Re: [OSList] WOSonOS Pictures

2012-11-07 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you for sharing Jonathan! Great to be back in London for a few minutes. You say it is a small selection - make me curious for the rest. :-) Koos At 16:16 7-11-2012, Jonathan Coe wrote: Hello global OS friends! I made many attempts to share this with Lorraine via skydrive, and none of t

Re: [OSList] A 3hr OST slot at Conference

2012-11-19 Thread Koos de Heer
Wow Sandy, thanks for sharing! This is encouraging and very valuable. I love your creativity and how you managed to bring so much Open Space into that constricted space. Great job! Koos At 19:41 18-11-2012, Sandy Gee wrote: Hello again lovely OS community, I posted a question asking for advic

Re: [OSList] how to organize record of proceedings in a 3h1/2 OST format ?

2012-11-20 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Christine, You are right, a slot for typing reports will kill the energy. It is my experience that in short OS meetings, people will not take the time to sit down at a computer to write reports outside of sessions. The time is so short that they want to use every minute of it to be in conv

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

2012-11-23 Thread Koos de Heer
Beautiful Mikk, Thank you! Made my day. Koos At 17:57 22-11-2012, 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 body or structure. Long

Re: [OSList] New York, New York...indeed the place to be this weekend

2013-01-21 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you for sharing this Suzanne. Having lost both my parents last summer, the things you write about the longing for feeling connected and the deep gratitude for those around us who offer this connection resonate deeply inside of me. This is one of the reasons I just had to go to WOSonOS in Octo

Re: [OSList] Sticky dots Q

2013-02-12 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Tricia, I stopped using sticky dot voting in Open Space sessions years ago. In the beginning, the agenda process is perfect and does not need any voting. During the Open Space, if a topic needs more time, people will decide they are not ready and continue to do what needs to be done. In the

Re: [OSList] Sorry lucy - I had to unsubscribe you

2013-02-13 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Harold and all If you create and automated reply in Outlook there is an easy way to prevent this from happening. And that is to tell the Out of office assistant to only send the message once to each email adres. Subsequent mails from the same person will not receive the automated reply.

Re: [OSList] patterns in nature and open space

2013-02-18 Thread Koos de Heer
There is a cafe in Vancouver that calls itself Rhizome. Seems like a very interesting place to me. http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/ Koos Van: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] Namens Ashley Cooper Verzonden: maandag 18 februari 2013 14:20 A

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Your email message was blocked

2013-02-19 Thread Koos de Heer
Yes, Eva, this message is produced by Temasek after the OSlist distributes your mail to all recipients. There is a recipient on the list who has their mail at Temasek. That one person is not getting your mail. All others are getting it. Best wishes, Koos Van: oslist-boun...@lists.open

[OSList] Open Space in Cuba?

2013-02-28 Thread Koos de Heer
At the end of March and the first two weeks of April, I will be in Cuba. Are there any Open Spaceniks out there? I scanned the list and did not find any recent references. I know things like internet and email are hard to come by on Cuba. It must be a fertile ground for OST as any other country.

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Cuba?

2013-03-01 Thread Koos de Heer
our OST in Cuba... very, very interesting! I can't quite imagine how this will happen but I'll be happy to see what does happen and I am ready to be surprised. Is this is a govt entity or private? Love Elisabeth On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Koos de Heer wrote: At the end o

Re: [OSList] What are your thoughts on venue size selection?

2013-03-21 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Kari, I once made a spreadsheet (in feet and in meters) to calculate how many people will fit into a given space. You can find it on my website: http://auryn.nl/eng/requirements.html Have fun with it. Koos -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailt

Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space

2013-03-24 Thread Koos de Heer
Paul, I once heard a story from someone who had been to Greece, interviewing people about the political and economic situation there. He reports that some people would say: “We can’t predict the future – after all, you have no idea of the things that are still hidden behind your back.” The me

Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space

2013-03-26 Thread Koos de Heer
if there must be "action planning" is need not only come at the end! Time is linear, circular and many other things as well. Warm rushes Paul On Sunday, 24 March 2013, Koos de Heer wrote: Paul, I once heard a story from someone who had been to Greece, interviewing

