Re: [OSList] this is a test

2021-12-20 Thread doug via OSList
Tova-- Got it! Doug. Germann On 12/20/21 3:22 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList wrote: *I have changed my mail address a while ago and had some challenges with posting.* *This is a test* *Please let me know if this comes through* Love Tova Please update to : t...@tovaaverbuch.com <mailt

Re: [OSList] Test...

2021-10-24 Thread doug via OSList
Mark-- Sounds like a good idea. Why don't you see to it? :- Doug. Germann On 10/24/21 1:50 PM, Mark Carmel via OSList wrote: To the list serve Gods: Maybe it's time for a list serve tune up how about adding Chris Corrigan's method of story sharing so we can collect eve

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Richard Rohr Meditation: On the Edge of the Inside

2021-03-22 Thread doug via OSList
Marc and Michael-- Thank you to you each for such evocative posts. And your reminder to be totally present and totally invisible suggests to me the impossible work that ancestors and elders do in our midst, and opening space for them to do so. :- Doug. Germann On 3/22/21 6:32 AM, Michael M

Re: [OSList] Poetry on the oslist

2021-02-03 Thread doug via OSList
Jeff-- Wonderfully evocative! Thank you. :- Doug. On 2/3/21 1:15 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList wrote: Rockport (a poem) When crossing open space Use the edges of your eyes. The old ones say that golden keys Rest under the smallest stones, Cared for by guards, who know The secrets of

Re: [OSList] Poetry on the oslist

2021-01-30 Thread doug via OSList
Paul-- I love to see your poetry when it pops up on oslist from time to time. It is evocative for me. Thank you. :- Doug. On 1/30/21 8:43 AM, paul levy via OSList wrote: Opening Space In this place there are only tones. No bodily function yet movement From thought that flexes Non-existent

Re: [OSList] help with the formatting of the OSLIST when it arrives in my Mach Mail programme

2021-01-27 Thread doug via OSList
Hey folks, be kind. This list is managed by one overworked person (Harold), and the cost to maintain it is paid by the Open Space Institute-USA. They could use your help in the way of donations to pay for it, so everyone can use it for free. :- Doug. On 1/27/21 8:27 PM, Michael Herman via

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Zoom times......

2021-01-10 Thread Doug Marteinson via OSList
Please count me in as well, thanks! (Pacific time zone) Doug Marteinson 403-284-5144 > On Jan 10, 2021, at 1:15 PM, Marc C. Trudeau via OSList > wrote: > > As would I. (Thanks!) > > > > > Marc Trudeau > mobile 774-641-8302 > > LikeBreathin.com &g

Re: [OSList] Are we bugged?

2020-10-31 Thread doug via OSList
Harold-- If anyone would have an answer it would be you! Thanks for checking into this for us all, Harold! :- Doug. On 10/31/20 12:34 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote: Hi Doug, I'm having severe problems with Google mail, and I no longer trust Google (for many reasons). They ha

Re: [OSList] Are we bugged?

2020-10-28 Thread doug via OSList
Friends-- Sounds like someone spammed the list and that got caught by the filters these services set up. Harold, is it possible it goes away on its own? :- Doug. On 10/28/20 5:15 AM, Csaba Lengyel via OSList wrote: Also Gmail does the same thing 😢 Sylwia Myszka-Szyszka via OSList

[OSList] mindful to almost open

2020-05-08 Thread doug via OSList
Friends-- Have you see this? https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/zooming-our-way-to-transcendent-encounters/ It almost gets to elements of open space; the writer struggles with openness. It also has some useful things, like "close something to be open." See what you can mine here

[OSList] wosonos ride to dc union station sunday

2019-10-19 Thread doug via OSList
Friends-- Anybody going to the DC Union Station immediately after WOSONOS? Would like to share a ride. Thanks. :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le

Re: [OSList] Why CERTIFICATION makes sense considering this conversation on Mission, Vision Strategy Plans, etc.

2019-08-14 Thread doug via OSList
Mark-- It has been my experience that people who want certification of anything are the ones who want to do the certifying. OST does have an organization. Several of them around the world. :- Doug. Germann On 8/14/19 11:39 AM, Mark Carmel via OSList wrote: > Fascinating conversation. This

Re: [OSList] List of participants ...

