Fabulous video! Thanks for sharing and happy belated:-)) Dawn Ellison, MD 612-839-4662
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:06 PM, oslist-requ...@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > oslist-requ...@lists.openspacetech.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > oslist-ow...@lists.openspacetech.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Happy Birthday Harrison- a video to culminate his > birthday week! (Paul Nunesdea) > 2. Re: Happy Birthday Harrison- a video to culminate his > birthday week! (Harrison Owen) > 3. raising spirit revisited (Michael Wood) > 4. small things (Michael Wood) > 5. OST evaluation and medecine wheel (christine koehler) > 6. Re: OST evaluation and medecine wheel (??? Spark.osk) > 7. Re: OST evaluation and medecine wheel (??? Spark.osk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:37:28 +0100 > From: Paul Nunesdea <nunes...@me.com> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison- a video to culminate > his birthday week! > Message-ID: <25ab72c1-2ab5-4496-9464-59fbe9ab7...@me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Camelia thanks for sharing this great video!! > > Just imagine an OS with opera singers each one announcing a song and others > joining or not to sing along. This would be the opera that I would always > like to go, I could choose to stay whenever the tune pleases me and use the > law of 2 feet to avoid the boring parts. > > Not bad as a birthday present Harrison... I wish you a very long life so I > can enjoy your (online) company and more videos like this one! > > Best > Paul > > From my iPad > >> On 05/12/2013, at 20:09, Carmella Mazzotta <carmella.mazzo...@verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >> Hello all, Check out this Youtube video of an effort to get more interest in >> opera in Spain. It was sent to me today and in honor of Harrison?s birthday >> week, I want to share it with all on the listserve. I think you?ll agree it >> is a bit of open space tech in an artsy successful way?no? Carmella >> Mazzotta in Washington DC >> >> Enjoy! >> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NLjuGPBusxs&vq=medium >> >> >> From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org >> [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen >> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 4:15 PM >> To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' >> Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison >> >> Indeed it was a very Happy Birthday, celebrated with some old, old friends >> in New York City ? along with Tova Averbuch who just happened to have >> wandered by from Holon, Israel to visit her daughter in New York. And for >> the record, the celebration(s) did include the appropriate number of >> Martinis ? I can?t actually recall the precise number. J The festivities >> were made all the richer by the (electronic) presence of you all. Friends >> and family, each and every one. Thank You! >> >> Harrison >> >> Harrison Owen >> 7808 River Falls Dr. >> Potomac, MD 20854 >> USA >> >> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) >> Camden, Maine 04843 >> >> Phone 301-365-2093 >> (summer) 207-763-3261 >> >> www.openspaceworld.com >> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST >> Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org >> [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Daigle >> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:22 AM >> To: OSLIST >> Subject: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison >> >> I am very grateful that my parents gave me life. December 2nd was always >> very special because it was my dad's birthday. It is also very special >> because it is Harrison Owen's birthday and to him I also owe my life in a >> different way. Yes it is through Open Space that I got the appreciation and >> awareness of my life -- living it fully, deep and blissfully with others >> with a peace and joy that I did not have before. >> >> So to the two martini guys in my life, my late father and Harrison, I salute >> you with much love on this very special day that is your birthday. >> >> Suzanne >> >> -- >> Suzanne Daigle >> Open Space Facilitator >> NuFocus Strategic Group >> >> FL 941-359-8877 >> Cell: 203-722-2009 >> www.nufocusgroup.com >> s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com >> twitter @suzannedaigle >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20131205/7d892952/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:48:51 -0500 > From: "Harrison Owen" <hho...@verizon.net> > To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'" > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison- a video to culminate > his birthday week! > Message-ID: <003d01cef203$c9bf6370$5d3e2a50$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Carmella! It is all open space!! When the human spirit soars the Space is > definitely OPEN! Nothing esoteric. It's what happens. Whatever, Whenever, > Wherever, with whomsoever... > > > > Thanks for sharing!! > > > > ho > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > > Camden, Maine 04843 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Carmella > Mazzotta > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 2:10 PM > To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison- a video to culminate his > birthday week! > > > > Hello all, Check out this Youtube video of an effort to get more interest in > opera in Spain. It was sent to me today and in honor of Harrison's birthday > week, I want to share it with all on the listserve. I think you'll agree it > is a bit of open space tech in an artsy successful way.no? Carmella > Mazzotta in Washington DC > > > > Enjoy! