Hi Craig and others interested in resources that will assist with the telling of the story in a way that invites people to become interested in Open Space Technology.I think the Resources that Barry mentioned are good, as is Tales From Open Space that Harrison mentioned. It is also good to invest in some copies of At Work: Stories of Tomorrow's Workplace Mar/Apr 97. This is a resource I often use and makes sense to clients. Published by Berrett-Koehler. You'll find the stories of the world wide open space website geocities.com/Athens/oracle/9215
I also request that everyone who is willing post the newsarticles that they have by title (especially you Harrison because I think folks are likely to have sent you copies :-) so that we can see what is out there, especially that which is within the last two years. All of my stuff seems to be older than that. The articles I have which are easily faxable and which I have mooched from Harrison over the years. Most have Harrison as the facilitator: 1.Enterpreneur May 1995 Open House focuses on a two day Open Space with a company called Prospect 2.Washington Post February 1992 Creativity From Chaos: A Free-form Theory for transforming the Common Meeting with the Forest Service (I like this one because Harrison is quoted as saying Open Space is safe space, something which these days I'm not sure he says :-)--for some reason I remember debates with him on the subject) 3.Business India Oct/Dec 1989 Intense Learning Experience re: the Taj Continuing Educaton Programming 5 day conference 4. Success Magazine Nov 1992 Motivation From Chaos: Profits Soared When this company discovered a new way to hold meetings regarding Albany Ladder 5. IAPCO (international association of Professional Congress organizers) Open Space Does Work--this one was in Belgium 6. Training Magazine April 1994 Welcome to Open Space re: Rockport shoes There are also publications out there done privately. For example, the Open Space Institute of Canada has a few. I have these on my website (address below). I would draw your attention particularly to the one on Managing the Organization in Ongoing Open Space. This is the topic that is my particular passion--when we operate in Open Space as a management style. And we've replicated the initial three year experiment that I did with this at Wesley Urban Ministries with a number of other organizations and end up with outstanding sustainable performance every time. Warmest regards, Birgitt Birgitt Bolton of Dalar Associates www.openspacetechnology.com 55 Ravina Cres., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada L9G 2E8 phone: 905-648-5775 fax: 905-648-2262
