Open Space and Organic Systems

2002-05-01 Thread Dylene Cymraes
Hello, dear ones all, It has been a long time since I posted to the list--I have been a butterfly in the outskirts, usually just reading and loving all of you through the posts... In reading about Violent conflict and OST, I am reminded of my first sense around OS; and that was "catalyzation". I

Re: Open Space and Chaordic Concept

2002-05-01 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Sorry for the incomplete first sentence. I scissored & sent a bit too quickly. In March, we had a lively discussion about self-organization, chaords, and Open Space being a natural hatchery for chaordic embryos (thanks Richard Norris). I promised to keep you posted - the journal just arrived in

Re: Special Request

2002-05-01 Thread Peggy Holman
Ralph, I've got ALL the messages that have gone to the OS list. I searched for kurd, kurds, iraq and ralph since the beginning and turned up nary a message. I even went to the OS list archives, which goes back to March, 1998 and didn't find anything. I'm guessing you're looking for Susan Colema

Open Space and Chaordic Concept

2002-05-01 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Dear Open Space Colleagues, In March, the attached article in PDF, which currently appears in the Spring "Chaordic Commons" journal, tells the first half of an inspiring organization restructure story. I thought you might like an up to the minute report from the author. Dee Hock, Founder and CEO

Re: Holding Space in Emergent Systems

2002-05-01 Thread Toni Petrinovich
Lovely explanation, Birgitt - and it fills the spaces of what is it that we are doing when we are loving - it is a state of consciousness - the form takes the manifestation of emotion - yet "love" is a state of our conscious awareness that brings us to union that is beyond words. In the space of o

Re: Holding Space in Emergent Systems

2002-05-01 Thread Birgitt Williams
Chris and Tim, thank you for your contributions regarding Love.It is difficult to describe and yet when we experience it we know it. This includes our love relationship with what we cannot experience through our five senses, it includes our love relationship with Creator/Spirit. When we are in that

Special Request

2002-05-01 Thread Ralph Copleman
Please help if you can... In early autumn of 2000, I did a two-day open space event in New York City for a group of Kurds from Iraq. I wrote about it here at some length. Did anyone save that note? If so, could you please send back a copy? I'd be very grateful. (No need to send it to the whol

Seeking web-based OST services

2002-05-01 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Jeff-- I could provide a threaded-message type private forum on my website if you think that might fit. http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com Private means that other people would not even see that the forum exists. It is possible that UBBThreads, which I use, might be affordable for having your own

Re: \Holding space

2002-05-01 Thread Meg Salter
Great conversation! My experience is that holding space can be tiring, and has become less so over time/ with practice. Interestingly, the quality of the fatigue is different than what I experience with more traditional methods (which I'm doing less and less!) Just like there can be "good pain/ ba

Re: qualitative research

2002-05-01 Thread Judi Richardson
Hi Rich — thanks so much for sending this on. I discovered OST at the end of my Master's process and didn't get a chance to use it then. We'll get all of this out there soon — I just know it. J >>> norr3...@bellsouth.net 04/30/02 04:25PM >>> Hi Judi, I stumbled across OST while completing my

Re: \Holding space

2002-05-01 Thread Toni Petrinovich
"releasing control and the desire to be important" The words nearly jump off the screen at me - another conference (not OS), when I felt that there was a different way we could be doing things; other facilitators did not agree; I held the space; I waited; finally, I gave the issue to the participa