Dear Harrison
For me, the key to self organisation is the inclusion and
participation of equals.
Systems fail when structure dominates form, concentrating decision
making in fewer and fewer hands. Organisations are, for the most
part, still pyramids based on the myth of the strong leader.
Syst
Open space Training in Weimar, Germany. Report of day2.
May 26.th.
Hi again!
Today was the day when we did open space in action. The group together
worked under the theme how do we use differences to make a difference.
Alltogether 26 discussion groups took place during whole day. There were 43
At 07:27 PM 5/26/2003 +0300, you wrote:
Open space Training in Weimar, Germany. Report of day2.
May 26.th.
I guess I never saw the report from Day 1 -- Maybe it never happened? Any
Greetings to all the good folks from this side of the ocean. Keep us
informed, and ask the participants to join th
this came into the http://www.openspaceworld.org webmaster box
yesterday...
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 21:04:41 +0200
From: "PC04"
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Hello dear WEBMASTER :-)!
We are a group of 43 very enthusiastic people from all over Europe who
just met in the wonderful We
Great, Michael. I hope that Markus from Austria might be Markus Hauser, a
good friend who studied with us in San Francisco several years ago. What an
inspiring message!
Jeff
>We are very much looking forward to your support and inspiration J!
>
>On behalf of the group
>Marta (Poland)
>Markus (Aus
Mark,
your words make good sense. they make me think of a
multi-generational group discussion in our
neighborhood last week.
we were studying a text translated into haitian creole
from rene descarte's "discourse on the method." the
grandpa (84) in the group remarked that he did not
totally agree
I share this sentiment, having done my part in (in "Accidental
Conversations" 2002) referencing OST as a prime media for the kind of
accidental conversations that are at the core of self-organization. Maybe
when the sciences of ecobiology and cultural anthropology converge, the
"science" of self-
Hi.
In response to John Engle's posting . . .
Perhaps we are not so much "wired" as "conditioned" to seek and/or
establish centralized power in organizations.
And perhaps we have such a paucity of current "collective" experience
with self-organizing systems within our daily lives, that we
harrison,
thank you for the invitation to share our questions.
the ongoing question for me is this:
why is it that in quite a few cultures, at least those
that i am familiar with, human beings are "wired" or
"programmed" in a way which leads us to gravitate
toward centralizing power in organizati
When it come to dealing with the interesting question: Why does Open
Space Work? -- I have found the emerging theory and practice surrounding
Self organization to be very helpful. Not the only help to be sure, but
definitely on the short list. I also confess to a degree of frustration --
that to
Plexus runs a series of conference calls, to which you can subscribe by
visiting their website. Harrison, you would make a great conference
call speaker.
Somehow I became a member of Plexus last year, and have been impressed
with the work they are doing. Conferences, newsletters on complexity,
c
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