Hi all Last week we had a meeting with about 20 OD consultants in the Netherlands. Some who lecture about OD at University, some who do research on OD and some who work as OD consultants (like me). I was invited to write an article an how Open Space works and why it works according to my experinces with Open Space. I used many of the things I have read over the years on the list! The article is going to be published in juni in one of our more prestige journals (for the dutch: Management en Organisatie). And there will be a national congres on Open Space and other inteventions who really are interactive (appreciative inquiry, Future Search, and much much more) I was very honoured not only to be asked but that Open Space is goging to be even more 'hot' in the Netherlands. So if there are some reflections on the the next two items, it would help me very much to rewrite some parts of the article: - why does Open Space work? (those academic boys and girls over ?here want to know something about theoretical background and start looking very upset as I told them that it just works). - as Harrison wrote in his book Open Space; exapanding our now, Open Space has very ancient backgrounds (meeting in a cirkel, breathing, starting en ending 'time' and son on). What is more to say about these ancient ways of meeting? Anything or everything is welcome warm regards Carla
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