is much lower than most months... -raffi **What blocks gratitude in this moment?___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] testing
Just wanted to test to make sure the list is still working... raffi **What blocks gratitude in this moment?___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] MUST READS for a facilitator
Agnieszka, I don´t know if this counts as a must (listen), but I really like the 5 CD set ¨Understanding Open Space¨ from an OST training conducted back in the late twentieth century. I think it is still available through OSI US. salam from San Diego,raffi**What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
Re: [OSList] free facilitation books?
Friends,Thanks for your interest in the books.And, I sent out the box this morning to the first person who responded. I'm grateful that the books will have a new home and will have a new life! appreciatively,Raffi**What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] free facilitation books?
friends, I'm making the books available as a whole package. I estimate that it'll cost $8 (in the US) plus the cost of the box. If you're willing to pay the cost of postage, they're yours. The Change Handbook Homan, Devane, Cady Leadership Is Harrison Owen Spirit:Transformation and Development in Organizations Harrison Owen Wave Rider:Leadership for High Performance Harrison Owen The Back of theNapkin Dan Roam Society'sbreakthough! Jim Rough DynamicRelationships Unleashing the Power of Appreciatve Inquiry in DailyLiving by Jacqueline M. Styros & Cheri B. Torres Future Search: AnAction Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations andCommunities byMartin Weisbord andSandra Janoff The Power ofAppreciative Inquiry Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom Appreciative InquiryHandbook Cooperrider, Whitney, Stavros Living Peace: the open space of our lives edited by Raffi Aftandelian Email me offlist if interested! Raffi**What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
Re: [OSList] peggy holman for prez
yes, peggy-jan, i would imagine you wouldn't know what to say to this-- This is the way i've been voting for most of my adult life. And it's the only way i've figured out how to vote where i can stand in my integrity. Thanks for responding! warmly,raffi **What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] peggy holman for prez!
This may seem a little random, if so- no harm in moving right along :) Most years I usually write in the name of a spaceholder whose work I really respect for US president...it may seem a waste of a vote, but it's the best thing i figure I can do to take part in this exercise while standing in my integrity (yes, in my view- both HRC and DT promise different but equal harm to the world). (unfortunately, this also means that I can only write in the names of US-born people!) So, again, I'm voting for Peggy Holman for prez (see link to photo of ballot)https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18572036/ballot.jpg So, based on my back-of-the-napkin calculations- if everyone else on the list who is reading this convinces at least a million people to vote for her between now and election day, she would stand a chance of becoming president! happy voting!raffi **What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute U.S.
wow, i'm delighted and entranced by this conversation,enjoying all the questions-- especially the question put forth by paul and birgitt! i'd love to sit in a session where we answered these questions and came up with better ones. in gratitude,raffi **What is one thing you are grateful for? ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] why offer an ost training [was Open Space Technology training, June 2-3, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada]
chrisjan and all marshl! Thanks so much for your responses, chris and miguel. Chris, I very much appreciate you taking the time to explain where you are coming from. This all intrigues me more and makes me more interested in the AoH, which I hope to take some day. much warmth from Port Khomeini,wroffi **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] why offer an ost training [was Open Space Technology training, June 2-3, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada]
Chris,this sounds like a fascinating offering! I'd love to make it some day to one of your trainings. And I will. I'm curious about one thing-- It looks like - in the past, at least- you have tended to offer Art of Hosting workshops or to offer them far more than an OST workshop. And so, I'm curious about this choice to offer this workshop. The reason I ask- is that I have spoken to a number of people- experienced facilitators- who have taken the AoH workshop and some of them have expressed concern about how - among other things- AoH introduces several different approaches all at the same time. And yet each of these approaches has its own integrity (its own "form" and "essence" to borrow Birgitt Williams' terms). And that I have wondered how well-equipped someone is to facilitate after taking an AoH... Thanks for offering this workshop! warmly,raffi **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] lecturing on OST???
barry, chris-jan, and all- marshl! thanks so much for your suggestions-- i like the circle-lecture idea... and koos- you're right-- perhaps it's worth it to try unpacking the assumptions... we'll see what happens! much warmth,raffi p.s. it looks like i may have blown up the oslist again...i see most of the jan archives are, um, gone [uptalk intonation here] **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] lecturing on OST???
