Juan - I would not hold my breath. To the best of my knowledge, the academic community has totally avoided Open Space, even though there have been multiple OS held within the sacred walls of Academe. Just two weeks ago I helped the Arkansas State University to get on with their Strategic Plan. The lack of scientific evidence did not seem to bother them much. Of course you could offer him the opportunity for an academic scoop, if he has the courage. After all when you have done something in excess of 100,000 times in 140 countries, over 25 years - one might suspect that something useful has been going on. All without benefit of the wisdom of academia. Maybe someday they will catch up?
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 JL Walker Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: OST & Scientific Method Dear Friends Yesterday I shared a coffee with a colleague who is one of the greatest exponents of positive psychology in Chile. My interest was to motivate him to know how is that an open space experience brings out the best of a human being and thus allows for experiencing many of the theoretical concepts that he manages. Great was my surprise when he said he was not interested in anything that was not strictly and rigorously related to the scientific method and that before he can accept my invitation, he first needed to know some scientific publications which demonstrate "objectively" the benefits and results of the methodology. What would you respond to him? What are the sources or scientific research on Open Space to which we could refer him? I know that this issue has been discussed here in some way before, but I would love now that you could refresh my memory and my knowledge in all of this matter. Hugs, Juan Luis PS: I know also that Frederik Wortmann from Boscop in Berlin is working just now on his thesis with this optical, but I don't know about the details and his results. * * ========================================================== [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
