Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-11-06 Thread Romy Shovelton
Esther a late reply to you thoughts for Bert. I'd love to see what you have on "deep democracy" - perhaps by email - or at Monterey? Romy ro...@compuserve.com

OS in low trust environments

1998-10-31 Thread Murli Nagasundaram
>From Fr. Brian Bainbridge in Australia: = To those interested. The James O'Toole book "LEADING CHANGE" is a mandatory read in these matters. I rather assumed people would have read that. I was introduced to it by Chris Schoch (Paris), a colleague of James,

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-29 Thread MCSTEVENS
In a message dated 10/27/98 11:12:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, familyf...@aol.com writes: << I experience the two as levels in an organization (or a person). At the core where deep purpose abides change is very slow. On the surface, especialy in these times, change is almost continuous and the

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-28 Thread FamilyFirm
In a message dated 10/27/98 4:39:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, birg...@worldchat.com writes: << I would like to understand your offering of "between the forces of continuity and forces of change". I see continuity and change as similar to each other, part of the same force. I would love to hear

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-28 Thread FamilyFirm
Sounds really good to me Karen. Brigitt you asked me to say more about continuity and change. (that phrase is very much with me because I put on a confernce that Harrison Owen facilitated for us called Continuity and Change: Expanding the Possibilties. It was a huge success and as the co-chair of

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-28 Thread Karen McCarthy Casey
Bert, I'd like to follow up on what Bridgett and Joe have said. Change, especially if authentically addressed, causes upset as you said, and the only way through this upset is communication. (They think they are communicating but they are mostly listening to themselves think) At this point I begin

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread Esther Ewing
Bert: Yes i do have advice. I would say that they have the beginnings of some great topics to talk about - if they don't raise these issues in OS then they are not taking the responsibility and holding themselves accountable for dealing with these issues. It strongly suggests to me that these are

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread Birgitt Bolton
Hi Joe, can we pick up on the thread of all living systems living in dynamic tension--which I agree with. I would like to understand your offering of "between the forces of continuity and forces of change". I see continuity and change as similar to each other, part of the same force. I would love t

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread FamilyFirm
Also Bert, I speculate from your nickname that the A in AV stands for Albert. However there is a long line of AV Elliotts (Amerigo Vespucci) in one branch of my family and I am wondering if you might be a long lost cousin? If you are or have intrest in Elliotts with two l's and t's contact me at f

Re: OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread FamilyFirm
Bert, My experience is that all living systems live in a dynamic tension between the forces of continuity and the forces of change. It is predictable that movement in one direction creates a balancing response in another. The important thing is that people trust each other enough (or at least th

OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread Bert Elliott
To: OSLIST2 --INTERNET osl...@listserv.id Six months ago I used Open Space with a group of 10 senior executives for whom it worked extremely well, having aired concerns and making agreements that should have helped them work more effectively together. They now want another session. In the interim,