Re: [OSList] Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Eric Hansen
Hi, Tim, I saw your email a few days ago, but didn't find time to comment until today, I am also an avoid devotee of Toastmasters with some experience of Open Space. I didn't think I would be a TM evangelist when I joined. I was just sort of tagging along with my wife, Elaine Hansen,

Re: [OSList] SA1 Re: Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Harrison Owen
I am sure it is irrelevant, and probably irreverent. but when I saw "TM" in the conversation, I never thought about Toastmasters. Probably says a lot about me, but that group of elegant speechifies had never been part of my experience. What came up was Transcendental Meditation, a guru brand that h

[OSList] Egypt, one more time!

2012-01-02 Thread Harrison Owen
This in from Claudia! Khalil El-Masry facilitated a wonderful Open Space. For me it was great to see how he took the technology and made it his own: Have trained him and others a couple of weeks ago and now they just do it themselves, with their handwriting, their flavor. Although repeating mys

[OSList] FW: Egypt, one more time!

2012-01-02 Thread Harrison Owen
This in from Claudia! Khalil El-Masry facilitated a wonderful Open Space. For me it was great to see how he took the technology and made it his own: Have trained him and others a couple of weeks ago and now they just do it themselves, with their handwriting, their flavor. Although repeating mys

Re: [OSList] SA1 Re: Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Annamarie Pluhar
And my email program keeps wanting to make it ™ so I had to write it out. : ) Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell) On Jan 2, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Harrison Owen wrote: > I am sure it is irrelevant, and probably irreverent… but whe

Re: [OSList] SA1 Re: Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Chris Corrigan
A musing or two... I have found that even in highly rigid organizational structures, OST becomes more and more natural when practiced over time. And when used to practice being together on a regular basis, even 1.5 hour meetings can be fish and productive for introverts and extroverts. It is

Re: [OSList] SA1 Re: Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Birgitt Williams
Hi all, I agree with Chris as it is also my experience that even in rigid structures, OST becomes more and more practical when used with frequency. When it is used with frequency, new competencies for a culture of leadership show up, new muscles get flexed, perceptions get broadened, consciousn

Re: [OSList] Individual and collective master (was: OST - OpenSystems Thinking)

2012-01-02 Thread Tenneson Woolf
Thank you for the many stirrings here. I mostly listen on this listserve. And learn. I am coming to learn so much more about living open space. It has become a bit of a mantra for me. Way beyond method of course, which I've always known in my head. And so much more into life itself, self-organ

Re: [OSList] Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-02 Thread Mark Pixley
Dear Eric, Thanks for your contribution. It is interesting to see how you have used facilitation in Toastmasters. I particularly like your reframing of OS & TM. I remember an early story about how TM originally did not have a fix set of speeches and there was actually a lot of resistance to crea

[OSList] Byron Katie Work in Business and Leadership - February in Amsterdam

2012-01-02 Thread Caitlin Frost
Hello friends, For any of you interested in the Work of Byron Katie - as a powerful tool for working with limiting beliefs, and opening mind and heart in leadership, organization and change, she is hosting a first ever intensive in The Work for leaders and people in business. It is taking place i

[OSList] living open space - gratitude

2012-01-02 Thread Gijs van Wezel
Thank you Tenneson, Your phrasing: "...I feel challenged to open my heart, show up, let go (like > watching my kids grow and watching our relationship evolve from nesting > parenting to co-journeying humans". Very inspiring and I am greatful for the similar realization/experience I had during the