Hi Harrison, I agree that "wavemaking" isn't a perfect description of what is happening. On the other hand, I also think we shouldn't underestimate our impact on the waves in the pond, even as mere facilitators. As coaches (the target audience of the event I reported about), probably even more so?
Thanks for provoking some interesting thoughts. Cheers, Ilja 2010/5/7 Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net>: > We do make waves...sometimes intentionally and sometimes in spite of our > best intentions. Think of the poor trader who pushed the wrong button and > dropped the stock market 1000 points. Now that is a wave! But it was also a > wave amongst many -- like the meltdown in Greece. Our waves coalesce with > all the rest creating new patterns and new waves. At the end of the day it > is not about "my wave" or "your wave" -- but riding the waves in our part of > the pond. I think. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > Phone 301-365-2093 > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Ilja Preuß > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:28 PM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: OS in the Techie community > > Hi Harrison, > >> Ilja -- Just a point of clarification. The title of my book is "Wave > Rider" >> -- and a basic point is the one that your participant made. There is no > need >> to create waves. We have plenty. > > Yes, I got that - I read the book, and enjoyed it. :) > > On the other hand, I'm not sure that we can actually avoid *making* > waves, too. After all, we are part of the system. Not that I think we > have much control over the waves we create... > > Mhh, interesting. Thanks for provoking some new thoughts. :) > > Cheers, Ilja > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > * * ========================================================== 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