Dear Harrison and you others concerned about "Where do we go from here":
I agree, some of the stuff I have been trying and I assume a lot of the stuff others have tried has contributed to establishing "first approximations". Thats fine. But I find it frustrating, to be in the business of creating "first approximations" over and over and over. Being rather on the impatient side of things (not a good base for unattachment) and wanting to get beyond "first approximations" I keep longing for manifestations of the "dynamic interrelationship of complex forces - chaos, conflict and confusion - productive of wholeness, health and harmony..." What are the "requisite conditions" for that process? In our neighborhoods, cities, organisations, nations and beyond? What are the requisite conditions for the InterActive Organisation and beyond? What are our experiences especially as part of organisations or as facilitators working with organisations which manifest "first approximations"? Those concerns have driven Jo Toepfer, Hans Georg Wicke and me to offer space in Krakow September 3 and 4 to jointly get our bearings ....where do we go from here. We are convinced that this concern needs many breaths, lots of breathing, breathing and working together...so Krakow, in our mind, is an important step on this journey. We also think it needs a coming together in person...beyond the discussions in our lists. We are now 15 from Spain, Poland, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Join us. The invitation can be found at: http://www.joconsult.de/ Click on "Invitation to conference..." , the first item under "News". Greetings from Berlin mmp On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:02:26 -0400, Harrison Owen wrote: >My real hope in raising some the issues that I have was/is to open some = >space beyond Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry, Dialogue, = >Community building and the like. If it is true that difference is = >appreciated, deep conversation achieved, community enlivened, etc -- all = >as the natural concomitant of a well functioning self-organizing system = >-- how do we build on that? This is not so much a matter of "doing a = >better Open Space" -- but rather doing better in the open space of our = >lives. In "The Practice of Peace" I attempted to use what I perceive to = >be the learnings from Open Space (start with invitation, convene a = >circle, welcome passion and responsibility) as a first approximation. = >But I think it is only that, a first approximation. Where do we go from = >here? > >Harrison Michael M Pannwitz boscop Draisweg 1 12209 Berlin, Germany FON +49 - 30-772 8000 FAX +49 - 30-773 92 464 Informationen zu open space und future search: www.michaelmpannwitz.de 123 Berliner open space-Veranstaltungen von 12 BegleiterInnen in 16 verschiedenen Bereichen: www.openspace-landschaft.de An der E-Gruppe "openspacedeutsch" interessiert? Enfach eine mail an mich. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
