At 03:21 PM 10/6/2002 -0600, Frank H. Nielsen and Morten Gaarde wrote:
The purpose of our thesis is to find answers on the following questions: 1. What makes OST work so well (which theories can explain the good results with OST) ? 2. What can enhance the outcome of an OST meeting ?
Have fun with your study -- and thanks for undertaking it. For all the years that OST have been used (now 17) and for all the occasions where it has been used (thousands), and people involved (millions) there has been precious little research done of the sort you are proposing. Most of us are just having too much fun and are too busy opening space to do it. Or at least that is what we say. Competence may have something to do with it too. Anyhow -- good luck, and if I can be of any assistance, just let me know. As for your questions (above) my best shot is to refer you to three of my books, Open Space Technology: A User's Guide, Expanding our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology, and my recent one, The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform. All are published by Berrett-Koehler, and typically Amazon.com can provide them if local sources can't. I can also offer you a DRAFT of my latest effort, The Practice of Peace. I guess this is a lazy persons approach, but I am truly delighted that you are doing what you are doing. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.mindspring.com\~owenhh osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html