spacenik friends- So, a friend would like to invite me to do an OST for her cultural organization. She senses, though, that before really offering to do an OST for them that they'd really feel more comfortable with me if I were to give a lecture on OST, presumably with Q&A. This organization invites people to give lectures, so this is what they are used to.My friend's thinking is that after they see me give a lecture then they'll feel enough trust and receptivity to having an OST. Would you be willing to give a lecture?? Your thoughts?Part of me has me thinking that it is important to meet people where they are-- and if indeed that is what they are most comfortable with, perhaps indeed start with a lecture? merci!Raffi **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] OS Hotline - TODAY! Tues Jan5th @12PM EST/UTC-5 :)
thanks to all for today's call! quite stimulating and friendly and yummy-challengingit was like a WOSonOS session...maybe WOSonOS never ends??? a bow to the minds and hearts on the call!salam from Port Khomeini, West Tabarestan. and special thanks to tricia for keeping this going. raffi p.s. i feel quite extrinsically motivated to show up again, perhaps next week?? :) **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] happy bday harrison
harrisonjan marshl! happy bday to you! or с днюшкой or تولدت مبارک! thanks for all the yummies, as it were! won't be able to join via qiqochat...but a hearty salam to all! wormly,raffi **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loath to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] florian fischer has passed away
My goodness! So unexpected! I remember meeting him in a training led by Marv and Sandra in 2003 in Potsdam, if I'm not mistaken. I was taken by his playfulness and poetry. And I remember thinking, "Gosh, I'd love to have that sense of lightness, open-heartedness, presence, and play when I'm his age." What a gift he is/was to the world. Florian offered the poem/reflection for Living Peace in 2007. Raffi Living peace Florian Fischer There is a special space where I'm studying peace, studying almost permanently, how to welcome peace, how to practice peace, how to hold peace, how to live peace: It is the space between »This is what I intended - but this is what happened*. An interval, a void, a break, a silence. It is the difference between frustration and acceptance, it is the way from No to Yes - and from Yes to No, it is the insight, that imagination, not only sometimes but every time, switches to illusion in the moment of realisation, it is the deep breathe before agreeing the change, and when it seems another person is changing my mind, it is the space to transform my ill humor about dependance into humbleness to see that they themselves are not less dependent. Sometimes it is the waiting-room to host a thrilling idea from conception to birth, sometimes it is an open space where a fear disappears and something dissolves just like that. In any case it is the playground between my own self and the self which is working on self-organization. It is all only about my inner peace, my only possible contribution to peace in the world. Rodalquilar, 30.12.2007 **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. >From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative >Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] open space meditation??
friends, thought you might it of interest--I've been checking out Recollective Awareness Practice in the past year or so and just completed a retreat in this form of Buddhist meditation. I think os-niks might like to know that this is form of meditation is the closest thing to Open Space I've experienced as a Dharma-based meditative practice. If curious, the book to get you started is Unlearning Meditation by Jason Siff. The community itself is quite low-key... much warmth from Port Khomeini, West Tabarestan,raffi**"Compulsive irreverence is an addiction, but it can be healed." in Militant Mutating Mockery and other Third Millennium Illnesses by Imam Aftandollah the Underwhelming___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] examples of facilitation used by government??
friends, A Moscow colleague is planning on giving a training quite soon for municipal leaders. She'd like to cite examples of the application of facilitation approaches at local, municipal, and regional levels around the world (including in Russia). Do you know of any written materials that could help her? She's looking for articles and such (in English or in Russian) that are stories of such applications. Perhaps someone is on the Future Search Network email list and could repost this there as well? I've also directed her to Sandy at NCDD... Feel free to reply to Ludmila Dudorova directly at l...@personalimage.ru merci!Raffi** "If you think you're about to say something stupid, take a breath and then mirandize your mind." -- from Befriending your Inner Supreme Court" in Contemplative Practice at the Edge. Chapter by Imam Aftandollah the Underwhelming ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
[OSList] Отв: workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings
