Chapter IV Personal Preparation for Open Space
The unique and critical role of the facilitator in an Open Space event revolves around two functions: creating time and space and holding time and space. Observably, in performance, this means doing less rather than more. Under the best of circumstances, the facilitator will be totally present and absolutely invisible.
If this assertion appears paradoxical, even contradictory, rather like the sound of one hand clapping, I have to confess that Open Space thinking and practice have more in common with Zen and the Eastern martial arts than with a straight, linear application of a cookbook technology. Two stories may serve to compound the contradiction, or possibly make things a little clearer. ...
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