2018-09-30 Thread doug via OSList
Michael-- I'll be there. Doug. Germann On 09/28/2018 04:28 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList wrote: > coming to the WOSonOS in Iceland is growing. > Found 15 folks from 4 countries so far. > The list shows the names sorted by country. > There are 8 from Netherlands, 1 fr

Re: [OSList] Dead Moose Society...just in case you don't know about it!

2018-06-28 Thread doug via OSList
Birgitt-- Wonderful, wonderful! Let's do put some life into the old dead moose! :- Doug. Germann On 06/28/2018 05:03 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList wrote: > Dear friends and colleagues who work with Open Space Technology, > Ever so long ago (1997) and not so far aw

Re: [OSList] Seeking sample invitations plus any advice

2018-03-03 Thread doug via OSList
rview when they want a person on the street who is conservative? :- Doug. Germann On 03/01/2018 08:27 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote: Don’t try to “sell” them on anything. Just make it straight. What’s it all about? They will come if they care. Conservatives are human beings too. ho Winte

Re: [OSList] What is y/our biggest vision for OST ?

2018-03-01 Thread Doug Marteinson via OSList
o are interested in the space that is opened via any participatory meeting or any other means.” Thanks for that line, Brigitt! Cheers ;-) Doug Cel 403-284-5144 > On Mar 1, 2018, at 12:09 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList > wrote: > > Dear Marai, > Thank you for your invitat

Re: [OSList] How to organise self organisation - a learning journey? - A story about 20 years of Learnings about public engagement in Vorarlberg, Austria

2017-03-26 Thread Doug Marteinson via OSList
losing it?) Cheers ;-) Doug Marteinson +1-403-284-5144 > On Mar 26, 2017, at 6:11 AM, Toke Møller via OSList > wrote: > > How to organise self organisation - a learning journey? - A story about 20 > years of Learnings about public engagement in Vorarlberg, Austria by Manf

Re: [OSList] Sacred Space

2016-11-15 Thread doug via OSList
ace and opening space each partakes of that same image: embracing, and still opening arms to let her child run free :- Doug. Germann On 11/12/2016 11:42 AM, Barry Owen via OSList wrote: Hi Birgitt, As I was reading what you have written , my mind went to the initial invitation and the t

Re: [OSList] how's John in Haiti?

2016-10-07 Thread doug via OSList
John and Jeff-- Good to hear, for sure! At least some good news from Haiti. What a thing! :- Doug. On 10/07/2016 04:11 PM, John Engle wrote: Doin well thanks. Busy. Have also recently been contracted by USAID to facilitate 6 open space around the country to invite input into USAID's 5

[OSList] how's John in Haiti?

2016-10-07 Thread doug via OSList
Friends-- Any word on John and how he might be doing? Was he in Haiti during the hurricane, or in Florida awaiting it? :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le

Re: [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

2016-08-31 Thread doug via OSList
Michael-- You're right, not as scary. Think I have seen that traveling cart thing before. Both are better than putting a computer on an empty chair. Except for the cost. I do like you point about what's a space? On the other hand, we still miss the hugs! :- Doug. Germann On

Re: [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

2016-08-31 Thread doug via OSList
Michael-- Got a picture or link about that robot gizmo? Sounds futuristic and a little scary! :- Doug. Germann On 08/31/2016 04:56 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote: I watched a video yesterday from a recent conference, a traditional affair with all shapes and sizes of workshop

Re: [OSList] help me find/remember a story?

2016-05-02 Thread Doug Marteinson via OSList
the corporate table, as long as the big boss wants to hear from the troops. Cheers, Doug Marteinson > On May 2, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList > wrote: > > At wosonos 2008 in San Francisco, we were laughing that Open Space is like a > Trojan horse -- to deftly b

Re: [OSList] OpenSpace Agility: How Agile can be successful. First Workshop in Germany, June from 13th to 15th

2016-03-07 Thread Doug Marteinson via OSList
order for its utilization in organizations to have staying power beyond the inevitable leadership changes that happen. Thoughts? Cheers, Doug Marteinson +1-403-284-5144 > On Mar 7, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Birgitt Williams via OSList > wrote: > > Dear Rolf, Mark and Leslie, > Thank

