Re: OS in dark places

e heavy. Even the trees you planted as children became too heavy long ago -- you couldn't carry them now. But you can carry the winds... and the open spaces... (Rainer Maria Rilke) -- John Dicus | c...@ourfuture.com Cornerstone Consulting Associate

Re: OS in dark places / Brian Andrews

s (More where this came from) John Dicus -- John Dicus | c...@ourfuture.com Cornerstone Consulting Associates | http://www.ourfuture.com Growing Learning Communities Through Whole-System Experiences Consulting | Facilitation | Workshops | Seminars | Speaking 2761 Stiegler Road,

Re: Counterclockwise

am before moving forward again in the clockwise direction. Take care, John Dicus -- John Dicus | Cornerstone Consulting Associates Teamwork - Systems Thinking - Leadership Open Space - Action Learning - CourseWare http://www.ourfuture.com | mailto:jdi...@ourfuture.com 800-773-8017 | 330-725-2728

Re: LASER's etc.

help explain and "language" what we've experienced. As an aside, this is excerpted from some writing I'm doing for a book on emergent systems, and we've used the concept in the design of our "Experiences in Stewardship" series of gatherings. While each gather

LASER's / Relationships

sustained life and change. I'm starting to ramble, so it must mean it's time to quit pondering. Oliver Wendell Holmes said something like "I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity that lies this side of complexity -- but I would give my life for the simplicity that lies beyond comple

Re: LASER's / Relationships

nd of like being able to get closer to the edge of chaos without paying too high a penalty. In supersonic flight -- imaging flying faster than the sounds you are making. What is the parallel in organizational flight? In the high flow state we are flying faster than the "??" we are m

Short Cuts

Do you think you see this happening during OS? Mathematicians Prove That It's a Small World By SANDRA BLAKESLEE (NY Times) NEW YORK -- Mathematicians have found a simple explanation for how big worlds can be turned into small worlds, a phenomenon summed up in the popular belief that anyone

Anyway

you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; Build anyway. People really need help, but may attack you if you help them; Help them anyway. Give the world the best you have, and you'll get kicked in the teeth; Give the world the best you've got anyway. Warm regards, John --

Re: on mentioning web pages in email

oos de Heer While we're at it... Putting one's email address in the following format makes it clickable in many instances as well. mailto:koos...@auryn.nl Warm regards, John DIcus --

Bringing Systems To Life

emer. - Tuesday Evening: Drumming in community with the magic of Peter Hawes. To Register: - Call 1-800-773-8017 or 1-330-725-2728 - Tuition $800 (Non-profit rates available. Partial scholarships available.) -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates -- Bringing Systems To Life -- 2

Re: Help for David

Hello all, I've been listening to the good advice from everyone. I thought I'd add from a set of experiences with a client. The client hires us to do a one-day Open Space as an introductory phase of IS/IT shop restructuring. We do a number of these each year. Sometimes we do two single day even

Re: OS in a prison??

and how the space is opened/held is critical. OS makes an implicit promise -- how willing (and able) are the "powers that be" to let what wants to happen happen? Warm regards, John Dicus -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates -- Bringing Systems To Life -- 2761 Stiegler Roa

The Butterfly (in OS)

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne Still and quiet... John -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates -- Bringing Systems To Life -- 2761 Stiegler Road, Valley

Re: Calling the Circle

having each of us chosen wrongly, made a false start, failed, Yielded to impulse and the tangled comfort of pleasures, and grown exhausted, unable to seek the thread, weak and involved. But there is no one but us. There never has been. Warm regards, John Dicus -- John D

Re: Back

> >I'm back, to quote somebody or other, and I want a full report of everything >that's been going on here since 9/11 (when I noticed the quietness) - and >don't send me to no archive. That ain't my style. > "The only thing that could have" ;-

Closure -- You Never Know

s the CMHA commissioner at that time (5 years ago) was convicted of high-level fraud and misuse of her office (funding diverted, books cooked, and so on). I guess not everyone wants to bask in the sunshine that Open Space lets into dark places. You never know. Take care, John -- John Dicus | C

Re: More on Empowerment

EMPOWERMENT 1) Who Can Empower You ? 2) Who Can You Empower ? 3) Who Can Disempower You ? 4) Who Can You Disempower ? 5) Who Can't Empower You ? 6) Who Can't You Empower ? 7) Who Can't Disempower You ? 8) Who Can't You Disempower ? The power of a question. Ta

Re: Tibetan bells on airplanes?

