Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Ilja Preuß
Hi Harrison, > Ilja -- Just a point of clarification. The title of my book is "Wave Rider" > -- and a basic point is the one that your participant made. There is no need > to create waves. We have plenty. Yes, I got that - I read the book, and enjoyed it. :) On the other hand, I'm not sure that

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Jack Martin Leith
Forgive my impertinence, but does any of this really matter? Angels, pinheads, blah blah blah ... Warmly, Jack Jack Martin Leith Leith Co-creation email: j...@leithcocreation.com Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com Personal

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Andrew Rixon
Dear All, Something I've been reflecting and writing on is Christopher Alexander's "A timeless way of building"... Here's a little clip from it and the 5th we're talking about... ;) "This hinges on a simple scientific proposition: the great complexity of an organic system, which is esse

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Ilja Preuß
And it's not just the Scrum community. As some of you may know, it's actually part of a wider community, the Agile Software Development community, which was born by the declaration of the Agile Manifesto: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/ Open space is big and rising in the Agile Community - a lot of

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Steven List
"warning" has such an ominous sound. I just say "and there's one other thing..." ...Doc On May 6, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote: “Open Space has four principles, one law, and a warning!” * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.e

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Friends, In the spirit of Jack's question and after having just channeled Fr. Brian's frighteningly delicious curmudgeonliness (is that a whurd???), I'm reminded that you can have a fifth (or sixth or seventh or eighth...) principle (as many as you can shake a set of tibetan temple bells at) but l

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Sheri Herndon
Lovely inquiry. What about four principles, one law, and an invitation. love Sheri Sheri Herndon, M.A. Social Architect & Designer: Innovation, Collaboration, Social Networks sh...@speakeasy.org 206.371.4874 www.twitter.com/sheriherndon “You never change things by fighting the existing realit

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Harrison Owen
Ilja -- Just a point of clarification. The title of my book is "Wave Rider" -- and a basic point is the one that your participant made. There is no need to create waves. We have plenty. The trick and the fun comes as we learn how to ride them well. The truth of the matter is that we are all Wave Ri

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Jenifer Toksvig
I agree that ³Be prepared to be surprised² is not a principle, but is an important part for me. Two feet is clearly a law. The principles are exactly that. Is BP2BS a guideline? (And did I just give it a nasty txtspk acronym? Apologies.) Trying to imagine how one might say it: ³Open Space has fou

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread doug
Hi all-- Is not surprise another name for emergence, that is, self-organization? If so, it is pretty central to OS. :- Doug. On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 17:44 +1000, Andrew Rixon wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Something I’ve been reflecting and writing on is Christopher > Al

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Claudia Alarcon
Thank you for introducing me to Open Space. I was at the "SCRUM" Techie conference in Orlando, it was a life changing event. A paradigm shift took place. A transformation beyond words.I am extremely grateful. Blessings to All, Claudia On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Suzanne Daigle wrote: > S

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2010-05-06 Thread Steven List
Wonderful that we're talking about OST in the tech community, and I'm facilitating an internal event at Dell as I write this. 99% OST newbies, and they're deeply into it. Doc Sent from my iPhone * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu --

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Thank you so much Harold, Agree there's lots happening in the tech world. The link you sent was a thank you note I had forwarded to Tobias Mayer of Scrum and he posted it on his blog. The photos I tried to attached didn't work so here's a link to them for those interested. Suzanne http://www.a

Re: OS in the Techie community

2010-05-06 Thread Steven List
There is indeed a lot going on in the "tech" world. I quote "tech" because a lot of what's going on is *in* the tech world but more about process and organization. The Scrum Gathering is an excellent example. Scrum is used primarily in the software development world, but is hardly limited

Re: Brian Bainbridge and the fifth principle

2010-05-06 Thread Park Stanley
As I recall what has happened all along on my OS journey, the "Be prepared to be surprised" has been the emergent reality of "Here and Now" regardless of outcome: an collective & integral possibility to be explored and realized. Thus I would recommend it stands out among what might be expected in