Maya -- After I sent off my previous response, it occurred to me that you and others might conclude that I have exaggerated a bit. After all I have been accused of being a story teller -- to which I can only respond: Guilty as charged. And so to mitigate the severity of my offence I thought to share the review comments of a long time colleague, Dr. Rodney Plimpton, on my book "Wave Rider."
"This is a simply wonderful, wise book. It shows us why almost everything we think we know about planning, organizing, directing, and controlling is wrong and what we need to do instead. If you have followed any part of Harrison Owens journey over the past 40 years you will delight in this culmination of his work. And if you have missed the journey, you need to discover it now. Required reading for anyone who cares about leadership, organizations, and high performance." Rodney Plimpton, Ph.D.; former SVP, Human Resources, American Electric Power Co., Columbus, Ohio. Getting past the kind words in the opening, we come to the substance: "It shows us why almost everything we think we know about planning, organizing, directing, and controlling is wrong and what we need to do instead." Rod is not prone to hyperbole or new age fads. His PhD is in Management from Stanford, and he retired as Senior VP for Human Resources. American Electric Power is one of the largest power companies in the US, which would make it one of the largest in the world. Pretty conservative I would say. So I say again -- Take Care! This Open Space stuff could get you into a lot of trouble. But I guarantee it will be both exciting and fun. 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 Maya Negev Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:57 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Academic articles on OST Dear OST community, I am a PhD student in Israel. while looking for a participatory method to research "multicultural approaches to environmental education", i reached Tova Averbuch, the leading OST consultant in Israel. OST seems to be the method I was looking for, thanks to it being fully participatory, and thanks to it enabling people from very diverse backgrounds to voice their priorities and concerns. As I am writing a research proposal, I am searching for academic articles and book chapters on OST, both about using and researching the method. so far I found very few such resources, and therefore I am writing to you: should any of you be aware of academic resources on OST, I will be very grateful if you bring them to my attention. All the very best, and thank you very much, Maya maya.ne...@gmail.com * * ========================================================== 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