Excerpt from Authority in Open Space

Dialogue, Deliberation and Systemic Transformation

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Authority in Open Space (from the Peace and High Performance Open Space, NYC, Jan 2014, session initiated by Dan Mezick)

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Based on theory from from the Group Relations Community (www.akriceinstitute.org)

Authority = right to do work (and power=the exercise of authority). Including deciding. Deciding is doing work. So deciding how people should do their work is using authority.

understepping: a serious problem in orgs--creates anxiety. Helpers and seekers tend to understep. Garfield cartoon: for some people cages aren’t all bad.

Excerpt from Authority in Open Space
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