Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-30 Thread Daniel Mezick
ed control? Hmmm... Energetically opposing a strong trend ...usually results in some difficult learning. On 10/30/13 6:50 AM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Hey Daniel, >> ... control of one's self / discipline << The conversation might be getting

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-30 Thread Jenifer Toksvig
Hey Daniel, >> ... control of one's self / discipline << The conversation might be getting skewed, as is so easily the case in threaded discussions like this. (And I had forgotten how much I love them!) Harrison said: >> Goal seeking systems are purely a figment of our imagination created in a d

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-26 Thread Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring
Michael: ULtrech seams to e a place way to far from Montreal but I like the "?" in a paper idea. Lisa Heft has done several "conversations" in silence in the wososnos and they were ones of the best ones! Thank you for this invitation any way! Adriana 2013/10/26 Michael M Pannwitz > Adriana and

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-26 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Adriana and all you others looking for a space to reflect on whatever the question might be, consider coming to Utrecht, or better yet: you need to come to Utrecht. Its a full blown three day os, no frills attached, exactly for the issues people bring along, no matter how clear they are on them

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-26 Thread Dan Mezick
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring wrote: > Reading your conversation made me think that a very good OS theme would be > about how new relationships start, for friends and other types because so > many people are using a lot of time lookin

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-26 Thread Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring
Reading your conversation made me think that a very good OS theme would be about how new relationships start, for friends and other types because so many people are using a lot of time looking for some "goal" or "tarjet" in this sites where you ara suposed to find your "soulmate" ...a lot of time

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-26 Thread Daniel Mezick
A wonderful conversation in the works...my replies appear below... On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Dan wrote: >> Consider the man who loves a certain woman, and waits for the current trend of her interest in him to change. He is goal seeking w

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-24 Thread Jenifer Toksvig
Dan wrote: >> Consider the man who loves a certain woman, and waits for the current trend of her interest in him to change. He is goal seeking without controlling. Likewise, trend-following market traders do not attempt to create, control or make trends. They simply identify & ride them, while seek

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-24 Thread Harold Shinsato
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Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-23 Thread Phelim McDermott
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Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-23 Thread Phelim McDermott
Ive just spent some time reading the last few posts and have been deliberating whether i bring up the topic of finite and infinite games!!! I love it that i move onto the next email and Harold does it for me!! YES YES YES such a useful touchstone about to how to talk about "game" in a spiritual

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-21 Thread Daniel Mezick
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Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-21 Thread paul levy
ch.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > ** ** > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 'oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org');> [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 'oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org');>] *On Beha

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-21 Thread Harrison Owen
d wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game I don't think self organizing systems are goal seeking systems. By definition, goal seeking systems are homeostatic, and not emergent or transformational. I think self organizing systems are purpose seeking systems

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-21 Thread Skye Hirst
) > > Camden, Maine 04843 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-21 Thread John Watkins
Camden, Maine 04843 >> >> Phone 301-365-2093 >> (summer) 207-763-3261 >> >> www.openspaceworld.com >> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST >> Go to:http://lists.opens

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-20 Thread Peggy Holman
e, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mezick > Sent: Monday,

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-19 Thread Harrison Owen
12:44 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Harrison, neither do I believe you can think yourself to agility. But words can guide us towards being, towards sensing when they remind us to be and sense. When learning to bike, the gentle prodding of s

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-19 Thread Marie Ann Östlund
ie Ann Östlund > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:50 AM > > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Cc:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] The OST Game > > ** ** > > Thank you Harrison for you thoughtfulness and

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Michael Herman
--- > *From:* Harrison Owen > *To:* 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > *Sent:* Monday, October 14, 2013 3:54:34 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] The OST Game > > A marvelous conversation... and I h

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Diane Gibeault
find out it is not a game.   Diane > > From: Harrison Owen >To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > >Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 3:54:34 PM >Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game > > > >A marvelous conversati

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread paul levy
: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *paul levy > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:51 AM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] The OST Game > > ** ** > > I mentioned before that perhaps we could take a deeper look

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Harrison Owen
://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of paul levy Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:51 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST G

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Harrison Owen
Space Technology email list Cc: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Thank you Harrison for you thoughtfulness and insights. On the point that agility and open space is a natural condition if we stop trying to fix them, and the need for various th

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Suzanne Daigle
l encounters with their fellows can and do happen. That is just a > taste, of course – but it can happen all the time -- 24X7. I know. > > ** ** > > Harrison > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > >

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Daniel Mezick
chives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org *From:*oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Mezick *Sent:* Monday, October 14, 2013 5:51 PM *To:* oslist@lists.openspacetech.org *Subject:

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread paul levy
l Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > ** ** > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Beh

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Marie Ann Östlund
> > > > > > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.co

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread Harrison Owen
nday, October 14, 2013 5:51 PM To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game I'm loving the richness of this conversation. I'm loving it so much! One question that comes up for me repeatedly, as I read and ponder the responses to OST-as-game: what is the goal (if any) of s

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-15 Thread paul levy
oun...@lists.openspacetech.org 'oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org');> [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 'oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org');>] *On Behalf Of *paul levy > *Sent:* Monday, October 14, 2013 4:48 PM > *To:* World wide Open Spac

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Skye Hirst
w the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > ** ** > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [ > mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] > *On Behalf Of *paul levy > *Sent:* Monday, October