Re: [OSList] Open Space Bars - and a happy open new year

2015-12-25 Thread doug via OSList
landestine opening of space! :- Doug. Germann On 12/25/2015 11:06 AM, Barry Owen via OSList wrote: These are all great questions, and the only thing I can think as I read them is that open space is everywhere all the time. The vision that comes to my mind while reading your messages is a martin

Re: [OSList] Opening space matters

2015-12-20 Thread doug via OSList
MMP-- Think of a bowl on a potter's wheel--it is open--now it is open more--soon it will be open even more. Even though the space is already open, we can always open it more. So opening space matters! :- Doug. Germann On 12/20/2015 10:27 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList wrote:

Re: [OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-10-30 Thread doug via OSList
Oh, no. A great spirit was he. :- Doug. On 10/29/2015 06:58 PM, Catherine Pfaehler via OSList wrote: Dear Open Space family Upon my return home tonight, I found a letter in the mail. „on sunday evening october 18th, florian has sunk back into the secret of life. he departed decidedly, has

Re: [OSList] A flight of conversation

2015-07-22 Thread doug via OSList
Friends-- Meant to include this link to show the new seating arrangements: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-new-airline-seat-arrangement-20150710-story.html :- Doug. On 07/20/2015 11:38 AM, doug via OSList wrote: Friends-- Did you see the new design for airline seats: the middle seat

[OSList] A flight of conversation

2015-07-20 Thread doug via OSList
will reject it entirely, and some might come to blows. :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your

Re: [OSList] Opening space with people with psychiatric disorders

2014-10-05 Thread doug via OSList
;) On 10/05/2014 04:08 PM, anne.bennett8ac wrote: Precisely my point Doug ;-) Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: doug via OSList Date: 2014/10/05 19:24 (GMT+00:00) To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Subject: Re: [OSList] Opening space with people with

Re: [OSList] Opening space with people with psychiatric disorders

2014-10-05 Thread doug via OSList
;) On 10/05/2014 04:08 PM, anne.bennett8ac wrote: Precisely my point Doug ;-) Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: doug via OSList Date: 2014/10/05 19:24 (GMT+00:00) To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Subject: Re: [OSList] Opening space with people with

Re: [OSList] Opening space with people with psychiatric disorders

2014-10-05 Thread doug via OSList
Aren't those who work in the institutions we call organizations institutionalized? :- Doug. Germann On 10/05/2014 08:47 AM, Anne Bennett via OSList wrote: Hi Christine I have worked in nominally 'mental health' areas for many years. Designing a rang

Re: [OSList] report short fulbright

2014-04-15 Thread doug
e conference in Open Space, but my contact would not push her compatriots further, even though she is a champion for OST. Michael, thanks for taking time to carry this conversation deeper. :- Doug. On 04/15/2014 02:39 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: Dear Doug, thanks for the da

[OSList] report short fulbright

2014-04-14 Thread doug
ost to the next virtual days' sessions. No one posted anything. (I think maybe because of the way people straggled in, not all had heard all the invitations to post these sessions.) So we went into the standard closing. :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList

Re: [OSList] where new things happen

2014-04-14 Thread doug
Nice! :- Doug. On 04/14/2014 12:32 PM, Harold Shinsato wrote: One of my fellow design team members for the Montana Agile Culture House open space conference said about OST: Open space is where you meet old friends for the first time. Harold On 4/12/14 4:38 PM, doug wrote: Florian

Re: [OSList] where new things happen

2014-04-12 Thread doug
Florian and Alan-- For sure, for sure, old friends! :- Doug. On 04/12/2014 06:29 PM, Alan Stewart wrote: ... and through which old and new friends keep connected. Alan On 13 April 2014 07:50, fischer florian mailto:florianfisc...@ff-wey.com>> wrote: ... and where some ve

[OSList] where new things happen

2014-04-12 Thread doug
Friends-- Open Space is where new things happen. :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click

[OSList] does not open space

2014-04-12 Thread doug
Friends-- The sponsor, the facilitator, does not open space Nor was it there all along for us to walk into Each poster, each word, each ear, each heart creates the space open :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList

Re: [OSList] among us

2014-04-07 Thread doug
Thank you, Tricia! :- Doug. On 04/05/2014 09:40 PM, Tricia Chirumbole wrote: Thank you Doug! Simple, yet not simple at all! I shared at dinner tonight ;) Tricia Chirumbole US: +1-571-232-0942 Skype: tricia.chirumbole On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 4:56 PM, doug mailto:o

