Re: Wikis and Open Space

2009-12-03 Thread Ted Ernst
WikiSym has had Open Space every year since (Denmark, Montreal, Porto, and this year Orlando where I wasn't able to make it at the last minute and who stepped in? Ward Cunningham and others) Recent Changes Camp was in Portland that first year, Portland and Montreal (later in the year) the 2nd year

Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff in Berlin from May 9-11, 2010 "Don't Just Do Something Stand There!10 Principles for Leading Meetings That Matter.An Advanced Facilitation Workshop"

2009-12-03 Thread Mia Konstantinidou
Dear colleagues & friends, here is a workshop we are organizing next year, that at least I think is a not-to-miss experience for all people who are dealing with any kind of meetings. We organized it right before the WOSonOS, so that you can combine coming to Berlin for the WOSonOS with another l

Re: Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Tonnie van der Zouwen
Harrison, thank you for your ideas about right and wrong. It is about expectations, but also about our benchmarks for performance. I think I understand what you are trying to say. What happens is the only thing that could have happened. I agree, it's true. And that some control helps is paradoxical

Re: [SPAM]Re: [OSLIST] Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Tonnie van der Zouwen
Hi Jeff, Thank you for your research links. I found your dissertation. Nice research methods and a good example of the type of research I was talking about. I didn't know organic inquiry, only naturalistic inquiry. The inquirer is engaged in NI, but not as deep as in OI. Is there an article too a

Re: Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Something else to add to the mix of this conversation. The world, our organizations, our communities; so many system breakdowns everywhere: in education , on environment, economically, socially, etc. No need to list them all! So many places where having the opportunity to "open space" and "invite t

Re: Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Tonnie van der Zouwen
Well spoken Suzanne! Don't think we are smarter, just other experiences to share J. Tonnie Van: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] Namens Suzanne Daigle Verzonden: donderdag 3 december 2009 13:54 Aan: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Onderwerp: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space and academ

Re: Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Harrison Owen
Tonnie, my "regret" is only that the academic sorts have missed a marvelous opportunity while we've been having all the fun. I also found it rather strange that while there seemed to be some serious conversation in academic circles about the nature and function of self organizing systems they total

Friendly Reminder - Invitation to the 2009 OpenSpaceInstitute-US Annual Meeting

2009-12-03 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Dear Open Space Friends, In case you missed this message the first time around . . . You are warmly invited to dream with us at the Open Space Institute - US (OSI-US) Annual Member Meeting. This is our first ever member meeting via MaestroConference. You are welcome to come, wherever you

Re: Fwd: Bringing Corporate Social Responsibility

2009-12-03 Thread Barbara Bunker
Peggy... Billie and I did a seminar for ECOA (Ethics and Compliance Officers) last Sept and thought the area ripe for LGM practice...but not much going on and much emphasis on compliance. You might check out their website. The BBC case by Mee Yan Cheng Judge in our 2006 Handbook did involve thos

Re: Open Space and academic research

2009-12-03 Thread Patricia Haines
Folks in the social change arm of adult education learn about OS, world cafe and other egalitarian action planning modalities in grad school - great field! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Harrison Owen Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:38:56 To: Subjec