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

2013-04-17 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Spark, Have you tried Google? This is what I find: Part 1: http://vimeo.com/6818166 Part 2: http://vimeo.com/6852209 Part 3: http://vimeo.com/6857409 Part 4 http://vimeo.com/6863338 Hope this helps Koos Van: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist- boun...@li

Re: [OSList] Open Space taster with Engineering Students

2013-04-19 Thread Koos de Heer
Thanks Michael, This inspires me to to more with this in the classes that I teach. Thanks for sharing! Koos de Heer Brendan McKeague schreef: >G'day Neighbour Michael > >Great story - great learnings - great facilitation! > >Thanks for posting on List. I'm so delig

Re: [OSList] Smallest group OS

2013-06-18 Thread Koos de Heer
My smallest was 5 people, 3 days. They loved it. The dynamics were different, there was not this large group feeling. That starts around 30 or so. But the high learning, the being in a different space-time continuum, the happiness of following your passions, it was all there. They were we

Re: [OSList] Q re: "Preparing" for Passionate Discussions....

2013-06-22 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Meta and Gary, I have had clients who set up complete online forums to have preliminary discussions, share ideas, stories and videos etc. No problem. As you say, whenever it starts... And when it is over... because after the event, the forums can serve as a platform for ongoing discussion and

Re: [OSList] preparing an Osonos

2013-06-25 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Eleder, I always like to end an OS on a half day. For some reason, thinking about the future in terms of action planning and the like works much better in the morning. It is something with the biorhythm of the people I guess. For an OSonOS, the shortest I could think of would be 2,5 da

Re: [OSList] bridging two OS conferences

2013-08-18 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Thomas, Even if there is a group in the second conference that wants to work on a similar topic as in the first conference, would that be a big problem? You might connect the two groups later and they can figure out if they want to work together or not. I think I would certainly make the work o

Re: [OSList] bridging two OS conferences

2013-08-18 Thread Koos de Heer
n! Thomas 18 aug 2013 kl. 17:54 skrev Koos de Heer : > Hi Thomas, > > Even if there is a group in the second conference that wants to work on a > similar topic as in the first conference, would that be a big problem? You > might connect the two groups later and they can figure o

Re: [OSList] Software for text message voting?

2014-03-06 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Thomas, I have good experiences with Socrative. There concept is classroom oriented but it is also great for voting on multiple items. Participants go to the mobile site on their smartphone, enter the correct room number and off you go. The only thing I don't know is if it can handle 1.000

Re: [OSList] Open Space and boundaries

2014-04-10 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you Chris, You say what I was thinking. I would maybe go even one step further - I think I would not call it a container. Maybe it is more like a hotspot, or a focal point, or a center of passion. A fire pit that people gather around, or a (temporary) sacred spot that people are drawn to. I

Re: [OSList] Sad News from Scotland

2014-08-31 Thread Koos de Heer
Thanks for sharing, Michael. I have known Kerry for many years, the last time we met was at WOSonOS in London in 2010. I have fond memories of his creativity, his warmth, his love for that what is genuine and his courage to ask important questions. A very inspiring man indeed. He will be

Re: [OSList] Sad News from Scotland

2014-08-31 Thread Koos de Heer
Of course that has to be 2012. Sorry about that. Van: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] Namens Koos de Heer Verzonden: zondag 31 augustus 2014 17:49 Aan: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Sad News from Scotland Thanks f

Re: [OSList] OSList bounces

2014-09-24 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Harold, Thank you so much for all the work you are putting into this. In my inbox, the mail you sent was listed as coming from "Harold Shinsato via OSList" which I think is by all means acceptable. Koos Op 24 sep. 2014 om 22:06 heeft Harold Shinsato via OSList het volgende geschreven: >

Re: Open Space in Paris, 10 &11 October - Colibris

2009-10-07 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Deborah, We are indeed connected, not only across the Atlantic, but also within the Benelux. Thank you for sharing Deborah and lots of good wishes from Utrecht. I am sure you will have a great time in Paris and I look forward to hearing your stories next week. And of course to all the

Re: OsonOS Paris 2009

2009-10-15 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Christine, Thanks for the reminder. I would love to come, see old friends and make some new, and it is only a five hour drive to Paris. But... I am already booked for those days to give a training! So it is not possible... I wish you all a lot of fun and inspiration and I hope to join you

Re: Alex's project - and questions about relaxing

2009-10-17 Thread Koos de Heer
nd enjoy a beautiful sunny autumn day. I wish you all well. Koos de Heer At 02:20 17-10-2009, Alex Iglecia wrote: My questions to you as facilitators are: 1. How does relaxing affect performance, and when it is innappropriate? 2. Does "bliss" actually exist, and would you call anyth

Re: OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?

