G’day Dan and All
In your response of 21 Oct 2014 to my post *Re: [OSList] Respect in Self-Organizing Systems *you muse: “I often wonder what the primary task of the OSLIST group is.” Having been a group member for about 20 years and having attended five WOSonOS I have a ‘take’ on this matter. This derives in part from a statement of Pablo Picasso that: “Our meaning in life is identifying our gift, Our purpose in life is giving it away.” I tend to paraphrase this as ‘… our gifts … is giving them away.’ One of the gifts I note in relation to ‘the primary task of the OSLIST group’ is that of knowing of the principles and practices of OST by the group members and our giving them away, professionally and personally. In my case the 'beginning' gift arrived, in 1994, totally unexpectedly, in the post in the form of Harrison's original book, about which knew nothing. I had occasion to experiment with the process, as a speaker scheduled to present a few days later had withdrawn. Which I did, after reading the book swiftly - and on observing the response was forever hooked! As my ‘take’ is quite long and somewhat personal I would not wish to foist it on the LIST. And so I invite anyone who may be interested in this to contact me. Whoever does ... <smile> Incidentally, yesterday I facilitated a one day conversation for the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce <http://www.australianchurchesrefugeetaskforce.com.au/>. This has been established by a group of the biggest church denominations in Australia to care for the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees. This event was held in Adelaide at their second annual get together and was to converse about their priorities in the coming year. Several participants had previous experience of the value of OST for such a purpose, which is why it was chosen. The concluding consensus – in my understanding - was through it this time they had accomplished what they wished. Looking forward Go well Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD* *Professional Conversationalist Web: **www.multimindsolutions.com* <http://www.multimindsolutions.com/> *Em: [email protected] <[email protected]> Mob: * *+61413848680* <0413848680> *New social process Conversare <http://conversare.net>*
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