Re: [OSList] Designing an OS way

2011-09-20 Thread amistadasc
I find this OST dialogue stimulating. Some perspectives resonate and remind of times when I've convened sessions and I see the creative flow bubbling with excitement. There are other times when a topic/group gets stuck and spins in circles trying to find a way out. I read this quote by Jeff A

Re: [OSList] Designing an OS way

2011-09-20 Thread David Osborne
I meant to type whether they are far from or close to equilibrium !!! Sent from my iPad On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:55 PM, David Osborne wrote: > I think Open Space will work wether the share Oscar from equilibrium or close > to equilibrium as I suspect is born out by the thousands of successful >

Re: [OSList] Designing an OS way

2011-09-20 Thread David Osborne
I think Open Space will work wether the share Oscar from equilibrium or close to equilibrium as I suspect is born out by the thousands of successful examples. It seems to me the critical ingredients in boteh these situations are; is there enough diversity present and is there enough passion/cari

Re: [OSList] Designing an OS way

2011-09-20 Thread David Osborne
I'm arriving a little late to this conversation about sender all systems are open systems and whether we actually open Open space. Glenda Eyoang's theory of Containers, Differences and Exchanges being leverage points to shape the speed and direction of change are very relevant in this case. The

Re: [OSList] Planetary OST

2011-09-20 Thread Luc Bizeul
Hello, Why don't transform the world as and Open Space ? One day I realize that my job is not to opening the space, but to help people to realize that space is already open. I create a tool for that : The Agoractive Spaces, it's like packaging the properties of a Open Space sub discussion grou

[OSList] 답장: what we are teaching/learning/inviting in opening space

2011-09-20 Thread Stanley Park
Much needed point. At least for me. Thank you Michael. spark Director Open Space Institute of Korea http://openspace.kr 2011. 9. 21. 오전 12:44에 "Michael Herman" 님이 작성: i shared this with harrison recently and send it on here at his suggestion, or should i say invitation? i think it speaks to s

[OSList] what we are teaching/learning/inviting in opening space

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Herman
i shared this with harrison recently and send it on here at his suggestion, or should i say invitation? i think it speaks to something we almost never talk about when we talk about open space: breathing, the fourth of harrison's four mechanisms. we talk a lot about circle, bulletin board and mar

Re: [OSList] Skye loving this wave ride

2011-09-20 Thread Harrison Owen
Carmella - Got it! Been there, done that - and actually I live there/here. Well not quite. Just outside the Beltway J ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.op

[OSList] Clinton Global Initiative

2011-09-20 Thread chunili2000
Hello OS Friends around the globe:   I came  across this article this morning and thought you might be encouraged by it as much as I was.   Harrison,  you would be proud  of  Bill Clinton.   Bill Clinton and How to Use Convening Power:   http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter/2011/09/bill-clinton-and-how-to-

Re: [OSList] Skye loving this wave ride

2011-09-20 Thread Carmella Mazzotta
Well, Harrison what I meant was the Washington DC crowd. I did not intend to generalize however as people are people, that is unique and diverse everywhere. But in my many roles as project leader, organization director, contractor and consultant, increasingly using OS, project management, and litt

Re: [OSList] Designing an OS way

2011-09-20 Thread fischer florian
Hi, John, look how your input is rippling ! » ..just the next move... « that is in german »Der nächste Schritt« which is just the title of my book in german language available up from the end of october. Poems, dialogues, stories. I put in all the experience from my working and living mainly