Now that I am playing with a variety of social networks, lists, Linkiden groups, twitters and all, I find the OS list one of the things I use to keep in touch -- it is interesting what it all takes now to stay connected. The connections are great and I want time for other stuff too.
Christine, I think you did a great job and the SD lens on Open Space and self-organization is important to me. So is the Integral perspective and some of those we played with at SLOW in Seattle. I had a great time there with Christy, Brian, Jeff, Harrison, Doug, Tennison, Suzanne, Peggy and Anne holding our space -- among others. I developed my thinking some and Wave Rider is still a great book. Harrison and I are planning another such gathering in Toronto area in mid-November (not your most exciting month weatherwise but no snow likely). Anybody else want to play in the planning of that? Larry Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation Toronto, Ontario, Canada la...@spiritedorg.com 416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Whitney Sanchez Sent: May-14-09 2:58 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space & Spiral Dynamics John & Rory, I'm hoping that Larry Peterson and Doug O'Loughlin might chime in, as they are strongly grounded in both OST and SD. At the WOSonOS in Halifax several years ago, Larry convened a session on SD & OST. Rory, to your point about the convening question, my own experience is that within every group, even relatively homeostatic groups, we find a range of memes showing up in both individual perspectives and the collective perspective. That said, since Spiral Dynamics is one of the lenses I carry around with me, I can't help but be fascinated with how the memes weave into each other in an Open Space event. I love watching how diversity shows up and enriches the conversations. John, what is also of interest to me is when the sponsors seem to be ready to unleash self-organization and once the genie is out of the bottle, want to try to stuff it back in. In those cases, I watch for where the self-organization seeds have taken root, even if the formal system seems to be ignoring them. Thanks for the great discussion. Warm wishes from toasty Phoenix, Christine * * ========================================================== 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