Hi Michael!! Lovely to "see" you on-line! You know, I love the initiative you took, and I think I'll do the same: introduce myself. (I did that at one point on the OSI website, but I don't know exactly what happened to the info. so I'll retry it here, okay?)
I'm Anne Stadler, an independent consultant for organizations who want to achieve high performance as learning organizations. I'm particularly fascinated with growing organizations as open space learning organizations, which is why I edited the March-April issue of Berrett Kohler's edition: Open Space At Work, and why I like to work with people who have the intention of using OST to grow their organization over time. It's not always easy to notice and change habits of relationship that run counter to the simple principles and rituals of Open Space, but it's "the Show" as they say in major league baseball. And I'm a player for the duration! I am following the Law of Two Feet: taking responsibility for what has heart and meaning for me. And I guess I've been following that for much of my life-- but only with conscious awareness since 1984, when I first encountered the teachings of Angeles Arrien. I have been most influenced in my OS work by the work of Angeles Arrien, David Spangler, Arny and Amy Mindell, and of course, HHOwen!! and Open SPace learning pals, such as yourselves and others I've met at the Open Space on Open Space yearly gathering in DC. So let's create "Learning Circles" on whatever subjects really have heart and meaning for us, and let's practice dialogue and other forms of "deep" conversation on-line as we learn together. I'm really grateful we are gathering in this learning network!! Anne Stadler, 206-364-3317 (ph.), 206-364-5363, FAX