[OSList] among us

2014-04-05 Thread doug
Friends-- Among us wholeness moves Totally present Absolutely invisible :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To

Re: [OSList] short os extended

2014-04-04 Thread doug
Thanks, Harrison! Barry, what can you share with us? :- Doug. On 04/04/2014 01:51 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: There may have been several people, but I do remember Barry Owen telling a similar tale of work he was doing at Vanderbilt. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr

[OSList] short os extended

2014-04-04 Thread doug
post. Who has done something like that? I have such an OS next week, 2 hours total, and think this would be good for that :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: [OSList] testing

2014-02-28 Thread doug
Michael-- Lovely! :- Doug. On 02/28/2014 04:22 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: A few years ago I sat in a closing circle. It was quiet. Then someone turned to me saying:"Why dont you do something to energize us?". Naturally, as facilitator, I did not do anything. And no more than

[OSList] testing

2014-02-27 Thread doug
Is anybody there? :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http

[OSList] Trust (slow)

2014-02-02 Thread doug
Derek-- Wow! This post is a keeper! Thank you! Perhaps we should rename it to Trust (slow). So I did, but slowly. :- Doug. Germann On 02/02/2014 04:52 PM, Derek W. Wade wrote: You all rock. If "learning is remembering something you already knew," then I'm delighted w

Re: [OSList] From linkedin today

2014-01-10 Thread doug
Harrison-- On 01/10/2014 03:43 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: But for myself, insanity looks much more rational every day. Watch out how others might interpret that. Could lead to a troubling medical diagnosis! :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post

[OSList] Fulbright Leadership Conference

2013-12-04 Thread doug
ike "Issues and Opportunities for Taking All This Back Home." Your suggestions? :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-19 Thread doug
Sara-- Ooh! You give me such courage! Thank you very much. I will carry your message to the people I think would be honored to be sponsors and inviters for opening this space. Thank you, Sara! From (formerly, thankfully, very windy) South Bend, Indiana! :- Doug. Germann On 11/16/2013 08

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-15 Thread doug
Sorry, I meant Christine! Maybe my own short term slipping? :- Doug. On 11/15/2013 10:22 AM, doug wrote: Suzanne-- What has been the underlying current of the conversation on AI list about this? :- Doug. On 11/15/2013 01:08 AM, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote: Doug, Suzanne

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-15 Thread doug
Suzanne-- What has been the underlying current of the conversation on AI list about this? :- Doug. On 11/15/2013 01:08 AM, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote: Doug, Suzanne, Harrison and all, I find it interesting that a few weeks before Doug started this conversation, a

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-15 Thread doug
Harrison-- Agreed wholeheartedly! :- Doug. On 11/15/2013 09:17 AM, Harrison Owen wrote: Actually, Doug... if you read between the lines I was pulling everybody's leg a bit. It is not so much about doing something special or different, if only because we are all in this dementia thing tog

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-14 Thread doug
Suzanne and Harrison-- Thanks Harrison and Suzanne. What I picture from what you have each written is opening space in an even more open manner. Lisa-style, without words perhaps, just inviting with eyes and hugs and music or humming or pictures or dancing with your hands :- Doug

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-12 Thread doug
Suzanne-- Wonderful picture and wonderful note you have played for us. Much to mull. :- Doug. On 11/12/2013 06:19 PM, Suzanne Daigle wrote: Dear Doug and all, I will briefly offer a personal perspective. My mom had mild dementia. She died on January 1st of this year, peacefully, surrounded

Re: [OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-11 Thread doug
these populations, described here: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-14/news/ct-news-memory-bridge-20100413_1_dementia-patients-students-elderly :- Doug. On 11/08/2013 04:07 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: Doug, I love the way you wonder. Michael, I echo your recommendation to have clarity

[OSList] OS for Dementia?

2013-11-08 Thread doug
Friends-- Have been thinking that a population OST could serve in a major good way is among people who have dementia. How? Perhaps we have a mixed group of people with dementia living in a congregate housing setting and teenagers. We gather them in a circle and do the normal things. The teen

[OSList] So butterfly!

