Re: A Question about self-organizing systems and world peace

2002-02-05 Thread Averbuch
Birget, You wrote : "Given enough Open Space Technology, I believe we have peace within our reach, if this is what we truly WILL." This is one of the major things that made OST so attractive for me. I want to believe that if a space is oppened even a will for peace can come about... Peace and s

Re: Almond Tree Flowers and Tears

2002-02-05 Thread Artur F. Silva
Thank you Harrison... for everything. And thank you Tova and Avner. Best wishes for peace in the Middle East and everywhere. Artur * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your

Re: Almond Tree Flowers and Tears (long)

2002-02-05 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Harrison-- Thanks for being there, and for the good work of Tova and Avner as well. And thanks for writing about it so poignantly and beautifully. Holding a space for those who want peace seems like a possible way to tip the scales toward hope, trust and respect in this ancient land. I was in Is

Re: open space and open space technology

2002-02-05 Thread kenoli Oleari
I just spent an interesting weekend with a group of leaders in the "conversations school", who practice "world cafe" (http://www.theworldcafe.com/) as a core part of their work. There are obvious similarities with open space -- particularly conceptual congruences -- though at a process level (and

Re: Learning organizations, impacts and longevity

2002-02-05 Thread kenoli Oleari
Lin -- I'm hoping for some more thoughts from the list, also. This issue affects us on a difficult level, because most of the consulting work that is available comes from a perspective that only takes into account the immediate internal needs of a client. This affects the way we make money. It

Report on a very sui generis OS

2002-02-05 Thread Gilbert Brenson-Lazan
Good morning, all: First and foremost I want to thank all of you who sent me your ideas on the challenge that I shared with you a few weeks ago regarding the use of OS as part of a major cultural transformation at a Central American Ag University. I received dozens of letters, both on the

Almond Tree Flowers and Tears (long)

2002-02-05 Thread Harrison Owen
Thanks to Tova Averbuch and Avner Haramati a little space has been opened in Israel and maybe Palestine as well. Actually, this is the continuation of "Space Opening," for Tova and Avner have been working together for the past several years. It was only now that I was privileged to join them for

Re: A Question about self-organizing systems and world peace

2002-02-05 Thread Birgitt Williams
Dear friends and colleagues on this list, I sit this morning and offer gratitude to all of you who participated in the discussion of the questions I asked regarding Open Space, world peace, self organizing systems, and if it is self organizing-why do we have OST facilitators. Thank you. I sit and

Re: Learning organizations, impacts and longevity

2002-02-05 Thread Lin Grist
Hi Kenoli: you have given me so much to think about. I don't have the time today to really think through your comments or to add anything - however I thought it important to post with you that the issue of putting walls around the ' whole ystem' of a company (a contradiction in terms) so that it