Bhavesh, Miguel-jan pdhm!Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate you mentioning Snowden, I've been wanting to investigate his thinking for a while; and Migueljan- thanks for your thoughts... Miguel- if you're in San Diego- i'd prefer- if you're willing- to cook you a vegan dinner (if you don't mind eating vegan! everyone except my mother (!) seems to enjoy my cooking!)...but i imagine beer would have to be part of the equation! I'm not much of a beer (or any other alcohol) drinker (and perhaps not a true openspacenik because thus far at least i don't get excited by martinis!), but apparently is one of the beer capitals of the US these days! much warmth from this southwest corner of continental obamastan,raffi p.s. and miguel- it always warms my heart to hold (and hear) the bells that you gave me; it's the one object i "own" that i treasure the most... ** "If you find yourself experiencing panic, overwhelm, anxiety, or groundlessness during a nuclear winter or in the wake of the zombie apocalypse, remember: this too shall pass! And then ask yourself: "what am I grateful for?" and just be present to What Is!" -- from The Fruits of Co-being by Imam Aftandollah the Mischievous От: Bhavesh Patel Кому: Raffi Aftandelian ; World wide Open Space Technology email list Отправлено: среда, 25 февраля 2015 4:29 Тема: Re: [OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings Hi Raffi, I think Dave Snowden's work on Cognitive Complexity also adds to this. He explores the dangers in participation of group think and premature convergence, which can lead to less data being scanned before moving into options for action. If you want to find out more, check out his blog! Smiles Bhav... On 25 February 2015 at 07:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList wrote: friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams Кому: Raffi *|LNAME|* Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings | | | | | Why I no longer promote participative meetings | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | Dear Raffi,I used to promote highly participatory meetings. As you read this invitation, you will discover that I have shifted my perspective. First, a little background to why I promoted highly participative meetings.I am not willing to be in meetings that are time wasters and yet I am willing to be in meetings that take a long time. What is the difference? Meetings that I consider to be time wasters are meetings in which I sit and listen to a presentation with no opportunity for conversation. Time waster meetings, in my opinion, are the kind of meetings in which I conclude that the presenter could just have sent a memo. I end up wondering why it was necessary to have a meeting and waste the time of all of the participants. Have you had similar experiences? The meetings that I am willing to attend, and even like attending, are meetings designed with the participants in mind, to accomplish a business or development goal. They have one characteristic in common. The facilitator creates the time and space for lots of participation. There is value to the participant in such a meeting…the value of idea generation, idea discussion, innovation, solution generation, and of course the opportunity to feel heard where it matters. Some of my favorite highly participative meeting processes are Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Dynamic Facilitation, World Café, and Appreciative Inquiry. In our Genuine Contact program, we teach two of these meeting methods. So, why I have I said my perspective has shifted? I continue to promote highly participatory meetings. And, in looking more deeply, I realize that there is so much more to the successful experience and outcomes of these kinds of meetings that goes beyond simply being ‘highly participatory’. When we invite people into these meetings, we are inviting them, for a period of time, to engage in leadership. We ask them to engage in leadership for their ideas, for taking a stand, and for taking leadership to express themselves. And they do. And so my perspective has shifted away from thinking of these meetings just as participatory meetings. I now recognize them as meetings to engage leadership. If I think of participation as the goal, I now recognize that I do a disservice to the full dynamic that is taking place. People are not being invited to a participatory meeting. They are invited to engage in leadership….even if only for a short period of time. February Training: Highly Participatory Meetings vs. Engaging in Leadership >> Register Here Join us this week for ou
[OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings
friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams Кому: Raffi *|LNAME|* Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings | | | | | Why I no longer promote participative meetings | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | Dear Raffi,I used to promote highly participatory meetings. As you read this invitation, you will discover that I have shifted my perspective. First, a little background to why I promoted highly participative meetings.I am not willing to be in meetings that are time wasters and yet I am willing to be in meetings that take a long time. What is the difference? Meetings that I consider to be time wasters are meetings in which I sit and listen to a presentation with no opportunity for conversation. Time waster meetings, in my opinion, are the kind of meetings in which I conclude that the presenter could just have sent a memo. I end up wondering why it was necessary to have a meeting and waste the time of all of the participants. Have you had similar experiences? The meetings that I am willing to attend, and even like attending, are meetings designed with the participants in mind, to accomplish a business or development goal. They have one characteristic in common. The facilitator creates the time and space for lots of participation. There is value to the participant in such a meeting…the value of idea generation, idea discussion, innovation, solution generation, and of course the opportunity to feel heard where it matters. Some of my favorite highly participative meeting processes are Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Dynamic Facilitation, World Café, and Appreciative Inquiry. In our Genuine Contact program, we teach two of these meeting methods. So, why I have I said my perspective has shifted? I continue to promote highly participatory meetings. And, in looking more deeply, I realize that there is so much more to the successful experience and outcomes of these kinds of meetings that goes beyond simply being ‘highly participatory’. When we invite people into these