Re: Os Explained

MessageDear Listers, I am writing from Istanbul, Turkey. I am following the list for more than one month. I was trying to create something like open space without knowing that it exists. I ordered Harrison Owen book about OS Technology, I can participate a training (maybe in Denmark) and/or joi

Please help me think this through...

Michael, Chris, Paul, Lilly and everyone else who has been helping me in this thinking through-- Thank you to each of you. You have taken me to some new, deep and fruitful territory. For that I thank you, in a most heart-felt way. It seems that the personal is important, if not the most importan

. . . open for business . . .

Greetings from wintery Australia, After some almost 12 months 'lurking on the list' and learning a huge amount, it is time for me to pop my head up and join the community more formally. I have been in consulting for over twenty years and attended The Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership S

Os Explained

Does anyone know where I can find a one or two pager that explains OS to someone whose never heard of it? I can write it myself but I would like others perspectives. Audrey Facilitating Individual and Organizational Change 2281F Lakeshore Blvd. W, Toronto, ON M8V 1A6 416-259-6215

Re: Os Explained

Dear Funda - Your wrote: < I am writing from Istanbul, Turkey. I am following the list for more than one month.> Welcome to OSLIST! And your explanation of what Open Space is all about is perfect. Here are some other things that may help you continue your learning: To read an article describin

Re: Os Explained

Hi, Ms. Audrey and others; You asked: < Does anyone know where I can find a one or two pager that explains OS to someone whose never heard of it? I can write it myself but I would like others perspectives.> try this: http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunica tion.

Re: use of OS in a training for trainers

Raffi, I think that it's wonderful that you felt able to conduct part of a training session in open space despite some misgivings. I just wanted to reply to the last part of your mail, about "learning" to facilitate open space. From my experience in facilitating various types of off-the-shelf