2009-10-20 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Deborah, Looking at your program, the first thing that comes to mind is that it will work, as Open Space always works when done with good intentions. The second thing is that it feels a little strange to have three sessions on one side of the night and the fourth session on the other side

Re: OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?

2009-10-22 Thread Koos de Heer
eness-consulting.net www.awarenessconsulting.com Skype: deborahmaarek Le 20-oct.-09 à 22:37, Koos de Heer a écrit : Hi Deborah, Looking at your program, the first thing that comes to mind is that it will work, as Open Space always works when done with good intentions. The second thing is that it feels

Re: Alex's project - and questions about relaxing

2009-10-30 Thread Koos de Heer
plex Environments The organization: <http://www.change-facilitation.org/>www.change-facilitation.org The news: www.change-management-blog.com The resources: <http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/>www.change-management-toolbook.com Am 17.10.2009 um 16:39 schrieb Koos de Heer: Hi

Re: Opening circle without seats

2010-08-17 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Jon, Great trick with the masking tape - I will remember that as I often work with balloons and they do seem to love their independence. Was the Belfast city council in such a hurry to get the rogue balloon down? My experience is that it comes down within a day or two anyway. By the time

Re: Opening space in the UK for WOSONOS 2012 London

2010-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Phelim, Matilda, Jon and Romy, What a great initiative. This year, I did not make it to Berlin. I do plan to make it to London in 2012, even though it is still far away. And I have marked 6 and 7 November on my calendar. I would like to contribute to the preparations, so count me in. Bes

Re: the future of the oslist -- news and a proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Michael, Chris and others, Thanks Michael for doing all this research and drafting such a careful proposal. One slight worry I have is that any service that is for free at the moment, like Google Groups, may not stay for free in the future. I have set up groups on other services, that wer

Re: Everything is Moving: An Invitation to Join the flow (longish)

2010-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Thanks Harrison and Harold and the others for sharing your inspiration. It makes me smile and I can feel like the fish watching you and being happy. A lesson that I draw from it is that I myself tend to want to find the perfect wave, and my challenge is that I wait too long, never jumping bec

Re: [Oslist] Are we open for business?

2011-04-05 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Harrison and all the others, Yes you are coming through loud and clear. So the Netherlands are also connected. I am checking in after a busy day, in which I talked about you all at a class I gave this afternoon. It was about large scale interventions and the students were a group of extra

Re: [OSList] Large group small main room

2011-04-06 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Thomas, Pondering your option of using the dining room. Would it be necessary to break up the circle for lunch? Or could you leave the circle as it is and just let people find a place to eat their lunch? You may have to tidy things up a little bit for closing circle, but I assume there wi

[OSList] Line of sight

2011-04-10 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Nancy, Cool stuff! I especially like this part, because it ties in to a presentation that I am preparing at the moment: At 17:15 10-4-2011, Nancy White wrote: The term "line of sight" is something I learned from Lisa Kimball (Metanetwork, GroupJazz, Plexus). In her early work with online

Re: [OSList] Poke the Open Space Box

2011-05-16 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Harold, Even though it is my favorite thing of all the things that I do, I am not sure I would want to be a full time Open Space facilitator. And I think that to be successful busineswise, it is good to have focus but it is not always good to be a one trick pony. I like it when people com

Re: [OSList] Poke the Open Space Box

2011-05-17 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Phelim, Thank you for your insights about being an inside facilitator. Very enlightening! :) Michaels comments are also right on the mark. Great exchange, made me learn a few things today for which I am grateful :) Warmly from a somewhat chilly Utrecht, Koos At 10:43 17-5-2011, Phelim

Re: [OSList] Engaging Emergence received gold Nautilus Book Award!

