Harrison came to my grad school in 1989 to offer two days of open space on
'spirit in organizations'. It helped kick off our new MA in 'organizational
development and transformation', co-led by the awesome duo Antonio Nunez
and Howard Schechter.
Changed my life... That program morphed into an onli
Dear Jeff,
congratulations!
This appears to me to be an example of the sustained impact open space
can have in groups, organizations and systems.
Of course, I am curious how your life changed back in 1989 and also how
the perpetual use changed the programme or the institution...
Greetings f
Jeff,
Thanks for sharing your story and the historic adoption and continuance
of Open Space at this institution of learning.
Appreciatively,
Scott Gassman
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 4:59 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
>
> congratulations!
>
Hi Michael: We enjoyed twice yearly OS retreats in the MA program for 7
years while I worked there, and then I brought it into my small PhD program
in cultural recovery and wrote a dissertation with OS as my research "muse".
Angeles Arrien taught at CIIS, and her wisdom on the OS "four principles
Just to complete that thought, the MA program has a companion online PhD in
Transformative Inquiry (shameless plug again) - and those students also
join the OS during their week long residential retreat.
Jeff
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 7:24 AM Jeff Aitken wrote:
> Hi Michael: We enjoyed twice yearly
I'll clarify too: Harrison told me that as a storyteller he has filled his
palette with influences from around the world - but OS emerged from the two
martinis of course!
Not until afterward, in trying to understand this wonderous creation OS,
are the influences of some specific stories able to be
