Re: Open Space Technology Practice Retreat, April 18-20, 2006 Bowen Island, BC, Canada

2006-01-31 Thread Glory Ressler
Chris and Michael: I would love to join in but I'm already booked for those dates! I've sent out to a few contacts already though. Yikes - it looks brilliant :-) Glory - Original Message - From: Chris Corrigan To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:

Open Space Technology Practice Retreat, April 18-20, 2006 Bowen Island, BC, Canada

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Corrigan
Hi list mates: Michael Herman and I are pleased to announce an Open Space Technology Practice Retreat to be held on Bowen Island, near Vancouver BC April 18-20 2006. You can find more details here: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.OSTPracticeRetreats Michael and I have been o

FW: Spirit & Organisational Transformation in the Wuthering North (of the UK)

2006-01-31 Thread Harrison Owen
From: Joyce Fletcher [mailto:joyceanne...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:34 PM To: hho...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Spirit & Organisational Transformation in the Wuthering North (of the UK) Issues and opportunities for living well in a changing world: Do something to change demo

OSONOS by the Sea

2006-01-31 Thread Harrison Owen
OK Folks - It's real! OSONOS by the Sea will take place September 11-12, 2006 in Camden, Maine. And you are most definitely invited. But please Note! - The space available is on the small size, limiting participation to the first 35 people who register. And in the event that registration fills up t

Spirit & Organisational Transformation in the Wuthering North (of the UK)

2006-01-31 Thread Martin Truelove
I work in OD on a large local authority undergoing profound structural & cultural change, & I'm looking for someone who can inspire / open up some conversations here about the role of spirit & deep values in managing change. Any recommendations? Martin * * ==

Re: Action marketplace and action planning

2006-01-31 Thread Loretta Donovan
Continuing with the suggestions of Robyn and MH . . . where there is limited technology or the wait time for building the area on an intranet would diffuse the momentum, a private blog can be set-up with member accounts for participants. A novice can do this and at no cost. There are many benefi

Re: Spirit & Organisational Transformation in the Wuthering North (of the UK)

2006-01-31 Thread Harrison Owen
I work in OD on a large local authority undergoing profound structural & cultural change, & I'm looking for someone who can inspire / open up some conversations here about the role of spirit & deep values in managing change. Any recommendations? Martin I would recommend Martin! Just open some

Re: How do you respond to unsatisfying experiences of "open" space?

2006-01-31 Thread Harrison Owen
Sometimes clients say that they do not want to do another OST meeting. It is not that they were dissatisfied with the meeting. Indeed, they are very satisfied. However, the quality and quantity of outputs and action plans is so high that they do not want another meeting that produces so much additi

Re: Was unsatisfying experiences - now about selling OS

2006-01-31 Thread Harrison Owen
From: Esther Ewing [mailto:ewingcha...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:51 PM To: Harrison Owen Subject: Was unsatisfying experiences - now about selling OS To add to the conversation about discussions with clients: I have found more and more that in all "selling" discussions with poten

Re: How do you respond to unsatisfying experiences of "open" space?

2006-01-31 Thread Michael Herman
i used to tell the fastcompany company of friends group organizers the same thing here in chicago, birgitt. they attracted a steady stream of new people to monthly meetings, which we ran in OS for two or three years, but they could never figure out why people came only occasionally, rather than ev