Well you sort of got me. I know the author. Nobody would talk like that except me. And you may question the wisdom of all that. But as to the citation, I am not sure. Given the date, I would say "The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform" (Berrett-Koehler). On the other hand I don't remember saying anything like that in "Spirit" -- But I do recall something to the same effect in, "The Practice of Peace"(Human Systems Dynamics Institute). But in the interest of your sanity (to say nothing of protecting me from charges of loosing my own) -- I think you can safely attribute it to "Harrison Owen -- personal communication." Always works when I get into a tight spot. :-)
Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Allison & Jim Baensch Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:31 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: finding a quote Hi All, I am trying to meet a deadline (in about 5 hours!) for handing in a thesis draft that includes information about OST. Missing a page number for a quote, I tried to find it on the net and can't seem to. This is the quote: A brief consideration of the remarkable fact that after 14 billion years and multiple disasters we are all still here to complain about how badly things are going. All of which is to say that things have been working rather well under the circumstances, at least sufficiently well to enable countless generations to come to fruition and pass their wisdom and skills on to the succeeding generations. Simple Question How come? Proposed answer Self-Organization rules (Owen, 1998) I thought I took it from "Emergent Order" but it is not there as far as I can tell. Has it been removed, or am I having hallucinations? (Hallucinations are distinctly possible - sleep is such a a distant memory.) I can quote something that has changed, since I have my access date. All I need to do is to organise a page number. (That is, if you don't mind my using your words, Harrison.) I would really appreciate being told where to find this quote, or where it was, presuming it ever existed. Allison From hot Healesville - Yarra Valley - SE Australia. * * ========================================================== 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
