So, an unconference is OS without the two martinis? Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by CREDO Mobile.
-----Original Message----- From: Harrison Owen <[email protected]> Sender: OSLIST <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 09:32:01 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: OSLIST <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Unconferences Annamarie - Unconferences have been around for a bit and as I remember some of the earliest unconferencers included the likes of Michael Herman. So if there is a problem for the OS community I would guess that it is at least partially self-inflicted J But personally I don't see much of a problem. Actually I see it as part of a much larger grand natural experiment in which we all are learning how to operate most successfully in a self organizing world (the only one we have, I think). In this context there is no "one right way" - but surely there are better and more effective ways. The name of the game is finding these "ways" and the means is multiple experiments. I would take Unconference to be one such experiment. Measured against the simplicity of what might be called "classic Open Space" (sit in a circle, create a bulletin board, open a marketplace - Go to work) I find the Unconference to be overdone. In short they are working much too hard! This isn't wrong, just inefficient. However, measured against the standard conference, an Unconference is truly a breath of fresh air. In conversations with unconferencers I suggest that they have made a very good start - and now why not think of one more (maybe many more) things not to do? If we (I) have learned anything in this adventure it is that organizing a self organizing system is a questionable undertaking involving a great deal of unnecessary work. To say the least. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]: <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Annamarie Pluhar Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Unconferences Hi everyone, DIana's posting of how the Agile community is embracing OS reminds me to ask this community about "unconferences." I've not seen a discussion of them but maybe there was one predating my joining of the list. I've been to one "unconference" and was told about another by a colleague who understands OS. Neither had the careful opening that I think is the core of making OS work. I have had people say "Oh I've been to an Open Space meeting" and when I probed, discovered that it was an "unconference" not OS. Have other encountered this? And is this a problem for OS? Happy Sunday morning. Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting Results through effective group process http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell) * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
