Re: doing self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread openspacekorea
... with much respect and love, park -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 5:43 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization I seem to be on a roll here Pat, I LOVE your

Re: doing self-organization

2007-06-01 Thread Pat Black
Peggy wrote I have been in an inquiry over the last number of months around what would it mean if we put INTERACTIONS at the center of evolutionary dynamics rather than the current approach which highlights a progression of how things evolve (e.g., evolution of galaxies, stars, planets, geology

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-31 Thread douglas germann
Peggy-- On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 13:42 -0700, Peggy Holman wrote: > I have > been in an inquiry over the last number of months around what would it > mean > if we put INTERACTIONS at the center of evolutionary dynamics rather > than > the current approach which highlights a progression of how thin

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-31 Thread Peggy Holman
we're on to something. open-heartedly, Peggy - Original Message - From: "Pat Black" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] doing self-organization Hello all who are engaged in this thread I have taken some time to reflect on the in

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-30 Thread Pat Black
Hello all who are engaged in this thread I have taken some time to reflect on the intensity of my passion regarding this question and my own reactiveness to certain language associations in self organization. I continue to enjoy the thread woven around this topic and feel downright privileged to

Re: doing self-organization - OST "foundations"

2007-05-29 Thread Harrison Owen
Silva Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:38 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization - OST "foundations" [Very quickly with no time for revision.] Interesting threat. I also believe that self-organization, in its relation with complex adaptive s

Re: doing self-organization - OST "foundations"

2007-05-29 Thread Artur Silva
Thanks for your question, Harrison. That is a very interesting point indeed. The Law of two feet is one of the most marvelous "micro rules" of OST. Without it, people would not feel "invited" - they would probably stay in their groups even if they are not interested - or leave the sp

Re: doing self-organization - OST "foundations"

2007-05-29 Thread Artur Silva
[Very quickly with no time for revision…] Interesting threat. I also believe that self-organization, in its relation with complex adaptive systems, is fundamental to OST. In voluntary emergent Systems there are normally micro rules that allow for self organization to emerge at

Re: doing self-organization -- Invitation as Question

2007-05-28 Thread Larry Peterson
I agree with both themes that have emerged here: Invitation, which includes a question, is part of what gives focus to a particular experience of "self-organization". Without the invitation and question that particular experience of organization emerging from the interaction of "selves" who have

Re: doing self-organization -- Invitation as Question

2007-05-28 Thread Harrison Owen
u] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:15 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization Such a rich discussion! I want to introduce a couple themes that stand out for me as we continue to form the notions that describes self-organization in social system

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-28 Thread Michael Herman
and Harrison, Pat, and others for engaging with it. from rainy Seattle, Peggy - Original Message - From: "Harrison Owen" To: Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] doing self-organization > Pat Wrote: "To refer back to Harrison's st

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-27 Thread openspacekorea
. :-) thank you for sharing this story!!! park -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Foss Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:34 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization Harrison, et. al., As I've been re

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-27 Thread Peggy Holman
and Harrison, Pat, and others for engaging with it. from rainy Seattle, Peggy - Original Message - From: "Harrison Owen" To: Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] doing self-organization Pat Wrote: "To refer back to Harrison's statement I

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-27 Thread Harrison Owen
archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Foss Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:34 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization Harrison, et. al., As I've been reading this thread it reminded me

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-27 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Rich-- Sounds like you and your daughter are a great team! I loved your story about thinking "self organization, self organization." Some months back, I opened space at an evening meeting of a professional organization, the meeting time expanded a bit to allow for two time slots for conversa

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-26 Thread Rich Foss
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Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-26 Thread Jo Toepfer
Hi Raffi, it was a good sign. Thank you for support. The thing is over now and I am totally exhausted and (guess what) happy! you will hear more stories... Jo ** Raffi Aftandelian schrieb: Harrison, When Michael writes he isn't a fan of the self-org story, I think about keeping

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-26 Thread Harrison Owen
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Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-26 Thread Chris Corrigan
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doing self-organization

2007-05-25 Thread Pat Black
Thank you Harrison for the challengeing discussion. Part of what I love about it is that at the end these divergent paths will deliver us to embracing the same process. We are dancing around the same spiral observing different aspects of it. And I am thank for all opportunities to find partners

