I totally agree with you Don. Anything else would not be Open Space and would
tend to favor sub-groups within the large group.. The four principles and one
law, cover the whole space, where self-organizing would then take over and
create whatever needs to happen for that group, at that particu
Dear Harrison,
To beat an ego is perhaps one of the greatest struggles of life. Thank you for
your story. I think that lady was the only thing that could happen.
By the way: I owe you my story of an open space which changed 300 sceptic
listeners to enthousiast participants - an intervention for
I too, in more traditional guided facilitation processes, ask the group to
define how they want to behave up front. What comes up is pretty
traditional - respect each other, listen, take breaks, etc. The beauty of
OS, as I see it, is that it defines unexpected norms, it puts people in a
different s
I am wondering if any of you out there on the list serve has ever
facilitated an open space event where the participants themselves determine
the principles/laws that will govern their open space event. Maybe this
type of approach would build a sense of ownership as to what would be
important to r
Dear list members:
One can like Open Source Software because it is free. If it is free, one
doesn't have to pay for it, which is good ;-) especially when we think of
the expenses that an Organisation makes with paid expensive products.
But, the fact that Open Source Software is free, means also a
The Number of Nov-Dec 2000, of the Harvard Business Review, has
two very interesting articles.
In "The tough work of turning around a team", Bill Parcells, an American
football coach that turned around three teams talks about his experiences,
some of which can be used in different contexts. Curio
If you did that (ask the participants to define groundrules) it would not be
Open Space. It would be something else. The beauty of the 4 Principles and 1
Law (as I see it) is that once you state them and the theme, the group is good
to go! Self organization around topics that people care about
Harrison--
Having spent the last 40 years or so around foresters, my observation is that
many of them are more interested in open space than in Open Space.
Condolences that you aren't the new record-holder. Congratulations on a
productive and wonderful meeting.
There is always another day . . .
John:
Please tell us how the elections went. I pray for your safety as well as the
people of Haiti. I will be speaking before the Downtown Rotary in Peoria on
December 15th. I will tell them of the efforts of the Rotarians in Haiti and
give them the email addresses that you provided. Reading t
hi dave and others who are interested,
thank you for your thoughts. the elections seemed to have went very well
yesterday. there were some irregularities but nothing of significance and
virually no violence.
...and people came out to vote inspite of the bombs which terrorized some
last wednesd
hi dave and others who are interested,
thank you for your thoughts. the elections seemed to have went very well
yesterday. there were some irregularities but nothing of significance and
virually no violence.
...and people came out to vote inspite of the bombs which terrorized some
last wednesd
Several weeks ago it was time to open space for The American Society of
Foresters. The venue was the grand ballroom of the International Hilton in
Washington DC -- Home to many Inaugural Balls -- and surely will be again
once we figure out whether we (in the US) have been bushed or gored.
(Frankly
12 matches
Mail list logo
