Re: [OSList] OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Harold Shinsato
I wish so much I could have been there - I just saw some presentations from the event - it seems Harrison Owen is getting referenced and quoted quite a bit in the scrum community. And so is Suzanne! http://agileanarchy.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/an-open-space-endorsement-of-scrum More techie i

Re: OST and community consultations

2010-05-05 Thread Alan Stewart
Dear All I have been invited to give a keynote speech at an international seminar on health and aged care strategy at the end of this month near Padang in West Sumatra. The invitation is from one of my former PhD students, Prof Elfindri (he only has one name) who until recently was a profess

Re: OSLIST Digest - 2 May 2010 to 3 May 2010 (#2010-104), five principles

2010-05-05 Thread Chris Corrigan
florian... Always lovely to see you weying in on things of beauty. Chris Chris Corrigan ch...@chriscorrigan.com http://www.chriscorrigan.com On 2010-05-04, at 7:13 PM, fischer florian wrote: > hi chris, > your proposal and new practice of counting 5 principles instead of 4 plus a > shout

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-05 Thread Artur Silva
Chris (and all, in Melbourne and elsewhere)   I understand and respect your desire to honor Brian, which I used to call a friend, even if we have met only once. But one single face to face meeting is enough to develop a solid friendship, especially when one is prepared to be surprised...   As

Re: OST and community consultations

2010-05-05 Thread Artur Silva
Hello, Alan. Nice to hear from you.   I am sorry if I have not an answer to you, but I would very much appreciate that you will update us when you have some conclusions (including from mails or conversations you have off list) as I am a member of a commission to develop a "Senior College" at my o

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-05 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Artur, "Be prepared to be surprised!", in German, which I understand you have been learning in preparation for your trip to the WOSonOS in Berlin, I phrase it "Augen Auf! Mit Ueberraschungen ist zu rechnen!" Aside the four facts of life (them aint principles, come on) it is what Harrison c

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-05 Thread Harrison Owen
I guess I am with Artur on this one. The four principles are not prescriptive but descriptive - they simply remind people of what will happen anyhow whether or not the principles are ever mentioned. The only point in mentioning them it to alert people that some strange things will probably happen -

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-05 Thread Michael Herman
when i did my first event in open space, i studied the book, pieced together a script, and made posters. 'be prepared to be surprised' was one of the posters, and has been ever since. so i think that line must have come from the user's guide, which brian told me he reviewed, at least a little bit

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-05 Thread Artur Silva
Interesting. In my practice, when people arrive, in the entrance, out of the main room, the first things they see are two posters: one with the "theme" and another with "Be surprised...". Then, if there is a corridor, they will see some more posters only with "Be surprised". Only when they came

OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Harrison Owen
A while back I did an Open space for the SCRUM people - techies all. And if you are interested in what they thought, check out http://www.agilitrix.com/2010/03/harrison-owen-rules-open-space/ ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 www.opensp

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Steven List
I heard about this from some of my friends in the Scrum community. I was SO jealous of them! On the other hand, one of them was at the event I facilitated in Boston last week, and he came up to me and said... "I was at the Scrum gathering, and saw Harrison Owen facilitate." [I'm thinking

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Harrison Owen
Easy on the Martinis Doc. It is an acquired taste - but the acquisition process is not all that painful, and who knows what will happenJ Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Lisa Heft
Open Space is the olive in the martini of life... Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space lisah...@openingspace.net www.openingspace.net On May 5, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: Easy on the Martinis Doc. It is an acquired taste – but the acquisition process is n

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-05 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Steve, I can understand you being jealous! Would you believe that I was there and it was every bit as wonderful as anyone could imagine! Knowing that I lived so close to Orlando, "ho" had sent me a note thinking I might be interested to tag along. Of course I jumped at the chance. There were lot