Re: Fwd: A transition effective, delightful, profound...

2009-01-18 Thread Sirin Bernshausen
Dear Peggy, I have come across TT in September 2007. At that time I was involved in the formation process of the Bradford TT Initiative; there were public talks, film screenings and other events aimed at spreading the message and getting in touch with already established movements and activists

Re: Action Research

2008-12-05 Thread Sirin Bernshausen
Hello Jamie, I am sorry for the delayed reply, but I really wanted to add my perspective to the discussion on Open Space and action research. For my PhD I am using a systemic action research (SAR) approach which I am particularly fond of because emergence and intuition are built into the rese

Re: Open Space -- A Quiet Revolution

2007-02-14 Thread Sirin Bernshausen
Suzanne and Búi, Michael ad others – it as been a pleasure to read your thoughts on why OS works, particularly regarding the role of human needs, the Law of Two Feet, and the interplay between freedom and responsibility. Albeit usually preferring to read, rather than post, comments I would

Re: The Tao of Holding Space - an ebook

2006-10-19 Thread Sirin Bernshausen
Dear Chris, thank you so much for sharing this precious little book. Having merely browsed through some of its pages I am fascinated by the striking parallels between OS and Lao Tzu's words and - probably even more - by how you pinpoint the essence of OS. Looking forward to some more in-

Re: Open Space with Haiti's Minister of Education

2006-08-28 Thread Sirin Bernshausen
Dear John, that is good news! Engagement with a transformatory agenda at official (Track I / government) level - this sounds by itself like some form of transformation ...? Thank you for sharing; I am looking forward to hear about any further developments. Sirin *Von:* OSLIST *Gesend