{"id":544,"date":"2005-12-20T22:55:24","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T03:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/?p=544"},"modified":"2005-12-21T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T22:24:52","slug":"edges-of-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2005\/12\/20\/edges-of-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Edges of Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

I liked these reminders that Peggy Holman<\/a> sent to the OSLIST<\/a> recently. I think they translate well, beyond the practice of OpenSpaceTech<\/a> facilitation.<\/p>\n

…[some] aspects I think are making a difference for me:<\/p>\n

1. Defining the Law of Two Feet as “taking responsibility for what you love”. I no longer talk about the Law of Two Feet as passion and responsibility. While basically equivalent, there’s something very powerful about this framing — it is highly actionable for both individuals and groups. <\/p>\n

2. Using silence in the plenary. Morning announcements, evening news, I always begin with silence. This is really subtle and yet I know it matters. It seems to connect people with themselves, each other, and the whole.<\/p>\n

3. Time and diversity. These old friends really matter. Two and a half days or more. Time to cook is so vital when dealing with complexity. PLUS bringing together unlikely mixes of people — the whole system — prepares the soil for the unexpected. The more creative the definition of the system the better! <\/p>\n

4. Setting bold intention. The more ambitious the purpose, the more the potential energy to transform it contains. It may seem obvious, but I often find myself coaching sponsors to be daring. <\/p>\n

I think these aspects bring qualities to the work of creating a fertile field that up the likelihood for good things to happen. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I especially like the first one. Open Space is most definitely, and essentially, about taking responsibility for the things we love… and then letting the rest of the clutter fall away. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I liked these reminders that Peggy Holman sent to the OSLIST recently. I think they translate well, beyond the practice of OpenSpaceTech facilitation. …[some] aspects I think are making a difference for me: 1. Defining the Law of Two Feet as “taking responsibility for what you love”. I no longer talk about the Law of … <\/p>\n

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