Re: RE : Sort of kind of Open Spaces for Microsoft

I've done an Open Space with MSFT and MSFT related groups -- they liked the "unconference" label quite a bit. I've also done World Cafe's as starting points but again, some shift in labels. I also have started sessions with "Human Spectrograms" and "Speed Geeking." Happy to share more offlist if yo

Hope is the last to be lost

Perhaps from today the world will be more round and will let us open more spaces. Amen. Juan Luis * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl

Re: I'm a day out

Whatever happens is the only thing which could have - of course!! Like Jack, I will be watching the result with great interest - as will much of the rest of the 51st State! Enjoy!! Jon ___ Jon Harvey Director

Re: Wave Rider: Who is the self organizing?

Doug - thanks for the question. Larry - good to see you back on deck! Good healing to you. I think this is a very interesting question. Larry is saying that formal leadership articulates the direction and boundaries. On the face of it, this makes sense. For example, certain person(s) are charged

Re: Conversations that Matter at Girl Scout Convention

I have not used World Cafe but I often see it pop up in the same emails as conversations about Open Space. >From the WC web site, my limited understanding is that: 1. WC is a more controlled process than OS in that it is the Sponsor who frames the questions about what they want from the grou

I'm a day out

To all of my friends in the USA, I hope you and your fellow citizens make a good choice later today. Jack Jack Martin Leith Creative activist Bristol, United Kingdom Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith email: j...@jackmartinleith.com www.jackmartinleith.com Follow me on

Re: Wave Rider: Who is the self organizing?

Michael, you make some very good points and ask some great questions. And I think you've missed something important. That something is purpose. What is the organisation for? Purpose is something that's true today, tomorrow and always. It's not something to achieve. The organisation's purpose wil

Re: I'm a day out

Thanks for your support on the other side of the pond. This is a momentous time here! Susan Susan W. Coleman Coleman Raider International --Negotiation & Conflict Resolution, Coaching, Collaborative Change Strategies Susan W. Coleman, J.D., M.P.A. Tel: (845) 424 8300 Cellu