Comments on: Civic behaviors http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/06/civic-behaviors/ ...........................just noticing Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jack http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/06/civic-behaviors/comment-page-1/#comment-14 jack Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=15#comment-14 Open Space has been used in just about any context you can think of. It is very content independent because it invites the community to self-organize their passion, strengths, and capacity for responsibility in new ways around new questions. I think every faith community manifests the watercooler culture because every one is self-organizing whether people realize it or not. Once people get over the illusion of control as Open Space invites and empowers them to, they self-organize differently in ways that liberates the vision and vitality of the community. Open Space has been used in just about any context you can think of. It is very content independent because it invites the community to self-organize their passion, strengths, and capacity for responsibility in new ways around new questions.

I think every faith community manifests the watercooler culture because every one is self-organizing whether people realize it or not. Once people get over the illusion of control as Open Space invites and empowers them to, they self-organize differently in ways that liberates the vision and vitality of the community.

]]> By: Jim Kulma http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/06/civic-behaviors/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Jim Kulma Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:44:20 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=15#comment-13 Jack: Your observation strikes a chord with me today. I wonder about how open space strategies might work in congregational contexts. I am often in local churches, and hear about the critical and fragmented ways that these Christain churches behave around their work, problems and programs. These groups are regularly involved in "management by campfire", where a group meeting is held, but only limited conversation happens in the meeting- then afterward, people begin to express themselves more openly in the 2's and 3's that gather in the parking lot. Do you know anyone using open space in congregational contexts? Jack: Your observation strikes a chord with me today. I wonder about how open space strategies might work in congregational contexts. I am often in local churches, and hear about the critical and fragmented ways that these Christain churches behave around their work, problems and programs. These groups are regularly involved in “management by campfire”, where a group meeting is held, but only limited conversation happens in the meeting- then afterward, people begin to express themselves more openly in the 2’s and 3’s that gather in the parking lot. Do you know anyone using open space in congregational contexts?

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