Hi Artur,
Great idea!
I would think we might make it not just a text
and picture thing. There are also some very
valuable accounts of succesful Open Space
meetings in video. So how about finding a form
that would accomodate also video (and maybe audio) reports?
Koos
At 17:09 13-8-2012, Artur Silva wrote:
A second though on this.
I was really impressed by the candid mail from
Suzanne and by all the cases she mentioned.
After some time, I have felt that the
international OST community was in need of same
recent success stories and other uses of OST around the world.
The "Tales from Open Space" that Harrison edited
is from 1995 and can no longer be considered as
"recent cases" that one can present to prospect sponsors.
And the recent stories are dispersed and no one
has access to the majority of them.
I wonder if we could not consider the possibility of
1) Each of us makes available on this thread (or
elsewhere) some more recent applications of OST
around the world. (This can be long papers or very small accounts).
2) Someone do some editing on that and make it
available as an e-book with the most interesting
and complementar stories in different countries
and types of customers. (As you have already
begun that, are you interested in doing this editing, Suzanne?)
3) Eventually, as it happened with the French
e-book, which Christine Koehler pioneered and
edited, this e-book can later be more
consolidated and published has a real book of
"New Tales on Open Space" (we could continue to
use the green front page, but probably a more
clear green - at least in my country, clear green is the color of hope)
This would be very useful as I am more and more
convinced that OST (and other forms of
unconferences) will have a very important role
in the organizational and societal
transformation that will surely happen in the
next few years (is already happening, I mean).
What do others think about this? Shall we discuss this in the London WOSonOS?
Warm regards
Artur
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From: Artur Silva <arturfsi...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
Marvelous, Susanne. Thank you.
The document from Jorge Amigo is of special
interest to me, and I will ask him if he will be
so kind to send me a copy in a separate mail.
See you in London
Hugs
Artur
From: Suzanne Daigle <sdaig...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:01 PM
Subject: [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
Hello Everyone,
WOSonOS London - October 2012... I registered
but I have not yet purchased my plane ticket or
made hotel reservations. I made the decision
with my heart, impulsive and intuitive, and not
my head (Can I justify and afford another trip
to yet another part of the world?). As I have
been hanging out with this decision all summer,
a bit like a butterfly, I was reminded today
about all that I love about Open Space and how
much it has transformed my life.
This week is but a sampling of the life bounty
that has come my way because of Open Space. As I
write this, I am setting my strategic and
analytical self aside to whole-heartedly and
vulnerably celebrate how wonderful is this community of Open Space.
This week I got an email missive from Alan
Stewart, my dear Brit friend who I met in Taiwan
in 2009, who resided before in Hong Kong and now
lives in Australia. He was sharing his recent
invitations and proposals to the
<http://conversare.net/>Conversare process that
he conceived a while back, which seems to be
such a natural social complement of Open Space
-- "strangers coming together in conversation".
Such passion, vision and commitment -- a hero's
journey that Alan is on to bring conversation
back into the fabric of our everyday lives
everywhere. He is such a special friend!
Christine Koehler of Paris and the gang who
published the first French EBook
(<http://www.forum-ouvert.fr/>Livre Blanc) were
also emailing back and forth this week with more exciting plans ahead.
And then yesterday, I received a wonderful
summary document (in Spanish) from Jorge Amigo
in Chile who I had met at WOSonOS. He was
replying to my request for more information on
the series of Open Space events that he had
facilitated in a major bank a number of years
ago. The Bank President had described this work
as "Revolutionary", in the way of a "Radical
Democracy" that had been "critical to the
success of their bank". In one year, 3000
employees (45% of their population) participated
in 19 Open Space events, generating 320 reports
that led to about 1500 proposals for innovation.
I was hypnotized by all that Jorge shared. I
could see that passion and responsibility were
vibrantly present in the way he engaged with
this client which became infectious. Today, I
also count Jorge as a dear friend!
Another email this afternoon, this one from
Harold Shinsato, who I first met at Sleeping
Lady in Washington State, where I also met
Harrison Owen. Harold's email is bubbling over
with excitement and gratitude (recent
happenings, upcoming event, some great books
mixed in with a joyous celebration of our
friendship). Every month, we meet by phone with
others who are part of
<http://osius.org/content/about> OSI US (Open
Space Institute). Our meetings are in the
spirit of Open Space, holding and sharing space,
while taking care of business. These live voice
conference call conversations are so precious
and now we are just bursting with the idea that
more people could join in, to share what is
happening in their world around Open Space. We
have plans to make this happen using Maestro
Conference. It is on our list of projects for this year.
And then mid-afternoon today, Skype alerts me to
a message. It is from Arun Wakhlu in India, who
I met through Peggy Holman. That's all it took,
a short email introduction and there we were on
Skype a number of month moons ago -- total
strangers connecting from India to Florida,
talking virtually as if we had known each other
a lifetime. Arun was planning a Global Gathering
in Caux Switzerland in July 2012. Part of it
would be in Open Space, the East inviting the
West in shared leadership, igniting a movement
to co-create Oneness in the World by exploring
how to integrate universal values into the
fields of Economy, Environment and Education.
Today I received these links of a beautiful
event that will live powerfully in the heads and
hearts of those who attended. Its spirit will
also live on as many share stories, photos and
the essence of what happened there. I invite you
to check this out.
<http://onewholesomeworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/global-gathering-on-one-wholesome-world/>Global
Gathering with
<https://plus.google.com/photos/110110336913856642322/albums/5773493871430882225?banner=pwa&authkey=CJrty-zImt2F3QE>Pictures!
Enjoy!
I celebrate all this with you, overwhelmed with
gratitude as the newbie I still feel myself to
be in this wonderful community of Open Space.
Twenty-six years ago, Harrison had this idea of
Open Space Technology and he opened the space
for others to join, create and co-create -- he
did not monetize, franchise or certify.
Because of this, thousands upon thousands of
people are experiencing the magic of friendship,
of freedom, of choice, of courage and of
engaging fully in life to make a difference.
I have met so many precious friends all over the
world since 2009 -- something that never would
have happened if not for Open Space. What also
would not have happened is me writing this to
you. I remember how scared I was to press the
infamous âsendâ button when I first joined the OS list.
I looked at the veterans of Open Space, those
who seemed so much wiser and smarter than me and
I held back. But then when I met many of them
in person, I got to see the generous spirit,
deep humanity and perfectly imperfect
vulnerability of who they are and through them,
I saw a bit of my own greatness.
So my dear colleagues and friends, on these
final Olympic Days, I hope that you will do as I
did in the past and impulsively make the journey
to WOSonOS. Then maybe this butterfly will turn
into a bee, generating the extra money that will
take me to London in October to meet many of you!
Cheers,
Suzanne
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