Peggy (also Birgitt, Harrison and all):
Bertalanffy spoke about "General Systems Theory" - the tytle of
his most known book - where he talked mostly about "Open Systems". I
never heard that he used the expression "Open Systems Theory", and he
never used, as far as I know, acronyms - so he never us
Hi Artur
Interesting indeed.
Though my first emotional reaction was: being embarrassed (because they have
"stolen" the OST Acronym;-)
Bernardo
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I love it! Confusion!! Reminds me of days long ago when I had a newsletter
called "TWG Newsletter" In fact the letters stood for absolutely nothing at
all - leading my friend Peter Vaill to muse that since they didn't mean
anything in particular, everybody was free to supply their own meanings. His
From: Artur Silva
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking
(...)
PS: Another curiosity is that if one searches in Google for "Open Systems
Institute" the f
Dear Artur,
I have some confusion about what you are saying about copyrighting. All books
pertaining to OST including the User’s Guide, which defines OST, are
copyrighted. All of Harrison’s teaching powerpoints about OST are copyrighted.
I personally think this copyrighting was essential. Copyr
Dear Harrison,
A different perspective, in this case mine, is that we really honor Open
Space Technology as an important meeting facilitation method, and that we
are good stewards for its integrity (wholeness). This would mean that we
preserve it in its original form for generations to come for th
Far be it for me to pay less than full honor to Open Space and still less,
to pay less than profound homage to all the good friends and colleagues who
have journeyed along the way. But at the end of the day, I find myself in
full agreement with friend Chris Corrigan who aptly described Open Space a
i think the training wheels image is itself a half-way sort of thing. yes,
ost is sort of training wheels in the first or maybe even few times used.
but probably enough as just a one time use. as soon as a client or group
i'm with has that first taste of the movement, my thinking and working with
Ah Michael, you old 'cyclist you! I surely get the picture, understand the
drift, but my perspective may be a little different. As the father of 5 and
grandfather of 6 (last one still too small to ride.yet) I know something of
training wheels and holding on to the back of the seat.
First for t
definitely i forgot that bit about stopping, harrison.not sure
what the open space analog is, except that all the old ways of moving don't
go away. policies and procedures and i suppose hitting those after a few
days in open space can be as much of a trick as stopping the bike. forgot,
too, t
There are new ways of learning to ride a bike. None of Harrison's way worked
for my boy. He gave up aged 4.
The right time for him. Was aged 8. He just decided to try again, one random
day.
When I was called to come and have a Look after 30 minutes practise. I was
expecting Dad to be pushing
My training wheels were put on one day when I started riding the two
wheeler and I never knew when my brother lifted the little wheels off
the ground and I rode without support. Amazing what learning takes
place so easily in this livinghoodness.
On Dec 13, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Harrison Owen
Love it! But I think we got that one covered. "Whenever it starts is the
right time." Closely followed by, "Whatever happens is the only thing that
could have." Ride On Baby!
Harrison
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Harrison and all
I like the recently upcoming discussion about the history of Systems Thinking,
but I would also like to make a big jump from this.
I am not shure, but to me it seems to not be by pure "accident".
1. Recently Stanley park wrote "Now is the territory of Peace- Nirvana"
2. And s
Bernhard,
I totally agree with your perspective.
Every human being is on a journey in search of meaning that meets heart.
For me OS is a tool that has beening taking me to that journey most
Masterfully. So, OS is nothing but a Master toward my own productivity
toward true sociospiritual fulfillm
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