goal or tool

2006-01-16 Thread Filiz Telek
greetings from Istanbul! I have been wondering for a while...acknowledging OS is a way of life, in your professional life, is it a goal or a tool for you? and do you think OS is the only solution there is there to offer? cheeky smiles, filiz * * ==

Re: goal or tool

2006-01-16 Thread Jan Cirkola
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:18:21 -, Filiz Telek wrote: >greetings from Istanbul! > >I have been wondering for a while...acknowledging OS is a way of life, in your professional life, is it a goal or a tool for you? >and do you think OS is the only solution there is there to offer? > >cheeky smiles

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2006-01-16 Thread Michael Herman
hi filiz, for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attention to doing, all the time. i've written in my weblog several times recently about this, (www.michaelherman.com) and chris corrigan and i have been working out the lang

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2006-01-19 Thread Funda Oral
Filiz, for me ; both goal and tool Michael Herman demiş ki: > hi filiz, > > for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or > practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attention to doing, all > the time. i've written in my weblog several times recently about > this,

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2006-01-19 Thread Filiz Telek
rainy Istanbul, filiz - Original Message - From: "Michael Herman" To: Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:06 PM Subject: Re: goal or tool hi filiz, for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attenti

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2006-01-19 Thread Belinda Henson
surface and space will be > opened...and we will then happily report it to the list! :) > > from a rainy Istanbul, > filiz > > - Original Message - > From: "Michael Herman" > To: > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:06 PM > Subject: Re: goal or tool &g

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2006-01-19 Thread Harrison Owen
- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Filiz Telek Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:46 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: goal or tool dear Michael thank you for your wonderfully simple yet enlightining message! I truly enjoyed reading the four

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2006-01-19 Thread Alan Klein
Harrison, My experience of you opening space is that you do give a bit of history and tell a few success stories about OS as you begin. I have found them settling and useful as people contemplate entering into what is for many unfamiliar territory. Is it possible that I have only seen you opening

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2006-01-19 Thread Michael Herman
filiz, i do as harrison does, and i am guessing not saying much about these other stories even, not much about open space at all, except how to get on with it for whatever the purpose at hand might be. that's in an actual open space event. most i might do is at the end point out how it happened,

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2006-01-19 Thread Jack Ricchiuto
__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__ jack ricchiuto two.one.six/three.seven.three/seven.four.seven.five www.designinglife.com / www.appreciativeleadership.com > From: Michael Herman > Reply-To: OSLIST > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:33:53 -0600 > To: > Subject: Re: goal or tool > > filiz, > >

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2006-01-19 Thread Karen Sella
iginal Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Ricchiuto Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:03 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: goal or tool Great thread. I try to listen to the group's spirit with heart energy, and sometimes it inspires

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2006-01-20 Thread EVERETT813
Michael, Your "four practices of OS" triggered in me a sequence I worked out from teachings of Oz Swallow of South Africa (deceased) and that Joelle made into a poster using an original painting we have in our house. Thought I'd share it with you. First, your four: 1. Opening heart 2

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2006-01-20 Thread Harrison Owen
PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: goal or tool Harrison, My experience of you opening space is that you do give a bit of history and tell a few success stories about OS as you begin. I have found them settling and useful as people contemplate entering into what is for many unfamiliar terr

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2006-01-20 Thread Michael Herman
yes, paul... thank you... and it cycles as well, because results are fun! On 1/19/06, everett...@aol.com wrote: > Michael, > > Your "four practices of OS" triggered in me a sequence I worked out from > teachings of Oz Swallow of South Africa (deceased) and that Joelle made into > a poster usi

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2006-01-20 Thread Funda Oral
experience in Berlin, some reflections and new projects. First i get a rest, some sleep and then i will write. lots of love, Funda - Original Message - From: "Filiz Telek" To: Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: Re: goal or tool dear Michael thank y

Re: goal or tool (or practice)

2006-01-16 Thread Larry Peterson
I agree with michael that Open Space, and the principles and law, is part of my personal practice. I also think it can be a "practice" for organizations or "collectives of people". It certainly requires practice for me to live by the principles and law and it does for organizations that I've wor