2011-05-22 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Peggy, Congratulations! I am very happy for you - and for the world! - that your work gets the recognition it deserves. Koos At 22:10 22-5-2011, Peggy Holman wrote: Friends,

Re: [OSList] Signing up for sessions

2011-11-05 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Rob, Great - always fun, a first. I remember my own excitement about my first one. You might want to come to our Stammtisch on Monday in Utrecht. I will send you an invitation in a seperate mail. I stopped doing the sign up a long time ago. If I have the Open Space the way I like it best

Re: [OSList] Signing up for sessions

2011-11-23 Thread Koos de Heer
Hello Rob, Congratulations on your first! The way I look at it is that in preparing for an Open Space gathering, I create a sturdy and safe container in which the process can unfold. Once the process is unfolding, I let it go. The only thing I watch for is if the space feels still open. So

Re: [OSList] Openspace and Toastmasters - A Taster

2012-01-01 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Tim, Interesting combination. I am an active member of Utrecht Toastmasters and an experienced Open Space facilitator. The two are very different but at the same time there are striking similarities. E.g. the fact that both provide a safe garden in which many different topics can blossom.

Re: [OSList] Remembering Brian the best way I know how

2012-02-05 Thread Koos de Heer
Of course I knew that Brian has touched many people like he has touched me. And still it is great to share this with each other. Thanks Viv for including us on this! Koos At 01:50 5-2-2012, la...@spiritedorg.com wrote: FWonderful Memory while I am on another road!! eb 4, 2012 01:47:34 AM

Re: [OSList] On Gratitude: With a Nod to Harrison Owen, Anne Stadler, and Spirited Work

2012-02-22 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you Peggy, this is very inspiring. Koos At 22:22 22-2-2012, Peggy Holman wrote: Some people think that the year begins in January. For some of us, it takes until February to get rolling... Just wanted to share a few words with my favorite (and at this point, only) list that I manag

Re: [OSList] number of topics and number of timeslots, presence board members

2012-05-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Jeroen, I am not sure I understand all of your questions, but I guess that will become clear soon enough :-) I let people post as many topics as they want, but each topic has one timeslot and one location. If they think they need more than that, they can post more than one topic. Which o

Re: [OSList] number of topics and number of timeslots, presence board members

2012-05-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Chris! Great metrics. In my experience, the 30% band runs a little longer. I have had several meetings of between180 and 200 people where there were around 60 topics. Maybe the length of the conference also plays a role. These were 1.5 day meetings (which I like very much). Cheers Koos

Re: [OSList] number of topics and number of timeslots, presence board members

2012-05-31 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Jeroen, That is right, we are family. The cancellation raises some interesting questions. Why is participation now suddenly off the agenda? How are they going to conduct an effective reorganization without involvement of the people? I can't help to think of Margaret Wheatly's quote (in Lin

Re: [OSList] Any experience with short OST

2012-06-10 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Catherine, My experiences with really short OST meetings are mixed. My experiences with OST meetings for demonstration purposes are not so good. Only spectators, no play. So I only do an Open Space meeting if there is a real issue to be discussed by passionate people. A short Open Space

Re: [OSList] Stammtisch The Hague, Friday 17 august 2012

2012-08-06 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Gijs, Great to hear that you are in the country! Not sure if I can come, I will check and let you know. Will you still be around on Sept. 3? That is the date of the next regular Dutch Open Space Stammtisch in Utrecht. Would be great to see you there as well! And any other Open Spacenicks

Re: [OSList] New Tales from Open Space? (was:Re: Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly")

2012-08-13 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Artur, Great idea! I would think we might make it not just a text and picture thing. There are also some very valuable accounts of succesful Open Space meetings in video. So how about finding a form that would accomodate also video (and maybe audio) reports? Koos At 17:09 13-8-2012, Ar

Re: [OSList] Bags packed...

2012-08-15 Thread Koos de Heer
Looks good! Have fun! And safe travels. Koos At 00:02 16-8-2012, Thomas Herrmann wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_NextPart_000_0028_01CD7B42.761D1D90" Content-Language: sv …for 1st ever Nordic OpenSpaceOnOpenSpace – we had 6 Scandinavian OSonOS’s to warm up.