2013-10-30 Thread doug
Friends-- Maybe the question you have does not yet have words, or even images. So butterfly! :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org

[OSList] open space and time

2013-10-30 Thread doug
Friends-- Does Open Space take time or create time? Take possibility or make it? :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe

[OSList] Opening place

2013-10-30 Thread doug
Friends-- Let's not open space every time but once experiment with opening place. Space is empty, cold, infinite, lifeless, dark, alien and void. Place on the other hand is organic, nurturing, warm, wet, human, intelligent, alive, connective, filled with nascent meaning. :-

Re: [OSList] flipped mastery classrooms

2013-10-29 Thread doug
aught in the school day, maybe it does not need to be taught. "Teach less, but teach it better." Sorry if that offends some. :- Doug. Germann 574/291-0022 http://www.SouthBendElderCARINGlaw.com PS: This let

[OSList] flipped mastery classrooms

2013-10-24 Thread doug
Friends-- Take a look at flipped mastery classrooms and tell us just how open is this space? http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/in-flipped-classrooms-a-method-for-mastery/?src=me :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to

Re: [OSList] 5 things OS does

2013-09-17 Thread doug
Thanks, Kari! :- Doug. On 09/14/2013 06:42 PM, Kári Gunnarsson wrote: The five things put into the context of The medicen wheel. With some fun things from my philosophy years. 1. Nous: the purpose, centre of the medicen wheel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nous 2

Re: [OSList] 5 things OS does

2013-09-14 Thread doug
? Not sure I want to choose, nor that I can. Seems to me they are there and to remove one is to take a leg off a frog and ask it to hop. :- Doug. On 09/14/2013 04:28 PM, Paul Nunesdea wrote: Doug, I really like these two sentences: So the magic of OS is not magic at a

[OSList] 5 things OS does

2013-09-06 Thread doug
the existing ways of his family, bringing, if we have eyes to see, and stillness of heart to wait, the hope of new strengths and life. What do you think? :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To

Re: [OSList] Potluck food and Open Space meetings.

2013-08-14 Thread doug
each other. Sharing food helps us share work. What dish are you bringing? :- Doug. On 08/14/2013 10:16 AM, Kári Gunnarsson wrote: I would like to hear your stories when you or the client / sponsor team has arrange a potluck from the participants to feed the horde in the Open Space. I

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread doug
Carms-- Great poem! :- Doug. On 08/09/2013 09:33 PM, Carmela Ariza wrote: Holding Things Lightly by: Carmela Ariza 5:55AM, 10 August 2013 Allow me To hold things lightly For when I cling to them I loose sight Of the more beautiful Of the more important And the more fulfilling

Re: [OSList] Invite to OS hotline skype - Tuesday July 16, 12pm EDT - AND intro to Open Hotline Marketplace

2013-07-15 Thread doug
Tricia-- The link leads to a username and password challenge. Any other link? :- Doug. On 07/15/2013 09:34 PM, Tricia Chirumbole wrote: Hello all! You are warmly invited to participate in an OS hotline skype tomorrow, *Tuesday, July 16th at 12pm EDT

Re: [OSList] open space in jeeps

2013-07-11 Thread doug
Kári-- I love it! Doug. On 07/11/2013 04:04 AM, Kári Gunnarsson wrote: I been wondering for a few years if anyone here has ever attempted to host a moving open space. If you are booking Iceland for your open space, then perhaps it would be fun to see some sites and have discussion on the

Re: [OSList] The Bell of the Silence

2013-07-02 Thread doug
Lovely, Paul. Poetry. :- Doug. On 07/02/2013 05:44 PM, paul levy wrote: /I watched him. He’d been playing with his gong for over ten minutes, building up to the moment of power when he’d give it a little whack./ /A little whack of almost-forever./ /The bell would

Re: [OSList] FW: Hi My friend!

