Re: [OSList] MUST READS for a facilitator

Peggy Holman’s book, "Engaging Emergence” Take care Alan Alan Halford & Associates Open Space Technology Aficionados Mediation and Conflict Transformation Facilitators www.alanhalford.com.au 0421 475 252 skype: alanhalford On 24 Feb 2017, at 3:45 pm,

[OSList] MUST READS for a facilitator

Hi, apart of all Harrison's books, what would you recommend as a must read for a facilitator? Greets from Poland Agnieszka ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Skye, Your what it."*What if we are all ordering ourselves to feel more and more whole coherence towards creating greatest coherence of the whole?" * had an immediate resonates with me and makes intuitive sense. David *David R. Osborne* Organization and Leadership Development 6402

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Oh dear me, I'm jumping in.I wrote this poem today as I consider the living processes, one of which is self-ordering using an inherent value intelligence discovered by Robert S. Hartman years ago. So from this wide-angle lens on the subject of self-organization... One needs a different kind

Re: [OSList] Research OST

I don’t think you can prove self organization but you could look at …. if this is done in this way then results are.. kind of thing…. And you could see if OS improves efficacy of groups and individuals, which it probably certainly does (in the moment) From: OSList

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I think, if you want to research it at all, you should be looking at effects on people and organisations. And, I think there is something about pattern recognition in the modus operandi of OS and there is certainly something about personal and collective agency and self efficacy. Bandura That

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Harrison---the point I was making is about research. If the research is based on going down the path of proving self organization, it is not as valuable to making the case for OST as OST works! It simply works, is useful, creates results. Birgitt On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:16 PM Harrison Owen

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Birgitt – I guess we differ. Proving that self organization works is about as useful as proving that oxygen works for breathing. Seems to. And are there other things going on in Open Space apart from self organization? Absolutely. Or perhaps not at all. Just life. ho Winter Address

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Great summary Harrison of what is OST and what is not OST. it is a significant challenge to find what is actually an OST meeting. One of the reasons I created our workshop Working With OST is to make that distinction very clear to all who participate with us. OST facilitated well requires

Re: [OSList] Research OST

One of the questions I find myself asking of various "researchers," -- What, exactly, are you looking at? Open Space has wandered and permutated globally, and taken 30+ years doing that. So lots of times the "Open Space" people say they are looking at (researching) has nothing to do with

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Hey all A quick search found me these references. Adelya Pavlova (2016) Peculiarities Of The Current State Of Top Management Development And Training In Russia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.395 Eddie Blass, and Peter Hayward (2015) Developing globally responsible leaders:

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Hey all So what has been happening in the past 10 years with academic research into the workings of open space and such things? This list here was compiled back in 2006 and I believe it is time to revisit it and see if there is some academic publications or other science that we should add