Re: [OSList] Open Space & the White House

2012-08-21 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Brian, Thanks for sharing, this is indeed a terrific piece and well worth the read. I am very interested in MaestroConference and your initiative. I was raised in the tech world and when I grew up I changed lanes and went into organization work. But you can't deny where you come from :-). I

Re: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference

2012-08-24 Thread Koos de Heer
Yes, asking Gabriela is a good idea. She is on this list, but not a frequent writer. Open Space Online can host up to 125 participants at a time. I have participated in it, but that was at its early stages, a number of years ago. So maybe it has evolved. It is a great piece of work, but I fe

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2012 - website down?

2012-08-27 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Eva, Works like a breeze here! http://wosonos2012.com/index.php Hope to see you there! Koos At 14:27 27-8-2012, Eva P Svensson wrote: Hi! I'm on my way to register for WOSonOS - but can't get the website up - any one knows something about it? See you in London :o) Eva Bästa hälsningar

Re: [OSList] OS question for Community/School event

2012-08-28 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Lisa, I could not agree with you more. I was going to write something similar but you beat me to it - and very eloquently as you always do :-) One thought I might add is that, even with pre-registration in place, whoever comes are the right people. So if there are a few who did not regist

Re: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference

2012-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Michael! Good start! I can see that happening. At the same time, I wonder how far I would want to go with this stretched space-time thing. Open Space - in my experience - often has the character of a pressure cooker. A lot gets done in a short time and that is not only a great result in t

Re: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference

2012-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Open Space and in some cases, never even been on a conference call. Everything happened relatively fast though it would have been so much better to have a visual marketplace wall as people spoke their topics. Suzanne On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Koos de Heer <<mailto:k...

Re: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference

2012-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Herman wrote: some more notes below, koos... -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://ManorNeighbors.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Koos de Heer wrote: > Hi Michael! > > Good start! I can

Re: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference

2012-08-29 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Lisa, Yes, I completely agree with your summary of essential aspects of Open Space. And that we should only call it Open Space when it is. Very important what you say about the presence of the facilitator. Like the unconditional trust that the participants will do what is right for them a

Re: [OSList] Craig

2012-09-03 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Craig, I think Lisa Heft sums it up quite nicely in her mail of August 29. Koos At 21:30 3-9-2012, Craig Gilliam wrote: Question--For years, I have heard open space and talked about open space, creating open space, holding space, etc. . .My questions are: 1) What is space and what is op

Re: [OSList] OST Foundations again (Was: Re: Dealing with conflicts)

2012-09-03 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you Lisa and thank you Chris! This mail originally came in during my holiday in Sweden, so I did not read it at the time. Thank you Chris for bringing this to our attention again. And thank you Lisa for writing so well about the things that are so dear to me. I did indeed sit down with

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 19, Issue 5

2012-09-08 Thread Koos de Heer
I think we ought to try this one @ WOSONOS :-) Koos Harrison Owen schreef: >When my children were very small, and only one in number, their mother and >I, plus the little urchin engaged in what we all called a "three person >hug." It was wonderful, and can be enjoyed by any number...giving rise

Re: [OSList] WOSNOS, Children and sharing

2012-09-09 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Kári, No experience yet, but I think it is a great idea. I could envision an Open Space conference on work-life balance with all the stakeholders present. "All the stakeholders" would of course include the employees' families. Koos At 19:45 9-9-2012, Kári Gunnarsson wrote: Hi all. I

Re: [OSList] Arrived in London

2012-10-10 Thread Koos de Heer
I will be flying from Amsterdam to London tomorrow morning. Looking forward to all the hugs! :) Koos At 19:57 10-10-2012, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote: Sounds like you are flowing in Open Space, Suzanne! I have just arrived in foggy Seattle, awaiting my next leg to Vancouver, feeling into

Re: [OSList] Blog Action Day

2012-10-16 Thread Koos de Heer
As the British say: Hear! Hear! Koos At 11:23 16-10-2012, Jon Harvey wrote: Dear All Yesterday was Blog Action Day - when bloggers around the world focused on a single common theme. Anyone can take part and be part of this worldwide idea. The theme this year was the 'power of we' I blogged a

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS

2012-10-18 Thread Koos de Heer
Thank you Jonathan, I fully agree with what you wrote. Thanks for being there and bringing your insights and perspective and for being you. It is by being our own self and by being in the moment and by not trying to create anything that love becomes free. Free in both meanings of the word.

