Dear Greg, Michael, Harrison and Thomas, Thanks very much for your answers and contribution.
I also have facilitated powerful meetings,coming togethers with OST. In addition, I have coordinated a little music school for almost 10 years with the OST approach and have experienced how fruitful the results we got. The question remains the same, my answers and the business life keep changing throughout the years since 2004. Nevertheless I keep asking this question and I guess this is going to be a lifelong question for me😊 Several answers I found, in addition to yours: Culture of Competition, Timelessness, The Fear, Impatience in Decision Making. In the seminars I make I remind the participants that "Every decision we make without including the parties concerned has a price to be paid (maybe later in the history) and OST is the most efficient method for inclusion to decision making" I am looking to further discussion and collaboration around these issues. Regards, Funda Oral Le lun. 3 avr. 2023 à 21:36, Thomas Herrmann <[email protected]> a écrit : > 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 3 > rd 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]> 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] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >
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