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NLjuGPBusxs > <http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NLjuGPBusxs&vq=medium> &vq=medium > > > > > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 4:15 PM > To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison > > > > Indeed it was a very Happy Birthday, celebrated with some old, old friends > in New York City - along with Tova Averbuch who just happened to have > wandered by from Holon, Israel to visit her daughter in New York. And for > the record, the celebration(s) did include the appropriate number of > Martinis - I can't actually recall the precise number. J The festivities > were made all the richer by the (electronic) presence of you all. Friends > and family, each and every one. Thank You! > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > > Camden, Maine 04843 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Daigle > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:22 AM > To: OSLIST > Subject: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison > > > > I am very grateful that my parents gave me life. December 2nd was always > very special because it was my dad's birthday. It is also very special > because it is Harrison Owen's birthday and to him I also owe my life in a > different way. Yes it is through Open Space that I got the appreciation and > awareness of my life -- living it fully, deep and blissfully with others > with a peace and joy that I did not have before. > > So to the two martini guys in my life, my late father and Harrison, I salute > you with much love on this very special day that is your birthday. > > Suzanne > > > > -- > > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > twitter @suzannedaigle > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20131205/307b036a/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:15:59 +0800 > From: Michael Wood <michael.w...@uwa.edu.au> > To: "'oslist@lists.openspacetech.org'" > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: [OSList] raising spirit revisited > Message-ID: > <9304b28121e1cd46bf3f6372f59bcabb074eef8...@is-win-375.staffad.uwa.edu.au> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks Chris for your thoughtful response. So based on several responses > received I am hearing some key themes in relation to the question of raising > Spirit in organisations: 1. The need for grief to be recognised and > processed/healed 2. The potential for an unhelpful burden of administrative > overload (procedures, rules etc) to quench Spirit 3. Lack of clear shared > purpose and the importance of story telling (shared myth) to help people to > express and connect with organisational purpose. > Cheers, > Michael > > Hi Michael, > > Posing your inquiry this way, I think there is lots to talk about. > > Both Harrison and Birgitt Williams have paid close attention to the grief > cycle as an aspect of what's happening in any organization. I haven't read > Waverider yet, but I imagine that there are many connections. Describing my > own interpretation of concepts I have gathered from a lot of learning with > Birgitt: In a world of constant change, most humans suffer from the results > of our ego-attachments, in that changes, even "positive" ones, can send us > into a cycle of "grieving" as a way of integrating those changes. > Based on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's work, we tend to go through the steps of > shock-anger, denial, and memories before we are ready to reframe and move > forward, and often we cycle through these stages numerous times and not > necessarily in a linear fashion. I believe that both Harrison and Birgitt > have recognized that when folks are in these earlier stages of reacting to > change, their "spirit" is not fully available for the forward-thinking > qualities that make an OST experience joyful and full of externally-focused > momentum. My own view is that of course spirit is always present, but when > we are attached and grieving in the face of change, the spirit applies itself > to healing, which manifests in lots of ways, some challenging, some internal, > some appearing "unspirited" on the surface. > > Of course, OST works magic for all of these processes too. But there are > other ways. From the standpoint of an organizational leader, member, > "participant," I think that there are many choices available for how to > "inspire" people, and that most of them relate to transpersonal healing in > some way. That's fodder for a whole other discussion. > > But I also think that there is another aspect to people displaying a lack of > inspiration, at any time, including in an OST meeting. This is simply a lack > of awareness of purpose. In many organizations, we come together as a bunch > of folks who are spiritually asleep. We're not aware of individual or > organizational purpose ~ not "mission statement" purpose, but the deeper > purpose that is always in the realm of mystery ~ the mystery that > *is*reality. I imagine that readers on this list have a wealth of personal > reflections about the process of "waking up," of achieving greater > awareness...and of how to facilitate awakening in others (which according to > the mystics is all about becoming aware oneself). > > Back to the quesiton, "Was Jesus a waverider?" ~ Having not read Harrison's > book, I don't know have an answer, but I happily share my own understanding > that Jesus is certainly the reality of an aware being inviting awakening > (healing) in "others" across time and space as we know it. In other words, > *raising > spirit.