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-25 Thread Harrison Owen
25, 2007 7:42 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: FW: doing self-organization From: Pat Black [mailto:patoitexti...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:17 PM To: hho...@verizon.net Subject: Re: doing self-organization I am in total agreement that we can work with or we can get i

FW: doing self-organization

2007-05-25 Thread Harrison Owen
From: Pat Black [mailto:patoitexti...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:17 PM To: hho...@verizon.net Subject: Re: doing self-organization I am in total agreement that we can work with or we can get in the way of it and inhibit the it. I guess what I was saying that it requires no work

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
sl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Pat Black Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:52 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization Michael et al First of all thank you for this discussion. You can't have self organization without open space and probably you can

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
ch by itself. All of which makes it fun, productive, energetic, and spirit filled. I don't know that I would call it "doing self-organization" -- but BEING self-organization might be close. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland   20854 Phone 301-365-20

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
estate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:57 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization pat: many thanks. i'll have a look. i have always liked the varela line about the way to make a living system more healthy is to reconnect

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:57 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization pat: many thanks. i'll have

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Pat Black
Michael et al First of all thank you for this discussion. You can't have self organization without open space and probably you can't have open space with out self organization. But I love the rolling around of thoughts in these regards. I love the mystery of creation that is revealed. I come at

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread douglas germann
Michael, Harrison, Joelle, Andrew, Pat, Raffi, and all-- (Sorry for the previous posting--somehow hit the send key before I was done.) Would you be interested in entertaining a couple of musing questions? If (some people in command and control mode might still use the word "if") there is such a

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread douglas germann
Michael, Harrison, Joelle, Andrew, Pat, Raffi, and all-- Would you be interested in entertaining a couple of musing questions? If (some people in command and control mode might still use the word "if") there is such a thing as self organizing, what would be its conditions? This seems to

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Herman
and harrison... looking back at your language about essentials, "the process of self organization can be enabled and sustained by paying careful attention to eight critical" ...it occurs to me that i'm not much interested in "the process of self-organization... enabling it... or sustaining it. m

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Herman
hi doug, seems to me that your first question assumes halfway state. "if there is such a thing as self-org" then leaves open the question of whether or not there is anything else. once we notice that it is, AND is everywhere, then the need for knowing or creating the conditions seems to dissolv

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Herman
om OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:51 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subjec

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:51 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization thanks, harrison. this helps put some things in context for me. never thoug

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Pat Black
Hello Michael I think you might find Huberto Maturana interesting to read. He is a biologist and his work looks at these 2 states of reality from a biological viewpoint. His theories also include description of self organization in how it relates to these 2 states of being. Tree of knowledge i

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Harrison Owen
ent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:32 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: doing self-organization Harrison, When Michael writes he isn't a fan of the self-org story, I think about keeping the creative potential in keeping space open for our understanding of open space. Self-org is

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-24 Thread Andrew Ballance
l beings with invitation! A real invitation, which we can refuse or > > accept. We can choose to remain in estrangement. We can choose to come home. > > But the invitation is open and it is personal. I think. > > > > Harrison > > > > > > Harrison Owen > >

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-23 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Micheal, Harrison-- I found myself thinking of invitation a couple of weeks ago, while musing on a visit to a client that is trying to move away from command and control and the experts doing everything, toward greater collaboration and personal responsibility. I had watched them use invitati

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-23 Thread Michael Herman
estate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:24 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: doing self-organization, was unconf strikes again hi all, catching up a bit he

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-23 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Harrison, When Michael writes he isn't a fan of the self-org story, I think about keeping the creative potential in keeping space open for our understanding of open space. Self-org is a very convincing story. And our as our world is changing very quickly so will our understanding of open space.

Re: doing self-organization

2007-05-23 Thread Harrison Owen
ur options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:24 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: doing self-organization, was unconf strike

doing self-organization, was unconf strikes again

2007-05-22 Thread Michael Herman
hi all, catching up a bit here and glad to see our work leaking into the mainstream press. i have been thinking about a comment elsewhere, about 'self-organization' being the thing inside of open space as process/method. i've never been a fan of the self-org story. it's always seemed so academ