I believe that it is a story of an emergent new reality: OST has created Silent Deep Spring of Soul that is Open and Liberated Leadership of Humanities. ;-)
spark 2012. 10. 29. 오전 4:35에 "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]>님이 작성: > Reading Suzanne's words (well spoken as usual) caused me to think of a > conversation I had been having with a colleague about all the "stuff" > (meteorological, political, social, and geological) that seems to be coming > down at the moment - and how despite everything I found myself being quite > (perhaps perversely) optimistic. Somehow that conversation seemed to fit > with the one Suzanne has initiated. But you can judge...**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ************************** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > I totally agree that going the way we are going, we are headed down the > tubes. And doing more and better of the same old thing will assure that > result. But from where I sit, the present moment is both critical and > positive. Indeed it is predictable and necessary. Using a short hand I am > sure you will understand, we have become addicted to the necessity for > control, which we can never achieve - hence the exhausting sense of failure > and pessimism. Even worse, the very attempt to achieve control is the > source of most, if not all of the personal and organizational pathologies > that bedevil us. **** > > ** ** > > I think we have learned that when dealing with addictive behavior (control > in this instance), the only way up - more often than not - is down. To hit > bottom, which has the positive effect of introducing some radical honesty. > To switch metaphors: We come to understand that the light at the end of the > tunnel IS the train. I think this moment of radical honesty is close upon > us, and while it is definitely scary, painful and destructive it is also > the first critical step towards a transformational journey. Short take is > that we have to lose our lives in order to save them, as Christians might > say. Or for the contemporary biologist, chaos is the fertile field of new > life. No chaos, No life. Definitely awesome, but the good news is that > finally (or soon) we have reached the end and before us lie some wonderful > possibilities, should we choose to accept them.**** > > ** ** > > This story is as old as the cosmos, and has been told and retold in many > ways. Four thousand years ago it was The Dance of Shiva, the Yin and the > Yang, Marduk and Tiamat - today the story is retold in modern scientific > terms: Emergence, self organization, Complexity Theory. But it is the same > story, I think. Admittedly it can be pretty grim, both in the telling and > (worse) in the experience. All that said, I find it useful to remember, > especially on dark days - just how amazing it is that after all the > catastrophes, actual and potential -- we humans are still here to complain > about how badly things are going. And oddly, or perversely, I am actually > quite optimistic.**** > > ** ** > > A major source of my optimism comes from what has become a marvelous 27 > year natural experiment with self organization in Human Systems. The > findings to date, at least my findings, go something like this. First: All > human systems are self organizing. Not just a little bit, only on the edges > - but through and through, top to bottom. Second: When allowed (permitted, > invited, encouraged) to operate in their naturally intended fashion, the > results can be truly mind-blowing, including massive increases in > productivity, harmonious interaction of previously conflicted parties, and > as a final benefit, people actually have fun, in the best and deepest sense > of the word, fun. Third: Any attempt to organize such self organizing > systems (an oxymoron at best) almost inevitably results in the radical > decline of productivity, combined with all the pathologies we love to hate, > including low morale, broken communication, frenetic lifestyles, burned > out, broken, sad people. Forth: Since self organization is a naturally > occurring phenomenon, not unlike Gravity, the "fix" has nothing to do with > creating new processes, teaching new tricks - and everything to do > remembering who and what we are: Self organizing. My Buddhist friends might > say, "Finding our original face." It is really very simple, but it does > require no small amount of un-learning and not doing. **** > > ** ** > > You will not be surprised to learn that the "Natural Experiment" is Open > Space Technology. As with all natural experiments, it wasn't designed as > such (controls, reporting procedures, etc.) in fact it wasn't designed at > all. On occasion people will say that I created it, which is rather a > laugh. As I have come to understand OST it is simply self organization at > work. And to say that I created self organization is a bit of a stretch. > Truthfully I really just stumbled upon it courtesy of two martinis (True!). > But over the years and around the world we have seen multiple examples of > the sorts of things I described as my second finding (above). Single > instances would have been interesting, but over time the numbers have > become overwhelming. Nobody really knows, least of all me, but a fair guess > would be 200-300,000 iterations in 136 countries over 27 years. Not every > instance is massively dramatic, but there is a pattern, and in a curious > way it (OST) always seems to work given the necessary preconditions and > following a very simple procedure: Sit in a circle, create a bulletin > board, open a market place of ideas, and go to work. Fifteen minutes for an > introduction, 20-30 minutes of issue identification, a little more time to > straighten out the details and have cup of coffee - and groups up to 3000+ > will go to work. Every time and productively so. Would that I could have > designed such a thing. It would be a wonder and so would I! But knowing > what you know about the power of self organization, the results we have > experienced should come as no surprise.