Jack; I think you have asked a great question about the words we use and their implications - what does it mean to "open" pace if in fact all systems are really self-organizing.
I think "open" is a relative word, not dualistic (open or closed). We are enabling a system to be more "open" and more aware that it is "open" in a variety of ways with OST. We are helping to open up a perspective on the organization - and suggesting new principles and law by which it can more intentionally self-organize. Certainly opening up some peoples thinking to ideas they have not thought, to connections they have not yet maid. Is the system already and "open system" - yes, but the boundaries that some people draw help them think it is closed when it is not. In fact, they are often exhilarated (and sometimes frightened) when they discover/experience it is not closed. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.spiritedorg.com> www.spiritedorg.com * * ========================================================== [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
