Re: "rules" and self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread NigelSeys-Phillips
Dear Helen, I am a total novice at this but a brief comment ….. Among my first few Open Space events were: 1) An NGO in Cambodia where children previously working on the city trash dump are being lovingly cared for and educated – children from 12-18yrs old 2) A group of 200 st

Re: "rules" and self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread Larry Peterson
Back to Michael's statement, as I mentioned earlier, I do think the "selves" in self-organization make a difference. It is in the relationships between the selves and the patterns that emerge in those relationships that "organization" or pattern happens. Tavistock Institute and T-Groups created i

Re: "rules" and self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread Harrison Owen
Hardly a “novice” -- Sounds to me like you went right to the core! The stories you tell are touching, very touching. And they touch on a point that has fascinated me for years – the apparent cultural neutrality of Open Space. As near as I can determine, OS “works” anywhere. I have looked long and h

Re: Invitation for Worldwide OpenSpace-Online on Open Space Technology [x-posted to GC list]

2007-06-01 Thread Gabriela Ender
Dear Christy, Co-inviters, friends and colleagues, It's approx. 48 hours ago, when we opened the invitation and registration web-page. Until now 46 registrations from 21 countries came in. In order show the wonderful country list online, we have integrated a "moving country list" on top of the

Re: doing self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread openspacekorea
among all the interactions, our best interactions as a transformation agent seemd to be keep inviting people and communities of people to open space purified with good aspiration for the group for the whole... again, i appreciate everyone sharing good perspectives and intentions on this list... w

Re: doing self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread Pat Black
Peggy wrote I have been in an inquiry over the last number of months around what would it mean if we put INTERACTIONS at the center of evolutionary dynamics rather than the current approach which highlights a progression of how things evolve (e.g., evolution of galaxies, stars, planets, geology

Re: "rules" and self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread openspacekorea
your whole point of we need to be as intentional and catalytic as possible is great. it has dawned on me that the point you've been trying to make might be the resonnance of the self-organizing nature of our conversations amongt us on this oslist... in fact that seems to be what happens in mindfu

Re: Emergence and Flocking - From the OSLIST Archives

2007-06-01 Thread openspacekorea
artur...such a great observation and perspectives. you've helped me look back on the ost's mind journey i've gone thru.. i feel much more relieved and freer... thank you very much... would hope to see you somewere in this os-sphere. ;-) Love & Peace, park _ From: OSLIST [mai