Dear Funda Open Space is alive and kicking in many places in the world. I have trained at least 50 facilitators the last year (and similarly every year since 2000. Since the day I asked Harrison about taking the name Open Space Consulting to my company back in 1999 – and he agreed if I promised to open as much space as I possibly can – I have opened space many many hundred times in all kinds of settings next up is an OST with 500 people in the educational sector in Stockholm. I should try an estimation to how many have been touched only by the OSTs I have facilitated... and then onto those who have had training with me…. Maybe when I have retired, if I ever do 😊
It’s a blessing and since many years I get filled up with energy every time I facilitate an OST or give a training, compared to being a bit drained in the beginning. In the evening when everything is prepared I always long to wake up the next morning… it’s so so much fun and so rewarding One client (municipality) I have since 2008 call me every now and then to train more facilitators. They have an inhouse team serving all departments in the municipality when they have an issue or opportunity to explore inhouse or with the public. And yes, Michael, I have booked my space in the circle in Berlin, for the 3rd consecutive time in your/my beautiful city (ich bin ein Berliner). Looking forward! Thomas Herrmann PS. And I still understand your question Funda, in Scandinavia the latest term in OD is trustbased leadership and management…everybody is TALKING about it and still the big majority still have the same kind of boooring unproductive trustbreaking meetings… So still some work to do out there Från: Funda Oral via OSList <[email protected]> Skickat: den 3 april 2023 12:17 Till: Harrison Owen SR <[email protected]> Kopia: OS list <[email protected]> Ämne: [OSList] Re: A little history... Dear Harrison and OST Colleagues, This is a great story. However, I ask the same question I had asked in GOA at WOSONOS several years ago: "Why is OST not used more often everywhere in the World? although it has the potential to solve many problems we face today (that's what I think) Are we going to wait for "Self Organization of the Systems by Itself?" Is there anything we could do "more or less"? Or maybeOST is highly demanded and I am not aware of this. Have a nice week, Funda Oral https://www.linkedin.com/in/funda-oral-55822159/ Le dim. 2 avr. 2023 à 21:00, Harrison Owen SR via OSList <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : Phelim McDermott just opened a 2 1/2 hour production in NYC which he calls the "Tao of Glass." You can see a review in the New York Times. In its world, the production is a triumph. Bravo for Phelim! But that is not why I am posting this note. Phelim has always been entranced by the music of Glass -- but that attraction was enhanced by Phelim's connection to an American psychologist, Anarnold Mindell -- who spoke (wrote) at length about something he called "Deep Democracy." A friend of Arnolds, and a very early Open Spacer. Anne Stadler, introduced him to Open Space as a break out of Deep Democracy. Arnie obviously passed that thought along, and Phelim got hooked. Small World! Harrison -- 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA 301-365-2093 _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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