Dear all
Harrison wrote
> A little something to tickle your reflection --
Zhaozhou asked Nanquan, "What is the Way?"
Nanquan said, "The normal mind in the Way."
Zhaozhou asked, "Can it be approached deliberately?"
Nanquan said, "If you try to aim for it, you thereby turn away from it."
Zhaozhou sa
Hello all!
Birgitt wrote
> For me, whenever I do an OST meeting, I tell the story of what it is
with all of its ingredients when action planning and fine attention to
detail are needed. We might not do it that way at that meeting, because
the need is different. And I have a handout describing OST.
In a message dated 9/11/00 2:27:27 PM Central Daylight Time, phol...@msn.com
writes:
<< Birgitt -- I think you're on to something -- how can we establish
competence
without resorting to something insipid like certification? >>
Just to jump in on this conversation, isn't that what we have develop
Harrison wrote
So am I anti-convergence? Absolutely not -- but I find that the useful
criteria are "context and need." And both change with circumstances. So
what's right? It all depends.
Of course, one solution to the whole dilemma is that "we" (whoever "we" is)
offer some sort of formal certifi
I just finished another OS meeting, this time with the Department Heads of our
company in Japan.
If you ever want to know if OS works in Japan, based on my experience, IT DOES.
As I finished the opening, I made the invitation to put up topics. Based on
their demeanor, I had thought there might b
I read Spiral Dynamics a number of years ago, and agree with Larry that it
readily links up with Ken Wilber's work and Harrison's. And I am sure that
Open Space can be used as a transformative gateway to help move an
organization from one level to another.
What I am curious about is the use of Ope
>From Birgitt:
I also wonder if there couldn't be something that when a client hires Open
Space Technology, that this is actually what he/she gets. I don't see the
solution to this coming from linear thinking and tried and true but
ineffective means such as certification. What I was grasping for c
Chris, this is the same response that my daughter (who is 17) gave. Just so
you have an understanding of her she does a lot of work at school with Peer
Support and victim interventions. Her thoughts were very similar to
Harrison's, she believes that people who have been victimized also have a
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