Larry, thank you for your leadership in looking at research regarding OST. I read the report with interest. I look forward to seeing what comes of it. There are so many variables to consider to identify that OST has made a difference. I am going to forward your e-mail to the Genuine Contact list serve where we are also exploring a way to tell the story of the impact of using the components of the Genuine Contact program which includes how we Work with Open Space Technology and integrate its use in organizations with other components (the Conscious Open Space Organization as it develops). Again, a lot of variables to consider. Many of them are intangible.
Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact, Birgitt Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy www.dalarinternational.com We provide inspirational and practical “how to” guidance for leaders who want to achieve healthy and balanced organizations to produce exciting, tangible results for the organization and for its people. View the calendar for upcoming training in the Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the Genuine ContactÔ program at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html We invite you to join the Genuine Contact list serve at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact Contact information for Dalar International Consultancy: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 Raleigh, North Carolina USA Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 Founders of the Wellness Revolution for Organizations Founders of the International Alliance for Mentoring Creators of the Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the Genuine ContactÔ program -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Larry Peterson Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: OS Research Event Dear Community of Practice: We had some fascinating and invigorating discussions in Toronto on November 28-30 with regard to Collaborative Research into Open Space, Self-Organization and Emergence. I have now put the OS Reports from the event up on the OSI Canada website at www.openspacecanada.org/CRReports.htm . It took a little while to sort out what happened at the close, which might be of interest to all. The event was sponsored by Ryerson University, OSI Canada and HH Owen. There were some great discussions from my perspective and from others as well. A couple of folks who came were clearly into a traditional "research" paradigm. They did not want their names to be part of any public reports of the event. Nor did we think to articulate at the beginning the "given" that the OS reports would be put on the OSI Canada web site. (Now we know.) So, we just needed to be sure that everything was clear before we put up the reports. They are now posted without some names. It did raise the interesting question of any "research" -- who owns the "data"? It has been posted for a little while, but I thought I would wait until now to announce it. There will be more to come on this. Pat Sniderman at Ryerson is likely hosting some ongoing conversations on the issues that emerged. A couple of groups have decided to pursue their ideas after the event and will likely share them with the larger "community of practice" in the near future. We have some great stories about our perceptions of the impact of OST such as the recent one from Nigeria. Truly exciting! That is certainly one kind of “evidence”. There are other kinds of “evidence” as well from all 4 quadrants. I am finding it interesting at this point to explore how we might collect and get other forms of evidence out there. I think there are some next ideas on this in the reports. (A couple of the pictures seem to “move” when put on the web, I hope I have corrected that well enough.) Happy New Year. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 [email protected] www.spiritedorg.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.556 / Virus Database: 348 - Release Date: 12/26/2003 * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
