Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-28 Thread Peggy Holman
I just finished reading Ken Wilbur's Boomeritis. The book talks extensively about Spiral Dynamics. One aspect he discusses is how the memes through Greens are intolerant of each other. I started thinking about Open Space's capacity to bring people together and actually interact productively.

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-28 Thread kenoli Oleari
Peggy -- I can't figure out if I understand anything about Spiral Dynamics or not. I have read about it and followed discussions on the listserv and jumped in some. My thoughts on your question are this. As things move up the spiral, they become more inclusive. At each stage, other memes are r

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-28 Thread Tim Weidman
hi peggy, first what did you think of the book? i used to love him, now since ses there has been a growing disenchantment. so i am wondering what others thoughts are. regarding your question, i would say that ost has the capacity to operate aqal. however, wilber would probably classify it

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-28 Thread Winston Kinch
age - From: "kenoli Oleari" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics > Peggy -- I can't figure out if I understand anything about Spiral > Dynamics or not. I have read about it and followed discussions on > th

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-29 Thread McInerney
Hi Peggy, I am a big fan of both Wilber and of Spiral Dynamics. Unfortunately I have yet to experience OST in any real way but reading the various mails on the list makes me long for the experience (some day). It seems to me that OST plays a kind of trick on the SD levels. I am assuming here that "

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-28 Thread Meg Salter
t: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics > Hi Peggy, > I am a big fan of both Wilber and of Spiral Dynamics. Unfortunately I > have yet to experience OST in any real way but reading the various mails > on the list makes me long for the e

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-29 Thread Ethelyn & Harrison Owen
At 09:13 PM 8/28/2002 -0400, Meg Salter wrote: Hello all Yes, I too am a Wilber fan, quite familiar with Spiral dynamics and have done a fair bit of OST facilitation. OST works in all 4 quadrants in that it gives a minimal structure for group process (lower right) that affects how groups interact

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-29 Thread kenoli Oleari
Meg and Harrison -- As far as I'm concerned, there's not much more to say than what you have each expressed so succinctly and to the point in these two paragraphs. It is a dynamic which raises awe in so many who experience it, and, speaking for myself, remains the driving passion behind my life a

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-30 Thread Martin Leith
Harrison, You have very elegantly articulated something (Wilber, Spiral Dynamics) that has been troubling me for some years but which I could barely explain to myself. Thank you! Martin* Martin Leith, Catalyst Creating a rapid shift from now to new (Download info pack: www.martinleith.com/martin

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-30 Thread Larry Peterson
Yep this has been part of my Journey this summer, digging deeper in to Open Space and Appreciative Inquiry from Harrison's simplified or Ken Wilbur and Spiral Dynamics more complex statement. I do think OS creates the conditions for integration of the levels below, or of a peak experience of a le

Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics

2002-08-30 Thread Peggy Holman
OS practitioner affects the experience. Peggy - Original Message - From: Tim Weidman To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:57 PM Subject: Re: Pondering Open Space and Spiral Dynamics hi peggy, first what did you think of the book? i used t