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Harrison Owen
4:48 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Harrison Whatever you experienced as OST when it first escaped has largely become a game. A game of training. A game of "go back to base and read the manual". Even you play a regular game

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Daniel Mezick
cetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *paul levy *Sent:* Monday, October 14, 2013 4:48 PM *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list *Subject:* Re: [OSList] The OST Game Harrison Whatever you experienced as OST when it first escaped has largely become

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Harrison Owen
rg] On Behalf Of paul levy Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 4:48 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Harrison Whatever you experienced as OST when it first escaped has largely become a game. A game of training. A game of "go back to ba

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread paul levy
Harrison Whatever you experienced as OST when it first escaped has largely become a game. A game of training. A game of "go back to base and read the manual". Even you play a regular game on here as one of the elders who keep defending OST against change (oh yes you do). It's become a game with a

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Skye Hirst
* ** > > Harrison > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Harrison Owen**** > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, M

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-14 Thread Harrison Owen
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Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harold Shinsato
Oh Diane - thank you! I had been hoping you would write something. I'm also very grateful for your comprehensive history here only some of which I was aware of. A deep bow of appreciation for the Agile Open series. I'd love to go to every one of those because of the fun, engagement, high level

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harold Shinsato
Harrison, Thank you! Your note means a lot to me. Thanks for the encouragement about not getting stuck on the method. Speaking of happiness, I just read an email from Lyssa Adkins from her Coaching Agile Teams mailing list. Lyssa carries a worn print out of the Tao of Open Space which she sh

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Diana Larsen
Harold, Michael, Harrison, and all, I've been lurking on the sidelines of this conversation. Honestly, hoping a bit that it would go away. (Not sure about my motivations there.) However, the turn the thread has taken recently prompts me to speak up again. I'd like to remind you about the Agi

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harrison Owen
rg] On Behalf Of Diana Larsen Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 5:21 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Harold, Michael, Harrison, and all, I've been lurking on the sidelines of this conversation. Honestly, hoping a bit that it would go

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harrison Owen
ch.org] On Behalf Of Harold Shinsato Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 4:08 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Hi Michael, No fun to hear I'm failing - but it hasn't stopped me before. Try and try again (even if it takes years). I&#x

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Herman
whoops, was responding on my phone and took an inadvertent shortcut when i said, "...that's great to say OST is a game cuz..." that said, and given this history with alistair's metaphor and the churning in the agile community, it makes a lot of sense that the metaphor of ost as a game is useful in

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harold Shinsato
Hi Michael, No fun to hear I'm failing - but it hasn't stopped me before. Try and try again (even if it takes years). I'm not saying OST *is* a game. I'm not saying OST is anything. What I see is that there is value in the metaphor of OST as a game. So Dan is already speaking about OST as a

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Herman
Not sure you actually accomlished "Against," Harold. I think I just read OST is life, a finite slice of Life. And if the conversation happens in a room full of people who think and talk about games, that's great to say OST is a game cuz everyone in that room or community knows what that means. Pr

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harold Shinsato
nspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org *From:*Harold Shinsato [mailto:har...@shinsato.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:29

RE: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harrison Owen
lt;http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: Harold Shinsato [mailto:har...@shinsato.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:29 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Cc: Harrison O

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-09 Thread Harold Shinsato
Harrison, Ok, I'll take your word from previous posts that I won't be in trouble if I risk going up against you again - or maybe it's just a hope that this thread won't be shut down due to misunderstandings. The statement "OST is a game" actually doesn't work for me so much because it uncomf

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-07 Thread Harrison Owen
rld wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] The OST Game Michael, Thanks for your reply; I like this conversation. My current beliefs summarized: 1/ The culture of the org is a game. It is goal-seeking, it has rules. It delivers feedback. It is opt-in, because you can quit

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-06 Thread Daniel Mezick
Michael, Thanks for your reply; I like this conversation. My current beliefs summarized: 1/ The culture of the org is a game. It is goal-seeking, it has rules. It delivers feedback. It is opt-in, because you can quit the org. (See www.TheCultureGame.com) 2/ OST is a pre-fabricated meeting f

Re: [OSList] The OST Game (was: Genuinely open Agile adoptions)

2013-10-06 Thread Michael Herman
oh, and... skye... i don't think naming has to be about controlling. sometimes we say face, sometimes nose, sometimes nostril, or deeper still sinuses. sometimes it's just about higher resolution understanding. -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHe

Re: [OSList] The OST Game (was: Genuinely open Agile adoptions)

2013-10-06 Thread Michael Herman
what your quoting suggests to me, dan, is a distinction akin to what i've already shared about tools/techniques versus practice. in another message you've suggested rules, feedback etc, and defined ost as a game. what i hear harrison saying in the quoting here, though, suggests that organization

Re: [OSList] The OST Game

2013-10-06 Thread Daniel Mezick
Skye, You say: "...each of us forming it each time uniquely with both particular and universal operatives. Unique to the entities in the forming circle, the space time event forming the circle and so on and so on" Yes, and I join with you in the idea that every moment is unique. On Games:

Re: [OSList] The OST Game (was: Genuinely open Agile adoptions)

2013-10-06 Thread Skye Hirst
I guess I want to play in this "game". Feedback implies mechanistic processes that have been identified through cause and effect responses. This is where we get into trouble. Life is not machine like, in any way. It is complex and not complicated as a set of gears and cogs can become if there a