meetings, we are inviting them, for a period of time, to engage in leadership. We ask them to engage in leadership for their ideas, for taking a stand, and for taking leadership to express themselves. And they do. And so my perspective has shifted away from thinking of these meetings just as participatory meetings. I now recognize them as meetings to engage leadership. If I think of participation as the goal, I now recognize that I do a disservice to the full dynamic that is taking place. People are not being invited to a participatory meeting. They are invited to engage in leadership….even if only for a short period of time. February Training: Highly Participatory Meetings vs. Engaging in Leadership >> Register Here Join us this week for our free February training to take a deeper look at the relationship of highly participatory meetings and engaging leadership.We will explore: - why nourishing a culture of leadership is critical for business success - simple ways you can nourish a culture of leadership when working with or leading organizations - the benefits of shifting to a broader perspective of engaging in leadership when we lead highly participatory meetings or have these meetings take place in our organizations >> Register Here If you're unable to make the call live, be sure to register so we know you're interested in receiving the recording when it is available. Warm Regards, Birgitt Williams | | | | | | | | Genuine Contact Way | | | || | | | The first leg of our worldwide Genuine Contact Way book tour is now complete. Our thanks to everyone who joined us at one of the events. Our next tour includes events in Norway, Sweden, Upcoming Events Oslo, Norway April 7-8Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership April 7 Learn More & RegisterCreating and Nourishing a Culture of Leadership April 8 Learn More & RegisterGothenburg, Sweden April 13-14Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership Creating and Nourishing a Culture of LeadershipLearn More & RegisterMalmö, Sweden April 15Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership | April 15Learn More & RegisterStockholm, Sweden April 16-17Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership Creating and Nourishing a Culture of LeadershipLearn More & RegisterStockholm, Sweden April 20-22Special Offering: Extraordinary Leadership WorkshopLearn More & RegisterRösrath near Cologne and Bonn, Germany April 23-24Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership Creating and Nourishing a Culture of LeadershipLearn More & RegisterHamburg, Germany May 4-5Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership Creating and Nourishing a Culture of Leader
[OSList] peggy's talk
suzannejan marshl! greetings fellow spacenicks! thanks, suzanne, for turning us on to the talk Peggy gave recently. this is a shot in the dark...If anyone has figured out how to turn the talk into an mp3, give me a heads up!I'd love to listen to it... thanks,raffi On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Harold and company, > > Some things are worth repeating and worth re-inviting. Having each > listened to Peggy's talk yesterday, Kevin O'Brien and I found ourselves > vibrantly engaged in conversation this morning replaying bits and parts > that had so ignited our passion and courage in the work that we are doing > together to bring the spirit and processes of self management into > organizations. I had the good fortune of meeting Kevin at International > House in January 2014; he has since joined OSI US along with Dan Mezick. > > So in case you missed Peggy's conversation with Michael Dowd check *Day > 13 at this link.* Available free for the next 10 days only. Total cost > to have access to all the talks is $25. You may know many of these speakers > and may feel the investment is worthwhile. > http://www.entheos.com/The-Future-is-Calling-Us-to-Greatness/Play > > Suzanne ** "If your dharma teacher should perish in a nuclear attack or in the zombie apocalypse, remember everything is still your teacher-- including the subsequent nuclear winter and potential zombie attacks." -- from The Fruits of Co-being by Imam Aftandollah the Mischievous___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
[OSList] Time No Longer?
Hi spaceniks- I'm curious if anyone has read Patrick Smith's Time No Longer: Americans after the American Century. I think it is a very important book. And I'd love to hear people's thoughts of it; I think the book is especially interesting if we recall Harrison's thoughts on story and myth in Spirit: Transformation and Development in Organizations. Much of the book is devoted to the harm the American Myth has caused the world... Interestingly, he believes that the US has historically seen itself as outside of history, outside of time (outside of Open Space???)...a fantastic yet believable contention. warmly,raffi ** "If your dharma teacher should perish in a nuclear attack or in the zombie apocalypse, remember everything is still your teacher-- including the subsequent nuclear winter and potential zombie attacks." -- from The Fruits of Co-being by Imam Aftandollah the Mischievous___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
[OSList] wosonos2015
ditto what chris said. as a co-org'r of a previous wosonos (in another slavic country) happy to share my experience- the good, the differently good, and the quite differently good- aspects of organizing such an event. laramtsa, raffi ** I am the culturally White middle class American taxpayer, up to my chin in hypocrisy, double standards, a sense of entitlement, and choking on overconsumption, blissfully in denial about how 60% of my federal income taxes go to a military that sustains genocide and ecocide the world over ...all in the name of democracy, freedom, and happiness for all -- a riff off of Thic Nhat Hanh's Please Call Me By My True Names___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
