Re: A new Gate Way?

2000-11-14 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Judi, How interesting ... thanks for sharing this. Bev McCarthy -Original Message- From: Judi Richardson To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:18 AM Subject: A new Gate Way? >Gates loses faith in computers >They can't cure world's ills, admits Microso

Re: grief cycle work

2000-08-08 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Hi Birgitt, I really appreciate your e-mail. Thank you for your good thoughts and insight. Bev McCarthy -Original Message- From: Birgitt Williams To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:31 PM Subject: grief cycle work >Hello friends, >We have learned from

Re: Request for Advice - Contributing to an OS when you can't be there

2000-08-04 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Hello Meg, I'm empathetic to your desire to "make things work". I sometimes find myself trying to rekindle what has been valuable in the past, but slowly dying in the present. As I go through the agonizing stage of "what can I do to make this work", I remember the message from Meg Wheatley i

Re: Dismissed employees of the RED CROSS decide to do a Open Space

2000-08-03 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Reinhard, Thanks so much for sharing this story. OS process is truly a practical and effective means to touch the spirit even when human hopes are shattered. Congratulations to you for your good work. Bev McCarthy Ashford Group, Inc. 7398 St. Ives Place West Chester, Ohio 45069 USA be

Re: doctoral studies: OS and the CEO

2000-07-31 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Michelle and all OSList respondees, Many, many thanks for your helpful ideas, encouragement and support! I'm very grateful. I've incorporated many of the suggestions into my research plan. Any additional thoughts or ideas by any and all OS folks, at any time, are welcome and appreciated as I t

Re: doctoral studies: OS and the CEO

2000-07-28 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Harrison, Your feedback makes very good sense. You're right . . . key decision makers are not limited to CEOs. Consideration of senior executives, GMs of business units and/or Executive Directors of non-profits would certainly broaden my scope of research participants. On the flip side . . . i

doctoral studies: OS and the CEO

2000-07-27 Thread Beverly McCarthy
I am a Ph.D. candidate, Organizational Behavior. My doctoral research shall focus on CEOs who engage their organizations in OS. I will research CEO behavioral characterists before and after OS intervention. I want to learn if / how OS process has personally and professionally impacted and/or cha