2013-06-18 Thread doug
Funda-- I love the idea of "people are standing still for hours in the middle of the streets, in the middle of day." Do trust the people, all the people. :- Doug. On 06/18/2013 07:12 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: I just received this note from Funda in Ist

[OSList] Choosing the next place:

2013-05-29 Thread doug
our hearts should not keep us from our best examination not of the invitation but of our heart and purpose and love. :- Doug. ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le

[OSList] Clouds

2013-05-08 Thread doug
and again nurturing growing things, looking like they are one being. :- Doug http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe

Re: [OSList] entrepreneurs in open space

2013-05-01 Thread doug
ever would have figured it out." :- Doug. Germann PS: a pop-up store is a presently vacant store front that the City has arranged to make available to start ups for a few months or so; thus the stores "pop up," run for a while, and perhaps gestate a cont

Re: [OSList] Cheryl Honey

2013-04-28 Thread doug
Oh, no! :- Doug. On 04/28/2013 09:32 AM, Esther Ewing wrote: Oh how very sad. Cheryl and I spoke just a few weeks ago although I didn't know her very well. Big Tree Strategies Tel: 416-792-0971 Cell: 647-461-0971 Change that's grounded On Apr 28, 2013, at 9:23

Re: [OSList] entrepreneurs in open space

2013-04-27 Thread doug
HO-- Beautiful! :- Doug. On 04/27/2013 08:43 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: When an Open Space really flies time periods are irrelevant, and the length is a matter of perception and convenience. Under the best of circumstances, nobody notices, nobody cares -- they just

Re: [OSList] entrepreneurs in open space

2013-04-27 Thread doug
Glad I was able to contribute to your night, Michael! :- Doug. On 04/27/2013 07:02 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: Dear Doug, I love your report. Actually its reports like yours that make my day, or night. And bringing good food seems a perfect sign of great manage

[OSList] entrepreneurs in open space

2013-04-27 Thread doug
d if they were done and wanted to move into closing early, and they said yes. A lot of emotion in the closing circle--even passing of tissues! Another one for the books. Of course it worked. :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList mailin

Re: [OSList] facilitator neutrality

2013-04-26 Thread doug
both. :- Doug. On 04/26/2013 07:52 PM, Carmela Ariza wrote: Dear Kerry, Chris, Michael, Doug, Kari Thanks for all your wonderful insights. I just quickly viewed the Tao book and will read that one of these days. I already watched the musical on OST which was lovely. Would be great to have the

[OSList] Will you?

2013-04-26 Thread doug
I'll be there. At WOSonOS 2013 in Florida. Will you? :- Doug. Germann ___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage

Re: [OSList] What does neutrality of a facilitator mean in Open Space?

2013-04-26 Thread doug
Chris-- Yup, got that on my Kindle! One of my favorites! :- Doug. On 04/26/2013 12:58 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote: Here is a little book I wrote on this topic a number of years ago: http://archive.org/details/TheTaoOfHoldingSpace On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:16 AM, doug

Re: [OSList] What does neutrality of a facilitator mean in Open Space?

2013-04-26 Thread doug
about how you practice being present and invisible, what it feels like to expand time and space? Is it for you more than picking up coffee cups? :- Doug. On 04/26/2013 04:31 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: Dear Carms, basically, there is no such thing as a "neutral" facilitator. As fa

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-22 Thread doug
Raffi-- Tell us about your birthday gift circle: who did and did not do what? :- Doug. On 04/22/2013 08:56 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: Kerry, Thanks for sharing those other links to Eisenstein. I'm also enjoying listening to his earlier book, Ascent of Hum

Re: [OSList] In Search of Joint Interview: Harrison Owen & Peter Vail

2013-04-21 Thread doug
Spark-- You might search the oslist archives. Login to the website (see last line below for instructions) then do a search. I searched Google for interview Harrison Owen and came up with several, including this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDi0GLTO9ao :- Doug. On 04/21/2013 06:29

Re: [OSList] How to assess the effectiveness of an OS Meeting.

2013-04-18 Thread doug
d. Because they seek disappointment. :- Doug. On 04/18/2013 06:17 AM, Blundell, Keith wrote: Dear OS practitioners As some of you already know I have been trying to pioneer the use of OS in our agenda driven, action outcome orientated organisation. I have had th

Re: [OSList] 120 minutes of Open Space ….

2013-04-13 Thread doug
Lisa-- Yes, a topic for WOSonOS! Something like When the time is short, what is better than OS? :- Doug. On 04/12/2013 05:22 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: To me, it is the questions you ask yourself - and your client - when someone invites you to facilitate - Open Space or

Re: [OSList] room to share for the wosonos in Florida

2013-04-04 Thread doug
Friends-- I also am looking for room sharers. :- Doug. On 04/03/2013 02:27 PM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring wrote: Helo! I am looking for people that are attending the Wosonos 2013 in Florida and would like to save money sharing the room

Re: [OSList] Beginnings, Middles and Ends... Where are we?

