It is for every generation of practitioners to have this conversation. Don't go looking in the archives. Have a fresh crack at it.
Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Harvest Moon Consultants Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free resources. > On Jan 28, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > There are at least two important questions here: > > 1) What are we talking about here when we talk about "Open Space"? > 2) What are we referencing when we talk about "Open Space Technology"? > > As for question 1, we may have walked into this before on the OSList. I'm not > going to bother to search our archives - I'm trying not to work too hard. But > this reminds me of Einstein's answer about what is space and what is time? > They're what we measure with rulers and clocks. My Physics 101 teacher in > college said this the very first day. Then we got over it. (I've can prove > Einstein said it about clocks - > http://www.askamathematician.com/2009/11/q-what-is-time/). > > Now about question 2, my sense of this based on something the wonderful Chuni > Li said at an Open Space Institute U.S. board retreat over a year ago. She > questioned if it is just the one meeting format we're familiar with (sit in a > circle, open a marketplace, do breakouts, and then come together for a > closing circle) or if it is anything that supports the opening of space. (My > apologies if I've corrupted the clarity of what she's said - but it was a big > aha moment at the meeting for me.) > > I'm sure there are other ways, other technology, that can "open space". At > least if we don't get too hung up on the first question - though you got me > what we could measure open space with - other than maybe the same thing I > measure when I move with my two feet. An internal experience. > > Harold > >> On 1/28/16 10:55 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote: >> What is Open Space Technology? > > -- > Harold Shinsato > har...@shinsato.com > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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