I have been lurking for a long time, but this thread hooked me today for a
variety of reasons...some professional and some personal.
I have a very different take on the OST/OD thread. It has to do with a
larger issue among people as individuals and communities, where community is
not limited to g
Gee Chris, wow! Positively Wilberian! (I, We, Its; the Big Three and all
that)
Thanks for the passion! What is our penance to be?
One is tempted to wonder: could it be that OST, an invitation to
self-organization (which is Eros by another name) in groups, "transcends
and includes" those other Its?
At 10:36 PM 9/26/2002 -0400, Chris Kloth wrote:
I have a very different take on the OST/OD thread. It has to do with a
larger issue among people as individuals and communities, where community is
not limited to geography, but does reflect elements of culture. It has to
do with the "I" and the "
...the pebbles continue to drop in the pools of my mind.!
Meg Salter
MegaSpace Consulting
416/486-6660
meg.sal...@sympatico.ca
www.megaspaceconsulting.com
- Original Message -
From: Harrison Owen
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Sent: Friday, September 27,
Dear all,
although I have not much time for list-discussions at the moment, I
jumped to the OS vs. OD-thread, intrigued, interested and finally
feeling my heart beginning to hurt, mainly because of the we/they
projections.
I felt: much of what was said about being "bad" with OD were things
"OD" p
sestate.edu
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: OST, OD, etc.
At 10:36 PM 9/26/2002 -0400, Chris Kloth wrote:
I have a very different take on the OST/OD thread. It has to do with a
larger issue among people as individuals and communities, where community is
not limited to geograp
At 07:42 PM 9/27/2002 -0400, Meg Salter wrote:
In truth, now that Iook back, I was feeling a bit snarly, so I should
perhaps recant any unintended slights on other communities/ practices/
approaches etc. I guess what really struck me - and still does - is how
people are talking complexity/ self-o
Bernd--
My training for working with organizations came right out of Kurt Lewin's
work, and I still use a lot of what I learned there. There are many
approaches and interventions that are "standard" OD practice that I never
use, because they are just not a good fit with my own beliefs and
compet
