Re: Properties of circles

2004-02-16 Thread Artur Ferreira da Silva
Peggy: Thanks very much for your marvelous explanation of why cascade doesn't work. In what concerns the other small point: At 11:49 15-02-2004 -0800, Peggy Holman wrote: * Artur's comments on OST's foundations and the principles reminded me of something I've come to believe: the law of two f

Embryonic Open Space UK website now online

2004-02-16 Thread Martin Leith
It's very basic, it's not very pretty, but it exists! www.OpenSpaceUK.com (note: the capital letters are cosmetic) Output from the website design session will be uploaded in the next few days. Alleluja! Martin Martin Leith Website project leader and interim webmaster www.moversandshakers.ms w

Better way of communing & better communications (infrastructures, media, system)

2004-02-16 Thread Chris Macrae
If I understand Open Space correctly, it's a more human way of communing. At the same time when you take it to people who professionalise how organisational communications structures work - internally with people doing work or externally with learning how to resolve the competing demands of the

Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Esther .
Has anyone had experience both with the Belbin tool and the Kolbe tool? I could really use some guidance on this. Esther Ewing The Change Alliance - Assisting Individuals and Organizations to Build Capability _www.ChangeAlliance.com_ (http://www.changealliance.com/) 330 East 38th St, Suite 53K

Re: Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Doris Gottlieb
HI Esther, I’ve used both Belbin and Kolb (a learning styles indicator) before. If I can be of any help please let me know. Doris Gottlieb -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]Namens Esther . Verzonden: maandag 16 februari 2004 21:34 Aan: osl...@lis

Re: Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Masud Sheikh
I have used Belbin. It was used quite regularly in IBM Europe at one time. Don't know if it is still being used, since I no longer work there. Masud Sheikh mashe...@cogeco.ca ma...@masud.ca 1-905-338-9583 Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.

Re: Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Esther .
Doris: I'm not talking about Kolb's learning styles but the Kolbe Index which tests the way people approach tasks. Esther Ewing The Change Alliance - Assisting Individuals and Organizations to Build Capability _www.ChangeAlliance.com_ (http://www.changealliance.com/) 330 East 38th St, Suite 53K

Re: Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Esther .
Masud: How would you approach using Belbin with a team? Esther Ewing The Change Alliance - Assisting Individuals and Organizations to Build Capability _www.ChangeAlliance.com_ (http://www.changealliance.com/) 330 East 38th St, Suite 53K New York, NY 10016-9804 212-661-6024 Authorized Distribut

Re: Instruments for teamwork

2004-02-16 Thread Masud Sheikh
I have used it for forming teams in training programs. Too many 'shapers' in one team, for instance, can be disastrous. I have not used it for teams in longer running projects. I guess the people in longer projects found other means for team-building, such as spending time in the 'pub' together Ma

Re: Embryonic Open Space UK website now online

2004-02-16 Thread Artur Ferreira da Silva
At 17:02 16-02-2004 +, you wrote: It's very basic, it's not very pretty, but it exists! www.OpenSpaceUK.com (note: the capital letters are cosmetic) Congratulations. May I ask why you decided to choose ".com" and not ".org"? I also wonder what the www.openspaceworld.org webmaster will do