As a newbie to this list, apologies if this question's already answered somewhere
I would love to link to a rough register classifying sorts of OS applications , and perhaps the connecting issues that come next from the different application contexts In case this doesn't exist, could we informally start piloting it in the here and now? Here's my recall of the two application areas I have seen OS done in, and one or two I will lobby for any chance I get having seen missed chances I have been to 2 Open Spaces where people have come to discuss the issues they most want to self-organise change around the world on. If the literature on cultural creatives -and synonyms - are correct, this must be quite a common application area . I have found these wonderful spiritual events, and great personal network builders but I've been disappointed how hard it is to get emerging project teams alive. My dream is that one day we'll have the carrot of one wholly open webspace where teams that do develop a change franchise that works in their communities can openly post it for worldwide take-up. For example, microfinance in general seems to be multiplying wonderful local possibilities, and I have a friend whose project RoundUp now has the technology so that any shop register's cash till could on the customer's click round up the few cents electronically direct to charity rather than weighing down my or your pocket. If we had one such virtual space of emerging inspirational grassroots franchises ready to fly, and perhaps an annual roll of honours for best social change ideas teamed into franchisable reality, I'm sure that would add enduring commitment or at least enable us to sift the doers from the dreamers -not that we don't need both, but I would rather spend my discretionary time on projects that complete than many that are so exciting in idea but fizzle out because people's spare time matches fail to connect or another more exciting idea zaps the floating team-member's interest I have been 2 Open Spaces where a profession (risk, personal change) has essentially asked itself why isn't that we can never sell the most human work we felt we were all about and can often sell dehumanising work 9 so eg why is it that Human Resources main job in many companies is planning how to fire people at least cost to company and most cost to the humans and their forward learning) . In this broad context, I would love to help convene an OS meeting of professional association coordinators because research for my latest book has indicated at least 15 different professions who feel that their best (ie humanly most enabling work) is being sucked out of organisations. Anyone else here interested in assembling that? We need to connect some meta-disciplinary self-confidence and support networks in my view I hope I haven't been too frank in writing the above. I was trying to illustrate why I love to know the main OS application types and where their next connection question leads to. In terms of missed opportunities for an Open Space, its in one sense anywhere that a wonderful assembly of influential people convene for 2 or more days and don't use at least a quarter of that up front in Open Space. Even if that didn't completely value all that could be achieved, I'm sure the experience would stay with them in how they would want future assemblies to run, and even everyday meetings they chair - open space is the gateway to opening any meeting space style more than hitherto (as I see the big gift to self-organising, and indeed the future of open networking/humanitarian age as my family tradition prefers to edit it http://www.normanmacrae.com/netfuture.html ). The most remarkable missed opportunity I've experienced on that was a weekend meeting of the reconciliation (peace practice ) network www.collapsingworld.org <http://www.collapsingworld.org/> . I will write up some notes on the diversity of perspectives that came there to testify but because it was mainly podium presented didn't - FOR ME - go further than scene-setting all the diverse resolution urgencies there are in this world. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
