Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

Hi Anne, Thanks for your offering. The most incredible experiences (and hyper performance) of Open Space I am sure come from inviting the "trans-finite", and not just the finite. Although this isn't rote, I'm curious as to your experience of offering this grounding exercise just after the we

Re: [OSList] No silence in opening

Thanks Chris - I appreciate the tip about counting breaths. Much better than staring at my watch! Harold On 6/15/15 8:25 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList wrote: Yes to this… These days no matter what process I am doing, if I offer a minute of silence, instead of looking at a clock, I just c

Re: [OSList] No silence in opening

Hi Viv, Thank you! I appreciate you're joining the annoyance club with me :-) I've noticed some tendency towards people making open invitations to "improve" the process - and I'll be doing a post conference debrief/retrospective in a couple hours. I've no interest in taking on others anxieti

Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

I actually never interrupt the flow after i tell people about how to offer their ideas. The field is already open and we are IN it at that time as a result of the early beginning silence. That's my experience anyhow, my dear Harold. Loved your TV appearance. You brought your usual clarity.

Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

I probably also remind them to check what has heart and meaning and offer that as i open the marketplace offerings. Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org ww

Re: [OSList] No silence in opening

here's one of my favorite stories about feedback, harold. some years ago i did one of those 10-day meditation courses (goenka, vipassana, for those who care) and then helped with hosting another one. on my third, as a participant, we had an old indian guy, the #2 teacher in the world at that time

Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

Harold said... "Would 8 minutes of grounding silence after the welcome and logistics opened enough space for participants so they didn't need silent reflection time with their papers and markers to gather their thoughts? Do you offer anything before letting the participants make their offerings to

Re: [OSList] No silence in opening

When people ask me to do an evaluation of Open Space I hand all the participants a firms that says "complete this sentence: As a result of this meeting..." Then we get real useful. feedback. Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Harvest Moon Consultants Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process desi

[OSList] Please join me next week for Governance Lab!

Dear Open Space colleagues [with apologies for cross-posting]: I'm very excited to be hosting "Governance Lab," an experiment in virtual Open Space, and I would love to have some of you join me if this engagement calls to you. My partner in this work, Fyodor Ovchinnikov, posted about it a few w

Re: [OSList] Please join me next week for Governance Lab!

Ben and Fyodor, feel your energy and passion. Ben you taught me the possibilities of what I could experience virtually at a time when I could not yet imagine it. Now I know. Fyodor, the intensity and depth of what you write and are igniting are equally compelling. What a duo team. I can't attend un

Re: [OSList] OS Hotline notes! June 2nd

Thanks you, Tricia and all. Love it! Gail On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Tricia Chirumbole via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Hi all! > > I hereby declare that from this point henceforward, I shall be posting > highlights from our OS Hotline discussions on my website blog.