What an interesting question; wouldn't mind continuing discussion iteratively as we are talking about the connection of the 2 subjects that most arouse my curiosity open space and governance
Well I think there's the true story which needs watering down for 5-minute version If open space at its deepest takes everyone through conflict by removing the confusion of the leadership team that are still controlling one thing in a way that used to be perfect but that has changed, and because they didn't detect the change, chaos forces have compounded around the conflict for many cycles then most big governance organisations are today there conflict deep What did the leadership team fail to change in the way they governed? 1) They didn't change their measures or economics or systems to put people at the centre of organisations which is what the service economy revolution should have done but didn't (nb people are still costs to cut in all accounting books) - that's why self-organising methods are never sustained when governance shreds them 2) Then they didn't change measures when organisations stopped being islands because they needed global and local network partners because globally networked markets cant be best served by any single organisation 3) And they didnt change governance so as to get the best of hierarchy & self-organising & networking across boundaries Failing to make these changes has led to many other problems: Most organisations are now run by siloised professions who acre only for their budget not how they connect with other disciplines; ie communications doesn't connect And if you are ruled by American lawyers you are under a duty to compound maximum conflicts with societal good by doing numbers that only speculators will benefit from - fortunately you don't need to take my word for that - you can see the documentary of the Canadian scholar of law at www,thecorporation.com -now since .coms have become governed in ways that are so ruinous to people's spirits they have spun their transactional power over both .gov and .ngo and we have a wee system problem to overcome if we are to regain transparency with open space and kindred methods chris macrae club of London http://cluboflondon.blogspot.com/ http://futureoflondon.blogspot.com/ welcoming other cities who want to openly co-syndicate new governance maps -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Whitney Sanchez Sent: 09 March 2005 18:58 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: elevator speech Hi Everyone, I have been given 5 minutes, at a meeting next week, to "brief" 300 CEO's about Open Space. Do you have a favorite elevator speech that has helped people understand the essence and application of OS? I'm especially eager for any thoughts about the relationship between OS and governance. Thanks in advance, for anything you can share. Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez Triune Milagro, LTD 480.759.0262 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: <http://www.triunemilagro.com/> www.triunemilagro.com Invoking the wisdom and capacity of the human spirit! * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist