Anne - I did have to chuckle when you took Dan to the Woodshed. J His use of the word "stigmergy" set me back a bit too. Particularly since I pride myself on my vocabulary, but that one got me. I did fail the course. I could see the roots, and guess the meaning, but it really was foreign territory. And then I remembered Ants, and E O Wilson's marvelous large tome on the subject, "Superorganism." I read it cover to cover twice. Truthfully I learned more about ants than I ever wanted to know - but along the way I found myself entranced by the elegant power of self organization as it manifest in some of our smaller neighbors. And if Ants can do it, By God - we can too!
Harrison Winter Address 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucaire Ave. Camden, ME 04843 207-763-3261 Websites www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Anne Stadler via OSList Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 12:12 AM To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org; oslist-requ...@lists.openspacetech.org Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 25 Re studying self-organization Thanks all. Yes HO all IS self-organization. However i'm not interested in just any kind of self organization. OST or Opening space is oriented to facilitating self authorization; ease of emergence; rapid achievement of flow state and high degree of coherence. That's my experience gained in a seven year experiment in using OST to evolve an Open Space Learning Community of Practice (Spirited Work). So one thing that pops out for me if one were to research this, maybe one needs to track a few things: 1. Level of self authorization? 2. Ease of initiating 3. Ease of emergence 4. Level of group flow state? 5. Level of group coherence? Another observation: re using "well-established words". As an example you gave us "stigmergy", Daniel. Where is that "well-established"? Except in certain academic fields? I am a "first follower" Open Spacer (that is literally true! Since 1989). I have no idea what you're talking about, i'm sorry to say. So If you're also interested in influencing and involving users of OST, I would encourage no professional jargon, if possible. It renders the enterprise meaningless to an person for whom OST taps into natural human patterns and ways of collaboration. Thanks for this conversation you all! Anne Your Self Occupy 100%
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