Michael, thank you for sharing your website with us and for all of the information and insights that you have there about your knowledge of OST.
Having gone into that site, I also went over to your other masterpiece that is connected to it www.openspaceworld.org I thoroughly enjoyed that the site is so organic, allowing users of the site to edit. And I also noticed that the pages that I really wanted to edit are "read only", meaning that they are not open for editing by the users. For example, there is a page about what OST is and within that page is "What will happen". Currently you have "We never know exactly what will happen when we open the space for people to do their most important work, but we can guarantee these results when any group gets into Open Space: 1. All of the issues that are MOST important to the participants will be raised. 2. All of the issues raised will be addressed by those participants most qualified and capable of getting something done on each of them. 3. In a time as short as one or two days, all of the most important ideas, discussion, data, recommendations, conclusions, questions for further study, and plans for immediate action will be documented in one comprehensive report -- finished, printed and in the hands of participants when they leave. 4. When appropriate and time is allowed for it, the total contents of this report document can be focused and prioritized in a matter of a few hours, even with very large groups (100's). 5. After an event, all of these results can be made available to an entire organization or community within days of the event, so the conversation can invite every stakeholder into implementation -- right now. 6. AND... results like these can be planned and implemented faster than any other kind of so-called "large-group intervention." It is literally possible to accomplish in days and weeks what some other approaches take months and years to do. The good news, and the bad news, is that it works. Good news because it gets people and work moving, bad news because that may mean lots of things are going to be different than before. Wanted things can appear, unwanted things disappear, and sometime vice versa -- but that's how life is. In short, then, Open Space brings life back to organization and organizations back to life. " I KNOW that this cannot be guaranteed and it might cause us as independent workers with OST problems when it says so on this site. So....what is the option regarding www.openspaceworld.org regarding items that there may be disagreement about in terms of what is portrayed out into the world regarding OST. Part of what might need to be sorted out are "what are the givens" regarding www.openspaceworld.org Michael, I think you have put together such a fabulous community resource and I am wondering how it can become representative of the diverse viewpoints about OST. I thank you for your work and your gift to us all. Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact, Birgitt Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy http://www.dalarinternational.com <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness view the calendar for upcoming training at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html <http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html> We invite you to join the list serve at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact Mailing address: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 Raleigh, North Carolina USA Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 "I believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results including wealth, prosperity, and abundance. Daily, these organizations attend to their health and balance. Participating in the Genuine Contact program takes you on a learning journey of HOW to achieve the healthy and balanced organization (the conscious Open Space Organization).” Birgitt Williams, Dalar International Consultancy -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: everything i know about ost... well, the formatting of this last message was thoroughly screwed up by the time it reached me. should be a lot easier to just to to the main contents page and have a look there... http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech mh Michael Herman wrote: > well, everything i've managed to write down, cut and paste, or otherwise > gather into a loosely organized collection. i've made a few references > to things posted there lately, but thought i might post the whole > contents page here (below) so you'd have a sense of what is available > there. hopefully the formatting won't make a complete mess of things by > the time this reaches you. all offered as supplement to what is in the > User's Guide as bible. i started this little project about 5 years ago, > my own personal collection of stuff, separate from what has been cooked > at openspaceworld.ORG. i'll continue to add to this as time and spirit > dictate. enjoy as you care to and suggest fixes as you notice them. > many thanks, michael > > -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA (312) 280-7838 http://www.michaelherman.com - consulting & publications http://www.globalchicago.net - laboratory & playground http://www.openspaceworld.org - worldwide open space ...inviting organization into movement * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. 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