**** > > ** ** > > Harrison**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Harrison Owen**** > > 7808 River Falls Dr.**** > > Potomac, MD 20854**** > > USA**** > > ** ** > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)**** > > Camden, Maine 20854**** > > ** ** > > Phone 301-365-2093**** > > (summer) 207-763-3261**** > > ** ** > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> **** > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website)**** > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Suzanne Daigle > *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:55 AM > *To:* OSLIST > *Subject:* [OSList] A story of leadership that connects to Open Space**** > > ** ** > > Greetings > > Today... Sunday and the forces of nature are upon us. Earthquake in > Hawaii, fortunately the Tsunami warning is now lifted; Hurricane Sandy, a > super storm heading up the North Atlantic coast; and Typhoon Son-Tinh > lashing Asia with winds and flooding. Add to this the political fire > storms in the US with an upcoming election and a world that is in the > midst of great change on so many fronts, well we've got ourselves an > amazing brew with the type of chaos that Wave Rider and Open Space > Technology are ready-made for. Yes indeed it seems that the world is > waiting for an unleashing of leadership on many fronts. What a precious > gift we have, those of us who have been introduced to the beautiful > technology of Open Space! A gift that invites one and all to roll up their > sleeves and pitch in on the stuff that needs to be done, that we can all do > together, using the law of 2 feet and 5 life-honoring principles in a > spirit of shared joy, purpose and support. > > If I was inspired this morning it's because of an article I read in the > New York Times, a story of a great hero woman who lived in Maine, not far > from Camden where Harrison lives in the summer. She wrote a book called > Silent Spring -- a book that changed the world. It is a story of courage, > of conviction and caring passionately about something, taking > responsibility, making a difference and unleashing one's own leadership. > It's a story about "coming home to oneself" the same coming home that > people often describe that happens to them after being introduced to Open > Space. > > So wherever you are whether it be Sunday morning, afternoon or the next > day, I offer you this link thinking that you will also see the wonderful > story behind the story. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/rachel-carsons-lessons-50-years-after-silent-spring.html?_r=0 > > It's the life tale of a great woman, Rachel Carson who researched and > wrote a seminal book Silent Spring that became the genesis for the > environmental movement. It's also a story about the unleashing of personal > and collective leadership that reminds us of the potential that lives > inside each of us, regardless of age, background, socio-economic level, > status, education, gender or race. > > *A beautiful article to inspire us as we plan into our WOSonOS 2013 event > in Florida. In the end, what we are planning is a simple affair. What is > not simple however are the beautiful emergent conversations and possible > actions that will ensue as we invite our OS community to imagine what's > possible that would inspire which goes beyond a single event or just a few > days. * > > In the end, the dream is to imagine more and more people being introduced > to Open Space. Sharon Joy Kleitsch, a community connector and a member of > our planning team, has already started igniting the buzz in the Greater > Tampa Bay area and St. Petersburg Florida where our event will be held, > talking about us, this wonderful gang of Open Space folks from all over the > world who are doing amazing things through this work. > > Just as Phelim and the team inspired many to the importance of Theatre in > Britain in a Road Show series of Open Space events, I imagine in our own > way that more people will have the opportunity "to experience" Open Space > because of our upcoming event.The dream is that mainstream folks from all > walks of life use Open Space to open spaces everywhere to make their world, > our world a better place. > > > Feeling the gratitude of something much bigger than a Sunday morning cup > of coffee, > > Suzanne > > > > > > > -- > Suzanne Daigle > NuFocus Strategic Group > 7159 Victoria Circle > University Park, FL 34201 > FL 941-359-8877; > CT 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > [email protected] > twitter @suzannedaigle**** > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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