* > > Make sense? > Chris > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:32:19 +0800 > From: Michael Wood <michael.w...@uwa.edu.au> > To: "'oslist@lists.openspacetech.org'" > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: [OSList] small things > Message-ID: > <9304b28121e1cd46bf3f6372f59bcabb074eef8...@is-win-375.staffad.uwa.edu.au> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Tania, Great to hear you are having fun with Open Space Tania and welcome > to the OSLIST. As Harrison has observed many times, self organisation > delivers not only high performance but 'high play' and I am sensing some of > the 'playfulness' of Open Space in your story of small beginnings. > Best wishes, Michael Wood > > Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 08:20:01 +1000 > From: "Rev Tania Eichler" <teich...@bigpond.net.au> > To: <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: [OSList] Small things > Message-ID: <005301cef075$cf14f4a0$6d3edde0$@net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello OS waveriders. > > Well, just to share; thank you Michael Wood for introducing me to the whole > world of OS. The following has been way cool: > > 1. Parish Council opened to self engaging systems and they engaged > alright!! The passion and responsibility was in the room and we engaged > together to make meaning of what we are to do and be for God's mission. The > only thing on the Agenda was the financial summary to keep us accountable to > our Diocese - the rest of the agenda came from the floor - literally!! > > 2. Advent Study group has been wrestling together with scripture to > make meaning as we apply the OS principles - no one is in control, there is > no power plays- we are all comfortably being disturbed out of complacency > > 3. These tools through OS technology have been sooooo empowering to > all leaders > > 4. Every circle I host has meaning > > 5. I have been applying these principles to my life and the need to > feel in control is not there any more - I feel freer!! Yay! > > Early days yet, but this whole process has changed by life. > > Thanks again. > > T > > > The Rev'd Tania Eichler > Christmas season blessings coming from this little elf!! > St Catherine's Anglican Community > ANGLICAN PARISH OF CENTENARY SUBURBS > Macfarlane Street, MIDDLE PARK > > AREA DEAN - Brisbane South West > LOVE, HOPE & making a DIFFERENCE > Office: 33764052 > > Mobile: 0401690127 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 13:57:44 +0100 > From: christine koehler <chris.alice.koeh...@gmail.com> > To: OSLIST <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: [OSList] OST evaluation and medecine wheel > Message-ID: > <cach+w_98qjcqnmcjopr8ovjmxofloauwt7sxrv6sgrneuas...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all > > After reading several posts here discussing the medecine wheel, I decided > to use it as an evaluation tool for an open space I did recently with 100 > managers. As it was really helpful and productive, I would like to thank > you and to tell you the story > > The open space itself had not been so easy to do, as it followed the report > of a diagnosis that showed the many problems faced by the management in > this organization. And it was tough to hear, for all of them. So after > listening to the diagnosis, the open space started with a loooong silence. > And inbetween each topic there was again a looong silence. I could see the > director and members of the planning commitee turning white or sweating. > Yet we ended up with 12 topics. 2 slots of discussions, very intense. They > discussed the real problems. > Then I opened space again for action planning. To tell the truth, I was > scared that they would not dare support actions. But they did : 10 topics, > for which, except one, several people jumped in, and that covered 90% of > the diagnosis. (probably the 10% left dealt with a category of people who > were not there for quite complicate and administrative reasons). > > Yesterday, when I did the evaluation with the planning team, I explained > quicly the medecine wheel and have them reflect about what they learned for > each quadrant. What surprised me is that they did not answer about the > process they experienced the day of the event, but about the organization. > In a very short time they pictured a very clear, realistic yet optimistic > image of their organization. It was great. > The result is that they all commited to continue working together to > support the action plans for the coming months, although they had accepted > the "job" only because it was a one-time commitment. > And for the fun part, one of them told me "it looks like you guided us > through this like a shaman" ;) > > Christine > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20131206/c9cbc00d/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:08:42 +0900 > From: ??? Spark.osk <spark....@gmail.com> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Subject: Re: [OSList] OST evaluation and medecine wheel > Message-ID: <xng4prbv4f6jblw3tuwd2o1k.1386335322...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20131206/2ca26a06/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:17:41 +0900 > From: ??? 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