Zelle, Since 1997, I've replicated with others the experience of being a Conscious Open Space Organization that we first had at Wesley Urban Ministries beginning in 1992 and lasting until 1995. I would be pleased to speak to your client about our experience there, when I was the senior staff person. Every COSO is different because of the organic nature of organizations. If you wish to send me an e-mail off list, I am sure that I can get at least a couple of my former clients to call your client. My former clients are not willing to have all sorts of people calling them to find out what it is like to be a Conscious Open Space Organization. In some cases I've been given the rights to write up their stories which hopefully I will have done by the summer. Good news is that the couple of clients that I am more sure would be willing to make such a call have been operating this way since 1997 and so they are great examples of long term Conscious Open Space Organizations.
Information about Conscious Open Space Organizations is at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/articles_2.html More than simply repeated OST meetings are needed to sustain the organization. Repeated OST meetings need to be supported with other and congruent ways of meetings and of doing work. Training is certainly a key ingredient not only in how to facilitate an OST meeting but also in how to Work with OST for the maximum benefit of the ongoing organizational life. Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact, Birgitt Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy www.dalarinternational.com for information about our work, resources, and how to contact us Promoting the Wellness (R)Evolution for Organizations. http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html for upcoming training in the Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the Genuine ContactÔ program http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact to join the Genuine Contact list serve including accessing resources on the GC list serve web page -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Zelle Nelson Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: looking for stories of Open Space Organizations... Hello! I have a potential client who needs real life examples of companies who can keep the results from the first Open Space event going by continuing to meet in OS, who after their initial OS event began holding all of their meetings in Open Space without the need for an external facilitator every time. Can you put me/us in contact with any such organizations? - not an example where an organization meets every year in OS, but one that lives their daily work lives more in Open Space and less in hierarchy. What I have in mind when I say OS organizations, I'm talking about subsequent meetings held in OS trickling through the organization; In house OS facilitators (with some sort of training included in the transformation from "typical" organization to an Open Space organization) - A culture of invitation, passion bounded by responsibility vs. responsibilities dictating actions, leaders emerging vs. being appointed...etc. Thanks for any contributions! With Grace and Love, Zelle ************ Zelle Nelson Know Place Like Home/State of Grace Document [email protected] office - 828.693.0398 mobile - 847.951.7030 Isle of Skye 2021 Greenville Hwy Flat Rock, NC 28731 * * ========================================================== [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: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 2/20/2004 * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