Re: [OSList] Peggy plus OST Linkedin Comment

2012-10-21 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Chris, I am not sure I understand what you mean when you say that the law of two feet applies. If it means as much as "This is Open Space, love it or leave it," I feel compelled to say that I don't support that. Of course I can walk out of a session if I am feeling that I am neither learn

Re: [OSList] Peggy plus OST Linkedin Comment

2012-10-21 Thread Koos de Heer
My first impression is that Paul is unnecessarily harsh and inconsiderate in his writings. When even the title of the piece speaks of "imprisonment" it seems to completely ignore the love and the great intentions that went into Wosonos this year. As Chris wrote, this does not help. Having said

Re: [OSList] Peggy plus OST Linkedin Comment

2012-10-21 Thread Koos de Heer
to the conversation. If that is not the case, you still have the option of leaving quietly. I say this as a way to invite a voice that might otherwise go unspoken. Warm greetings from a drizzling London Sunday afternoon (on my way home) Koos de Heer Pernilla Luttropp schreef: >I hav

Re: [OSList] Peggy plus OST Linkedin Comment

2012-10-22 Thread Koos de Heer
xperience he was looking for. He may have done something, but as I read it, he stayed for whole thing and then wrote a fairly detailed critique of the whole experience. So. Hm. Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN <http://www.chriscorrigan.com>http://www.chriscorrigan.com +1 604 947 9236

Re: [OSList] How do we manage time in an evening+morning shortish OS? (II part of:: How do we invite key and high conflicted people?)

2012-10-24 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Eleder, In my experience, the break of the night is an important separation. Usually, it has the effect of letting the exchange of the first day sink in and digest. With as a result that the people are ready for action on the next day. So for me it would feel logical to have the three s

Re: [OSList] The role of session transcribers, this is my oslist session invite.

2012-10-24 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Kari, I usually don't worry a lot about note taking. In the beginning I did, but I discovered that for most people, the conversations themselves were much more important than the notes. I do make clear that if some future action is to be taken, notes are important and in that case they ha

Re: [OSList] Introduction from a new subscriber

2012-11-05 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Evan, Welcome to the list! I hope you will find this as great a resource as I do. On the World Open Space on Open Space last month in London, I hosted a session about doing an Open Space when there is not much time. Even though we all preferred to have more time, there were also some inte

Re: Synthesis

2008-01-05 Thread Koos de Heer
JL, Harrison means "all the time", by indicating that there are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week and 365 weeks in a year. Right Harrison? ;-) Koos de Heer (back in the active mode after a while of too-busy-with-other-stuff-to-read-and-respond-to-the-list) At 16:57 5-1-2008,

Re: Thoughts on a Town Crier

2008-01-14 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Peggy, dear Tova, Tree and all the others who have shared their wisdom about time keeping: This time keeping thing is a frequent topic over here. In an OS meeting, it often happens that someone comes up to me and tells me it is time to tell the time. People in the Netherlands are very fon

Re: Advice for an OS for learning & sharing for software developers

2008-01-14 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear Harold, I can resonate with your agony. I have held a few Open Space conferences for IT people (up to 200) and I have had the same worries. But believe me, even the toughest nerds are able to function fine in Open Space. Be prepared to sit on your hands for a number of seconds. They may

Re: Thoughts on a Town Crier

2008-01-15 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear friends, Interesting to see that out of the original message by Peggy, two different discussions develop. On the one hand, it is great to see that different viewpoints can coexist peacefully next to each other - very much like Open Space. On the other hand I find it a little disturbing

Re: Philosophical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Marty, Interesting questions! The way I understand it, Kaufman does not refer to an environment with abundant food supply. Neither does he mean an environment where the food supply is constant. I have always taken it as referring to an environment that provides at least a minimal level o

Re: point of non-intervention

2004-07-19 Thread Koos de Heer
ith the possibility of a third session. Raffi * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To

Re: conscious of evolution as it evolves. ???