I worry most when airline security doesn't wonder what those funny round things are. John * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listse

Re: Please speak to me of breath....

e Feel the new wind of change On the wings of the night Perhaps this is how Pink Floyd described the same phenomena. This is a portion of what I hear when I listen to my breath... Warm regards, John Dicus * * == osl...@listserv.boi

Re: Please speak to me of breath....

> >Thought I would share the picture with you. > ... > >Which song was that from in Pink Floyd? > Thank you for sharing the picture, Bobbi. The song is "On The Turning Away." The complete song is, in a way, a sound track for some of the work we all seem to have passion for. We're all responsibl

Re: Opening Space with a "grandee"...

in a system -- some in very small ways, some in significant ways -- by virtually everything you think and do - Be where you need to be, but pay attention to the effect you have on yourself and others as you come and go - Be authentic and respectful Take Care, John -- John Dicus 2761 Stiegler

Re: Storytelling - what happened?

lves, and often OS and like processes are the first experience people have had with being invited to fully be themselves. Warm regards, John -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates -- Leadership -- Systems Thinking -- Team Building -- Open Space -- 2761 Stiegler Road, Valley City, O

Seeking Help

I received this request for some assistance. Perhaps some of you can offer help from your own experiences. I sent some thoughts from my experiences, but don't feel it was enough. Morten is not a list member (yet), so you can just respond to his email as you can. "Morten B. Simonsen" I sent hi

Thanks For The Help

A week or so ago I sent in a request titled "Seeking Help," looking for some assistance for Morten Simonsen. Here's a note from Morten. Many thanks to everyone who was able to help. John > >Dear John, > >I have recieved so many emails from around the world. >I am so very grateful and hope that

Some Help In France

Hello all, I received the following request from Maud Le Floc'h in France looking for some help. Could someone please get in touch directly if you're able to be of assistance? Thanks very much. John Dicus (PS... Sorry if this came through twice -- I sent it first from an ema

Re: Theme vs Topics

come, you can't miss the mark. (unless you close down the space). Like in Ghost-Busters where the heros weren't supposed to think of anything bad, and Dan Akroyd couldn't help thinking about the Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man? Watch & Learn are two good words to reflect on while sayi

Space Invaders?

not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers. (Rainer Maria Rilke) John Dicus -- John D

Re: Space Invaders? (Sensitivity & Inclusion)

usands of years. A final note, don't fear exclusion. I know that's easy to say -- for I fear it myself. The way you unveil your inner strength and beauty through your writing says to me that you are inclusive and included. Those that threaten the well-being of others are the ones who sh

No One But Us

ve described it with such grace, that we mistake vision for history, dream for description, and fancy that life has devolved. ... Hope and Peace, John -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates - Leadership - Systems Thinking - Teamwork - Open Space - Electric Maze

Re: Space Invaders? (Inclusion -- Chris Corrigan)

orld, our pain will be eased because the whole world cares and shares our hurt. It will cry with us. If it is the whole world, then everyone will be making the future safe together, and we (in the US) can afford to catch some sleep while someone else stands watch. We nee

What's It Like In NY?

an sensitive when you talk, write, send. Our experience, I'm sure is mild to what others are going through -- what others can't even talk about. Thanks, John -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates - Leadership - Systems Thinking - Teamwork - Open Space - Electric Maze - 2761 St

Turtle (way of warrior)

ice was unconscionable. So -- who speaks for wolf? John Dicus -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates - Leadership - Systems Thinking - Teamwork - Open Space - Electric Maze - 2761 Stiegler Road, Valley City, OH 44280 800-773-8017 | 330-725-2728 (2729 fax) mailto:jdi...@ou

To Live In This World

es knowing your life depends upon it and when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. (Mary Oliver) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Peace, John -- John Dicus | CornerStone Consulting Associates - Leadership - Systems Thinking - Teamwork - Open Space - Electric Maze - 2761 Stiegler Road, Valley City, OH

The Warrior -- Carlos Casteneda

s applications? A thread will be over when it's over. Someone mentioned the sustained conversation catalyzed by 09/11. That was neat. It's not easy for a large group to remain engaged in civil dialogue. It's a good experience. All for now, Thanks to all. John -- John Dic

Question: Between Groups

t reluctant to experiment on my own behalf because there's lots of opportunities to adjust in the future based on what happens. But on the other hand, it may be the client's only opportunity (in the near term) to get some good things going for them Thanks, John -- John Dicus |

Richard Holloway Died Nov. 6, 2001

Dear OS Community, This email was sent to the LO list concerning "Doc" Holloway. Since he has frequently written here and was known by many, I thought you would like to know. He was a practicing believer in the OS process. John > >I apologize for the frankness of this email and that such an