2012-11-22 Thread doug
Mikk-- Wonderfully lovely poem! :- Doug. On 11/22/2012 11:57 AM, Mikk Sarv wrote: I think opening space is also creation of structure. The structure is like a body, where Spirit can live. When the body gets old, it dies and Spirit leaves the body. But Spirit needs the

Re: [OSList] Introduction from a new subscriber

2012-11-05 Thread doug
Evan-- Welcome! :- Doug. Germann On 11/05/2012 04:15 PM, Evan Walsh wrote: Hello OSLIST, Having read through your wonderful FAQ (thanks for compiling), I noted that one of the things people appreciate are introductions from new subscribers. So that is what this is

Re: [OSList] Meg Wheatley book fr-ee

2012-10-27 Thread doug
Cheryl-- It was not the So Far From Home that was free, but the New Science one. :- Doug. On 10/27/2012 08:11 AM, Cheryl Honey wrote: I don't know where to go on the BK website using the link below to download the free copy of Meg's new Book "So Far

Re: [OSList] Meg Wheatley book fr-ee

2012-10-27 Thread doug
Suzanne, Shay, and Cecelia-- You are most welcome! :- Doug. On 10/26/2012 07:10 AM, Cecilia Soriano wrote: GREAT! Thanks Doug for shared this opportunity! Nice weekend for all! Ceci www.conversacionesparatodos.com -Original Message- From: doug Sent

[OSList] Meg Wheatley book fr-ee

2012-10-25 Thread doug
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Re: [OSList] advice?

2012-06-12 Thread doug
And isn't there a story in one of your books about people in a company going through the stages of grief, finally reaching the "Oh, S---! Stage? :- Doug. On 06/12/2012 05:03 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: Eva (and Helge) -- There is always time for Open Space!

Re: [OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning Keynotes

2012-04-11 Thread doug
ecute the foobar.exe file, then" Harold I would presume can give you the more juicy details, but I wanted to demonstrate to all that I had run into the term before, although that and $2 will get you a cup of coffee :- Doug. On 04/11/2012 04:06 PM, Har

Re: [OSList] On behalf of the Open Space Institute - US Board (OSI-US)

2012-03-27 Thread doug
. Membership on the board is an Open Space thing: whoever comes And we have had people from all over the world on your board, including, currently, a Canadian and a Brit. Join us! :- Doug. On 03/14/2012 10:06 AM, Harold Shinsato wrote: Hi Suzanne, Thanks for posting

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-26 Thread doug
example, we don't want to only concentrate on our conflicts. So we would not for instance create an invitation that says "Come settle your differences once and for all," but we might say "What are the Issues and Opportunities around X?" :- Doug.

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-25 Thread doug
a company where sales people don't talk with engineers who won't talk with manufacturing :- Doug. On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 12:32 +0530, Bernhard Weber wrote: > Doug, > > I know people who have or have no trust in other people, in organizations, i

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-24 Thread doug
Artur-- Thanks! Agreed! And this conversation has me wondering, Would it be useful (for our clients and our world) to actually seek out settings of high distrust? Useful for what? :- Doug. On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 08:43 -0800, Artur Silva wrote: > Doug, >

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-24 Thread doug
Harrison-- That too is juicy: finding trust in their fellows and themselves Upon that I will contemplate :- Doug. On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 11:11 -0500, Harrison Owen wrote: > Doug -- I think it is fair to say that if the only people invited to an Open >

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-24 Thread doug
d the other way around: Should we seek to bring into the space only people who trust each other? :- Doug. On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 08:10 -0500, Harrison Owen wrote: > Doug -- "Mistrust"??? I am not quite sure what you are driving at... People > are peo

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-24 Thread doug
Agnetta-- A human condition...about which to talk again and again. What do you say when the issue comes up with the sponsor in planning for the OST? :- Doug. On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 10:19 +0100, Agneta Setterwall wrote: > I do not trust people if they say there is

Re: [OSList] the oracle's musings

2012-02-23 Thread doug
. Comments on distrust among the participants as a good thing? :- Doug. On 02/23/2012 05:27 PM, Kerry Napuk wrote: Hi Harrison Enjoyed your analogy of teaching someone to fish in lieu of handing them a fish. It certainly is applicable to the failures of traditional

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