2004-07-22 Thread Koos de Heer
re, however inspiring they may be, just philosophies and uncertain predictions and that is something else than consciousness. Koos Koos de Heer Auryn management advies BV Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.auryn.nl/ * * ==

Re: Seeking Feedback

2004-08-02 Thread Koos de Heer
nd OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist Koos de Heer Auryn management advies BV Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.auryn.nl/ * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change yo

Re: The Dynamics of Emergence

2004-08-04 Thread Koos de Heer
.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist Koos de Heer Auryn ma

Re: One day in OS without notes??

2004-08-24 Thread Koos de Heer
bt, I always try to remember that intention and state of mind (love, trust) are much more important than the physical form of what we do. Good luck and have fun Koos At 03:38 24-8-2004, you wrote: Koos de Heer Auryn management advies BV Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.aur

Re: Ideas please for a different closing

2005-11-14 Thread Koos de Heer
others at San Antone. Weather here in The Netherlands is great too, with beautiful fall colors. Koos de Heer Citeren "76066@compuserve.com" <76066@compuserve.com>: > Hi-- > > This comes to you from the OSonOSinUS in San Antone. > The weather is fantastic, and

OST second time around

2005-12-05 Thread Koos de Heer
. Nicholas eve (the traditional day on which we give each other presents in The Netherlands, instead of Christmas). Koos Koos de Heer Utrecht, the Netherlands * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To

Re: OST second time around

2005-12-07 Thread Koos de Heer
Dear all, Many thanks to all that have responded to this thread. I have agreed with my sponsor to have a planning meeting a few months from now, so that we have a lot of time to prepare next year's meeting and to find out what is appropriate. We did not do that last time. So I think I have cre

Introducing myself and Y2K

1998-06-30 Thread koos de heer
y. In the mean time, I am with you on this list and I already find it inspiring to be part of this extended open space. Koos (how to pronounce my name: think of "coast", drop the T from the end and you've got it ;-) koos de heer auryn management advies simon bolivars

sustainable housing

1998-07-09 Thread koos de heer
>development (by you?)? There is a lot of written material about our project but it is all in Dutch since we are based in The Netherlands. I will check if there is some in English and let you know. But the best way to find out about us is come see it of course... ;-) Best wishes Koos -----

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Any info about OT in Auroville, India?]]

1998-07-10 Thread koos de heer
th untill August 2. I will be attending. More info available on request. Best wishes Koos ---- koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, nl koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

OT16 in Auroville, India

1998-07-11 Thread koos de heer
you there! Koos koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, nl koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

no winmail.dat for me either

1998-07-14 Thread koos de heer
messages that we attach to the list. We could post to the list that we >have a document to share and then those people who are interested could ask >for it. Good suggestion, it is the netiquette for mailing lists in general. Koos ---- koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, n

Carols question

1998-08-19 Thread koos de heer
ced OS facilitator once, read some of Harrison's work and you can do it yourself the next time. Koos de Heer koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, nl koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

on mentioning web pages in email

1998-08-30 Thread koos de heer
A hint for anyone who mentions a web page URL in an email message: Prefixing the URL with http:// makes the URL clickable in most email programs. That saves having to copy/paste or retype the url into the browser. Thanks! Best Wishes Koos de Heer koos de heer auryn management advies

about attachments (lecture! ;-)

1999-02-10 Thread koos de heer
a website of my own and I would be willing to provide space for this purpose, but my site is in Dutch and not specifically about Open Space so there must be better alternatives. So all you webmasters, how about it? Cheers, Koos koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, nethe

Boston this weekend

1999-02-10 Thread koos de heer
below. Thanks Koos koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, netherlands mailto:koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

about the middle (and a note about replying)

1999-03-10 Thread koos de heer
and exchange takes place. That's OK too. Good luck Koos koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, netherlands mailto:koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

Re: Theme Suggestions?

1999-03-10 Thread koos de heer
eneric for this particular situation, >which I might go so far as to describe as a crisis. > >Thanks VERY MUCH for your help!!! > koos de heer auryn management advies utrecht, netherlands mailto:koos...@auryn.nl http://www.auryn.nl/

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