Jake - yes!!! Where Margaret and Harrison are talking about the same thing is the connection between chaos and order - natural order. Margaret calls it Order without Control. And that is what happens in open space is it not? We create a chaos event (the open space) and then let natural order follow.
I have read two books of Margaret's and find it very in keeping with what Harrison has spoken of in his books on organization and leadership. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270897.Leadership_and_the_New_Science> and A Simpler Way <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413995.A_Simpler_Way> by Margaret Wheatley Harrison Owen - *Chaos *is the enemy of the Proactive Organization (legacy/Orange) while Control is the most important thing. Harrison describes an organization that is able to embrace *chaos *as the Interactive Organization. I listed Harrison and Margaret as harbingers of a new age in a recent blog - https://medium.com/@rquartel/teal-is-the-new-agile-3d0f56d04d54 Both of these authors have been a huge inspiration along with Dee Hock (the Chaordic organization). Surfing on the Edge of Chaos is another read along these lines. Thanks for sharing the article! Ron Quartel *Twitter*: https://twitter.com/ronquartel *LinkedIn*: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rquartel On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:58 AM Jake Yeager via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been studying this article > <https://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/life.html> by Meg Wheatley. > The article discusses humans' need to create their own future, and, from > there, it provides principles for effective organizational change. However, > I found her phrasing of the principles confusing. It's taken awhile, but I > think I've rephrased them to be more comprehensible and memorable--at least > for me. Also, they now seem to be more like "conditions" than principles. > In case you find them useful, they are: > > 1. Everyone from the system is invited > 2. Everyone dialogues and connects with many others in the system > 3. Everyone co-creates the system's future > > Kinda sounds like Open Space... > > Thanks! > > All the best, > Jake > ________________ > > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and > you will be free of problems. > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> > _______________________________________________ > 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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