[OSList] Open Space at Walt Disney Company

2014-10-21 Thread gerardo de luzenberger via OSList
Hi world. I have been contacted by Walt Disney company here in italy. They are curious about open space and are thinking to use in one of the next company gatherings in the next months. After some talks with me, They are in the middle of their decision making process. I'm wondering if some one in

[OSList] OS Hotline Invite - Today at 12pm Eastern!

2014-10-21 Thread Tricia Chirumbole via OSList
Hello all! You are all warmly invited to participate in an Open Space Hotline video chat, today*, Tuesday, October 21st - 12 PM Eastern.* Sign up with your name, skype handle, and a topic suggestion if you have one: http://bit.ly/1cm8iJN Please come with whatever is up for you at the momen

Re: [OSList] Authority Distribution in Open Space

2014-10-21 Thread Harold Shinsato
Hi John, Thank you for your engagement on the OSList - I'm greatly enjoying what you are helping us look at. When you spoke about "nothing mystical about" the will of the group, and in fact, that groups don't have a "will" - this goes explicitly against the core thinking I've experienced fro

Re: [OSList] Earliest known reference to {holding the space}

2014-10-21 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
I’m not quite sure what motivated the search for the “earliest” reference to “holding space” or Open Space, but I can assure anybody who cares that in one form or another it substantially predates the Quakers and, obviously, me. As Jeff correctly observes, my usage was first in context that had

Re: [OSList] Open Space at Walt Disney Company

2014-10-21 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
I don’t know about Disney, but a friend who is writing a book with the Dali Lama’s brother recently told me, “You'll be happy to know that I introduced researchers at the Tibet Policy Institute in Dharamsala to Open Space.” I don’t know where this takes us... but... And it did occur to me t

[OSList] Open Space at Walt Disney Company

2014-10-21 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hho...@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:13 AM To: 'gerardo de luzenberger'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' Subject: RE: [OSList] Open Space at Walt Disney Company I don’t know about Disney, but a friend who is writing a book with the Da

[OSList] Earliest known reference to {holding the space}

2014-10-21 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hho...@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:56 AM To: 'Jeff Aitken'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' Subject: RE: [OSList] Earliest known reference to {holding the space} I’m not quite sure what motivated the search for the “earliest” refere

Re: [OSList] Earliest known reference to {holding the space}

2014-10-21 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Hi Harrison, Curiosity motivates my original search, dating back to 2011 or so. Words and phrases are important symbols and so I am curious about these symbols, and their origin, and what these symbols might now mean. And so I wonder if 'holding space', as /you/ use it, might mean 'holding v

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 44, Issue 29

2014-10-21 Thread Anne Stadler via OSList
age-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I hosted and co-organised a local government election forum over the > weekend. > > I probably can't say I used OST, but we did have an open space that > leveraged self org. > > The main lessons in se

[OSList] Dalai Lama & Open Space (subject change)

2014-10-21 Thread Tricia Chirumbole via OSList
Side note inspired by Harrison's comment re: introducing OS to researchers at the Tibet Policy Institute. I have a dream vision of holding an Open Space with the Dalai Lama as a host, on any one of the inspiring topics that he champions and embodies, but my favorites include: interfaith di

Re: [OSList] Open Space at Walt Disney Company

2014-10-21 Thread Chris Corrigan via OSList
I used Open Space with the Dalai Lama Centre here in Vancouver a number of years ago to run a meeting on connecting with community. Two Tibetans who were there saw me bring out my bells and ring them to start. One hollered out "h! This is going to be a good meeting!" Chris -- CHRIS CORRIG

Re: [OSList] Earliest known reference to {holding the space}

2014-10-21 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Another related piece that comes to memory is an early phrasing that I have not seen for a long time. "Preserve and protect the Law of Two Feet." Now it's often called the Law of Mobility or other terms. But the words "preserve and protect" I have not seen for years. I remember my early understa

Re: [OSList] Authority Distribution in Open Space

2014-10-21 Thread John Baxter
Sure thing Harold Yes groups have an emergent wholeness, but that does not mean that they take on characteristics we understand in individuals. We should be careful not to anthropomorphise (?) them. Groups definitely have aliveness, needs, strengths, weakenesses, robustness, identity... lots of

[OSList] Learning in London: The Open Space Learning Workshops December 8-9 + The Power of Pre-Work December 10-11

2014-10-21 Thread Lisa Heft - via OSList
Hello, dear OSLIST colleagues - I am offering the following workshops for facilitators in two locations this year - thanks for joining me, and do let me know if you would like further information describing content, schedule and other details. This message is about the London workshops - my nex

[OSList] December workshops (Berkeley California USA): Open Space Learning Workshop December 17-18 + Fabulous Facilitation Forum December 19

2014-10-21 Thread Lisa Heft - via OSList
It’s me again… ! I am also offering the Open Space Learning Workshop -and- a one-day facilitation conference (using Open Space as its format, of course) - directly following. I used to call my facilitation conferences ‘Open Space on Open Space’ but I realized that we get together and explore e