[OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread ei...@gatewayc.com
Dear Chris I agree about all you said, especially about the givens. I would even dare to say that the prework and the discussion there is what opens the space. What I do at the beginning of an OST meeting is ritual, also important but still ritual. Thanks for your story. Eiwor Skickat från min

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Complettelly in accordance with you, Chris - except maybe in a small point, that is a different thread inded. I will came back to that. Let me make a comment on one point and highlight some others.   You wrote (my highlight): I fundamentally distrust anyone who makes a concerted effort to cert

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Eva P Svensson
Here it comes again :-) Of course you can never certify someone and by that promise that the person will behave in a conform way. But I must say that I sometimes have missed some sort of certificate to at least know that the OS-facilitator have gone through some sort of training - not that that

[OSList] Can any professional (engineer, architect, doctor) be *certified*? (was Re: Certification?)

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Chris: You were very clear stating that an OST facilitator, or any other facilitator, can't be certified, because "We are people whose skill is in responding well to myriad and changing contexts". But you made an exception to "engineers, architects or doctors" that, if I understood well, can be c

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Eva: I understand what you are saying. But every point you have mentioned is very well explained in the User's Guide. I know that there are people that say that they apply Open Space, and have never attended one event (not to mention a course) and have never read the book. But that is something o

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Hi Chris: Nice to see you back to a list were you were once a frequent contributor, until you had your time and interests diverted to another movement and list, as you have now explained.  You were not, by the way, the only person that almost disappeared from this list. In fact, as I see it, it w

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Eva, if you sent me a piece of paper on which you have handdrawn a circle and written "selforganisation" in Swedish into it, I will certify you for whatever you want. But dont forget the 5000 Euro. Cheers mmp On 09.08.2013 12:34, Eva P Svensson wrote: Here it comes again :-) Of course yo

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Artur, are you certified to read all by yourself? hugs mmp On 09.08.2013 13:27, Artur Silva wrote: Eva: I understand what you are saying. But every point you have mentioned is very well explained in the User's Guide. I know that there are people that say that they apply Open Space, and ha

Re: [OSList] Correction - Can any professional (engineer, architect, doctor) be *certified*? (was Re: Certification?)

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Let me make a correction on this: Later I have continued to learn in a larger community of practice organized around 6 professional Congresses, that I have proposed and help organize (from 1980 to 1990) - with equal time for discussion as the overall time for presenters (that, by the way, prese

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Artur Silva
Oh, never thought about that, Michael. Probably not! Artur From: Michael M Pannwitz To: Artur Silva ; World wide Open Space Technology email list Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [OSList] Certification? Dear Artur, are you certified to re

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread a...@alanhalford.com.au
To misquote my hero Marx, Groucho that is, I would not be uncertified by any organisation that would uncertify me Alan Halford Facilitator Mediator www.alanhalford.com.au/ 0421 475 252 On 09/08/2013, at 6:01 PM, Artur Silva wrote: > Complettelly in accordance with you, Chris - except ma

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Eva P Svensson
Dear Michael :-) Theres a bit more into it isn¨t it... cheers :o) Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc Medlem i Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbe

[OSList] Two Martinis

2013-08-09 Thread Harrison Owen
This pub is getting seriously busy and delightfully noisy. And fortunately it is sufficiently international to stock some good British Gin - which I am enjoying in my "usual." Maybe I've had too many "usuals" but it did occur to me that if somebody had certified me 28 years ago as I was sitting on

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Chris Corrigan
Hiya ,Chris! I have no trouble with givens as a practice. I learned that from Birgitt too although these days i talk about it as working in context. For me it is all part of setting the container for the work. In the Art of Hosting workshops many of us do we spend a lot of time on design, reaso

[OSList] Ang.: Two Martinis

2013-08-09 Thread ei...@gatewayc.com
Harrison, you are most welcome. And most of the differences between our perspectives could very well be a difference of culture and language. Have a great weekend Eiwor Skickat från min HTC - Reply message - Från: "Harrison Owen" Till: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Suzanne Daigle
*Certification*, it keeps coming up and most likely it will keep coming up as more and more people experience Open Space. My story is that perhaps if there had been certification in 2009, I might not have jumped in as I did, recklessly and blissfully. In that first 12 to 16 months, I committed to

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread paul levy
The problem, dear colleagues, is that if you fix this as dogma... For me it all comes down to this: · 5 Conditions of Use · A few logistics · Circle · 5 Principles · Law of 2 feet · Be Prepared to be Surprised · Trust the People ... Th

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Harrison Owen
Paul – it ain’t Dogma – just experience. If the experience changes, change the story. And that is what we are – Story Tellers. And the Tale has yet to be fully told. One thing I am absolutely clear about. We didn’t invent it. And certainly I didn’t invent it. Been going on for 14.7 billion years, a

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-09 Thread Carmela Ariza
Dear HO and the rest of OS loving colleagues, While reading again fully and partly the sharing/discussion on certification and now this - point of Harrison on "I will be the first to cheer the departure of OST"  Somehow my poem that I wrote this morning resonates with the ongoing discussio

[OSList] OS memorial services?

2013-08-09 Thread James Sheldon
My grandmother died recently, and I was unable to attend her funeral because of distance and timing. I asked if they could record some of the stories people told, and was told that people felt uncomfortable about that. It made me realize that when I die (hopefully not anytime soon...), I'd like