So, how did the ORSC workshop go in Denver?
“I want to talk about ORSC as its own entity, today, not in a comparison with CTI.”
Go right ahead.
“The tools are immensely powerful.”
What tools?
“The creation of a system’s founding myth, as a means of reminding that system what it loves about itself.”
What is a way of doing that?
“Not sure the official way. There weren’t many official ways discussed, really. Everything was somewhat situational in comparison with the structure of – wait.”
CTI?
(Laughing) “Anyway. The way I used it in my homework assignment was to begin with something the system may want to improve about itself. Once that was established, we set it aside. And then we spent the next 40 minutes in myth creation. And then, in the final five minutes, we returned to something the system may want to improve about itself. It felt like an approach that cannot miss.”
What is the difference between that and ‘building the want’?
“Potency, ultimately. Much as an individual has agency in creating her want, the system remains outside. In myth creation, it’s the system addressing itself, with at least twice as many voices. It’s that much more potent.”
What else?
“Constellation exercise. The larger the system, it seems, the better it works. The system arranges itself according to intensity of sensation around a common question. And then the system observes itself. There’s an immense amount of information available to the system in just a few minutes.”
What does the coach do?
“Makes observations. Asks questions. Shows the system to itself.”
What didn’t you like?
“Conflict resolution.”
When you began this pathway, you mentioned mediation.
“The ORSC workshop helped me realize I may not want to do that at all. For sundry reasons, I am good enough at conflict resolution. Which is not to say I’m great at it. No, what the weekend’s workshop helped me realize is that at this time I don’t want to be any better at it than I already am.”
What resonated with you most?
“Not the people.”
What resonated with you most?
“The power of the tools. They’re magical, really they are.”
Just not for you?
“Not at this time, no, I don’t think so.”