| Charlie,
Please consider adding adrienne maree brown to your list. And Peggy Holman. And Donella Meadows. And the Cynefin framework. And Chris Corrigan. And Nora Bateson.
John Watkins Sent from John's iPhone I came to OST as a result of my research.
My work with teams over decades has broadened my interest in OD.
My study of complexity science lead me to investigate OD approaches that supported the application of complexity science principles to the workings of groups.
My research included:
Meg Wheatley - Leadership and the New Science
David Rock - Neuroleadership Institute
Glenda Eoyang - Human Systems Dynamics
Denise Easton - Plexus Institute
Ralph Stacey - Complex Adaptive Systems (now known as Complex Responsive Processes)
Mike Beedle - Agile Software Development With Scrum (especially Chapter 6)
…And various other titles, organizations, and institutes.
My investigations continue.
Of them all, OST is the most congruent with my understanding of how complexity science informs how groups work. Sent from my iPad Hello Stacey and welcome to the community from a fellow Falcon! I graduated from BGSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. I currently reside in Charlotte, NC. E ZIGGY ZOOMBA!
Any attempt to convey in writing the sense of joy I feel in this moment would be sorely inadequate!
I have short answers to your two points of inquiry, and an invitation to explore much deeper in real-time.
1) I fell in love with OST at the Lean Agile Open public Open Space event in April 2018. The sponsor of the event (Joe Little) was the person from whom I received my Certified Scrum Master training in 2017. So I suppose I must credit Scrum for introducing me to Open Space! Back in 2018, Joe was holding two Open Space events annually, one in April, and one in October. At the April 2018 event, I convened a session on vulnerability that was truly liberating for me and (I've been told) was impactful for others as well. I then asked Joe if he would consider hiring me to facilitate the October event. He agreed on the condition that I receive some sort of formal OST training, which I did - from Daniel Mezick, who has become one of my Open Space mentors. Fast forward to today, I'm now on the board of the Open Space Institute, and facilitated parts of last weekend's "Opening Space for Peace and High Performance" annual event.
2) Why OST? In my mind, there is no structure or process for group interaction that even comes close to the potential of OST for liberation of the human spirit and its embodiment of self-organization. I could go on. I sincerely hope we connect in real-time so I get the opportunity to do so!
Rijon
513-375-8350
Greetings! It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry. My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers. My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks. I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses: 1) What career path or community engagement led you to this work? 2) Why OST? Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners. Warmest wishes, Stacey
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