Re: Poetry Day (feel free to follow the "Law of Delete.")

Dear All, "Imagine a poem about a tattoo a man's penis warning would be partners of the price of a bar. . " In the spirit of Poem in your Pocket Day, I decided to take this challenge "seriously." There once was a barman named Rock Who tended the pub by the dock, When asked the beer's price He'd

offensive limericks and North American politesse

I wanted to thank you Ralph for the limerick, it was definitely a lot tamer than the limerick I saw posted on a Moscow expat listserv inspired by your Poetry in a Pocket Day,... And I wanted to thank you, Therese and Masud for your public somewhat heated exchange. It's not that I like to watch peo

Re: A little help -- Please

Dear Harrison, Rich in-box indeed! A few thoughts come to mind. The CEO feels so strongly about what he wants and is afraid won't happen. What is he really worried about? He may be closing down the space for any participation or initiative from his 100. I assume that whatever the organizatio

Re: A little help -- Please

"My Dilemma: How to create a communication environment that's open, listens, hears, understands, and is responsive?" My experience is; such a communication environment can only be created by the one who describes it...he/she can start being very open, listening carefuly, hearing, understanding and

Re: Good Old Ralph!

Got one! A while ago, I "did" an Open Space for the US Forest Service" 400 of the senior executives on the future of the Service. And the Chief was one Dale Robinson. Very nice fellow -- but the CHIEF. Anyhow -- he posted his session. I think it was on his "6 Management Principles." And nobody came

Closed and open space

First before I invite another thread, thanks Harrison for the humble observations. Now to the thread (realize I grew up in an Italian family where there were often 6 conversations among 5 people and if anyone was finished with a conversation, you easily broke off with whoever you wanted to start

Re: A little help -- Please

ah... yes... and would be good to hear your own thoughts and preparations before going into such a conversations, harrison. m On 4/24/05, Masud Sheikh wrote: > > It is good of you to offer to keep us informed, Harrison. I look forward > to hearing more on this "case". > > -- Michael Herman A

Good Old Ralph!

I suppose I could blame all this on good old Ralph, who is without question one of my oldest and dearest friends. Or maybe it is the springtime - at least here in the Northern Hemisphere. Sap rising -- and all that sort of thing. Then again, it may just be the re-appearance of one of my favorite r

To Raffi: On Conflict (mainly)

WARNING: The poster of this note will use the law of two feet and walk away immediately after posting this note. (And who can quibble with laws, even if they are followed only in the letter, and not in the spirit?) Anyone feeling angry would only be in a one-sided conflict - it will feel like tilt

Re: A question about working in Open Space with Limited time

Doris, I have seen many, many events include an OS session within the larger event. I agree with Michael, if I understood him correctly (it is hard for me to follow Michael's words sometimes because he seems to have given up capitalization), that your inner work will make a big difference to the o

Re: marketing/presenting on OST to Learning Annex

OST at Moscow Learning Annex sounds great. . . . You mentioned that the Moscow Learning Annex folks grew interested when they heard about your OS taster. . . why not start from there and offer to do a similar OS taster for them? I think you could have a very nice introduction to OST in three hour

Re: Poetry Day (feel free to follow the "Law of Delete.")

LOL! So is that a poem in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? ~Alan Klein -Original Message- From: Jimbo Clark In the spirit of Poem in your Pocket Day, I decided to take this challenge "seriously." There once was a barman named Rock Who tended the pub by the dock, When asked the

Re: offensive limericks and North American politesse

Raffi, you refer to a 'somewhat heated conflict' between Masud and I. I was not, not am I now, in conflict with Masud. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

I just need to reiterate that I think Cheryl's attempt to tell the list what is and is not appropriate is a way of closing space. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your opti

Re: offensive limericks and North American politesse

So what are you saying, Raffi? Are you suggesting that tame poetry that reduces women to sexual objects should be acceptable on this list or anywhere else? As long as there are chuckleheads in the world who think it is acceptable to reduce a women to a tattoo on her ass, I am quite certain there

Re: A little help -- Please

Harrison Owen wrote: >My Inbox is a rich source of adventure. This little note from a CEO for >example: "XXX Inc. has a highly skilled team of ~100 people doing great >work [SNIP] > Basically I'm looking for techniques, methods, tools, and or simple ways > to create an open environment of trust w

Re: Deafened People thriving in OS

Diane – thanks for this expansion of our collective space. I might add to the good things you said that, in my experience, Open Space for people with all sorts of disabilities (and we all have some sort of disability) seems to be a particularly rich environment, and any concern about “their” capaci

Re: A little help -- Please

Thanks Gail -- and all the others! My meeting will take place in a week or so, and I will let you know how it turns out. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.o

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Dear Joelle, Maybe we could say it’s everday Earth Day. But I’m really wondering why we aren’t celebrating this in all country’s? And even better: at the same day? I know this is not a personal question, but I know you and you will certainly put some wisdom in it. And Ralph: Thank yo

Re: Sorry - reformatted my hard drive

Hi, Esther - You asked: Can anyone please post the address list for the OSonOS in Halifax? I had to reload windows and lost all my old emails. I don't know what you mean by address list - here is the web address: http://www.openspacehalifax.ca/ Cheers, L

marketing/presenting on OST to Learning Annex

Hello again listers! Another question! Moscow has a local equivalent of what is called the Learning Annex in the US: short personal development classes. I imagine that everyone on the listserv is familiar, but just to be clear: These are (in the case of Moscow) 3-4 hour classes on: how to make sus

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Ralph and Joelle, Interesting! What is Earth Day? We don’t have this in the Netherlands. Michaël Molenaar Systemisch Consult Tilburg - Holland mich...@syst.nl Website: www.syst.nl Tel: +31 (0)13 5770070 GSM +31 (0)6 51561095