Dear Jennifer Hurley
In my context, a vision is the bridge from the present to the future.
It ought to meet the following criteria:
1. Clear enough to be understandable
2. Realistic enough to be achievable
3. Achievable enough to be believable
4. Inspirational enough to be motivational
Once a f
Dear Carla,
what you write is very interesting to me!
Could you give a bit more details about how the theme was defined by using
open space? I can imagine enthousiastic CEO's and how the energy and news was
spread in their units but get no clear picture of the theme finding process.
Than
Eva:
Serendipity is unlooked-for good fortune. A good thing that happens that you
didn't expect but which makes everything else work better.
There is a joke that says that serendipity is looking for a needle in a
haystack and finding the farmer's daughter!
In Open Space I suspect that
Harrison wrote: "Many take open space, and the experience of
open Space, as a strange new reality. I guess my experience is diametrically
the opposite. Everything is Open Space, but that fact is obscured by a whole
mess of exogenous lay-ons. All the plans."
My experience is that often we use th
Well said, Jennifer--you have really focussed in on the essentials.
Planning for infrastructure does not make a lot of sense unless you also
nurture the
relationships and creativity that will make it happen.
Joelle
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In a message dated 11/29/04 11:15:09 AM, dferr...@placer.ca.gov writes:
> I'm old fashioned when it comes to vision. I believe that people
> actually need to take time to be quiet and Visualize. In order for
> vision to become a compelling force, it has to be created from the inner
> minds and h
In a message dated 11/29/04 9:53:00 AM, henri.lipmanow...@verizon.net writes:
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> Do you mean staying open long enough for the possibility of something to
> emerge?
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> Henri--
You are close. What I had in mind was more like being patient until what is
already emerging comes into view.
J
This brings to mind something else on "givens": Harrison suggests "the law of
gravity." Jennifer writes about city planning and OST.
I suggest there are "givens" of planet Earth. Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert and his
colleagues with The Natural Step developed four elegant "system conditions"
which can
On 11/29/04 11:03 AM, "Uwe Weissflog" wrote:
> Harrison wrote: "Many take open space, and the experience of
> open Space, as a strange new reality. I guess my experience is diametrically
> the opposite. Everything is Open Space, but that fact is obscured by a whole
> mess of exogenous lay-ons. Al
Joelle,
Do you mean staying open long enough for the possibility of something to
emerge?
Henri
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From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Joelle
Lyons Everett
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:08 AM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: that word again.
David--
I loved your phrase "planned happenstance" and have added it to my quotes
keeper file for OST!
Thanks, David!
What serendipity.
:-Doug.
Who's making a difference?
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Harrison,
Your talking about being present flashed me back to years ago teaching managers
how to do zen style meditation and having some of them really have a difficult
go at it - just being present was so far outside the scope of their intentional
experience. I'm also remided of how zen teache
I'm old fashioned when it comes to vision. I believe that people
actually need to take time to be quiet and Visualize. In order for
vision to become a compelling force, it has to be created from the inner
minds and hearts of the participants. People can word smith later but,
in my opinion, to deve
David McKay wrote: "The article also pulls from the research the qualities
in a client which best predispose them to taking advantage of serendipity.
That may be the most applicable to folks here -- as Open Space seems to rely
on planned happenstance."
Isn't it interesting how everything has to be
Eva P Svensson wrote:
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From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Eva P
Svensson
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:32 AM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: [OSLIST] that word again...
It is the recognition that the watercooler of sere
In a message dated 11/28/04 8:47:20 PM, henri.lipmanow...@verizon.net writes:
> I like your friend's definition of luck; it gives meaning to persistence in
> the face of adversity or opposition.
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Henri--
Sometimes it is not even adversity or opposition, but persisting for a long
time withou
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