Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 28

2014-12-01 Thread Suzanne Daigle via OSList
Muse away Anne! Real time magic. I felt a resonant cellular joy reading your next to last paragraph. Yes dare we believe that life and our relations could be like that all the time. Infinite, transfinite and finite. Accessible to all. And where does "awareness" fit into all of this? I often wonder

[OSList] Fwd: Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Julie Smith via OSList
Harrison kindly pointed out to me that I sent the following message only to him, and not all, so here it is again. :) Julie -- Forwarded message -- From: Julie Smith Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation' To:

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2014-12-01 Thread Tricia Chirumbole via OSList
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Re: [OSList] Fwd: Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
Peggy -- The reading list does go on! Actually my favorite, in terms of just a good read is “Out of Control” done by the used-to-be editor of Wired. Winter Address 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucaire Ave. Camden, ME 04843 207-763-3261

[OSList] Fwd: Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
A good place to start for sure Harrison! When I was working on the chapter on complexity for the upcoming book on Dialogic Organization Development, I went through the bibliographies of people who work with complexity and organizations (Meg Wheatley, Ralph Stacey, Harrison Owen, Uri Merry, Franc

Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
A good place to start for sure Harrison! When I was working on the chapter on complexity for the upcoming book on Dialogic Organization Development, I went through the bibliographies of people who work with complexity and organizations (Meg Wheatley, Ralph Stacey, Harrison Owen, Uri Merry, Franc

Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
Artur, To add to Harrison’s comments, Gleick was explicitly noted by more than one source who looks at organizations through the lens of complexity as their first entry into the world of self-organization. And he is a good read! Peggy > On Nov 29, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList

Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
John, Check out Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity - http://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Emergence-Turning-Upheaval-Opportunity/dp/1605095214. It reflects a lot of reading on the science of complexity, time with masters, like Harrison and Anne Stadler, what I’ve learned from my

Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

2014-12-01 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
Julie – I rather suspect that self organization covers a much larger territory than the more limited range of preferred outcomes we might choose. Gangs and Cancer would be cases in point. What you call a gang, I might call “brothers.” And were you to interview a cancer cell, I suspect it would r

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 28

2014-12-01 Thread Anne Stadler via OSList
Re self organization research: Wow! I just followed Harold's shouting. It took me a while to learn how to delete about 5 minutes worth of repetitive Digest material-- and i ended up deleting it all. So please bear with me if i don't accurately respond to your very articulate words, John B an