hi all, catching up a bit here and glad to see our work leaking into the mainstream press.
i have been thinking about a comment elsewhere, about 'self-organization' being the thing inside of open space as process/method. i've never been a fan of the self-org story. it's always seemed so academic to me, overly scientific, overly objective, and underly subjective and personal. i've read some of the requisite works on the topic, but i've never felt like i could really make that story fly, never make the case. revisiting lately, i notice another thing that's missing for me in the self-org story, as i know it anyway, is any instruction about what one can *do* in the midst of it. i guess this is why i've opted for the 'inviting' story for some years now. i think it's interesting that in the wee small description included in the article here, the two *doings* i noticed were "offering" and "inviting." i think these might be even closer to the heart of ost than self-organization. or maybe the thing that comes before self-organization. after all, nobody can make or do self-organization. we can only invite it. can only offer our invitations, as leaders, sponsors, facilitators, participants. so i'm glad to see that this article does well to get that part of our game quite right. thanks all, michaelh On 5/13/07, Tree Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
Harrison. . . . this stream of conversation seems like as good a place as any other for me to tell you that I love you, Harrison Owen, even though I don't really know you, and I am deeply grateful for the gift of open space technology released into the public domain. As Chris said, OS is so far ahead of the curve, gosh. . . . . I love to think about this curmudgeonly man out there in the universe doing his best to be a good person and do good work and he stumbles upon open space technology, much like Frodo stumbled upon the ring . . . gosh golly, I am glad you showed up, Harrison. And everyone reading: I am glad you showed up too. And me. I'm glad I showed up. On 5/13/07, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kaliya -- having had some extensive contact with the press over the years, I > count it a good day when I am NOT quoted. With very few exceptions, they > always seem to get it "WRONG" -- and sometimes disastrously so. And then you > are left with the interesting task of explaining what you did NOT say. And > very quickly you find yourself caught in the "When did you stop beating your > wife" syndrome. Not a good place to be. > > But in fairness to my friends in the 4th Estate, there have been some > marvelous articles on Open Space. The New York Times did a superb feature > story, as did The Washington Post and a number of others. I am not sure how > much all of that is worth (outside of "historical interest") but it might be > useful at some point in order to help some of the "Unconference" folks > understand their roots. > > It is not about pride of authorship, or even pride of place. I just feel > sorry for these folks not being able to access the 22 year experience that > we all have shared. There will always be people who want to re-invent the > wheel, but they could save no small amount of pain and agony if they were to > check in on what came before. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaliya Hamlin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unconferences strike again. > > Yes well. > they also failed to mention to of the women they interviewed who are > working closely with the men extensively quoted and referenced. > Just the business/tech media in action I suppose. > http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=55 > =Kaliya > > On Sunday, May 13, 2007, at 09:53AM, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Seems like our secret it out! Or maybe the secret is that Open Space has > >gone under deep cover. See the recent Business Week > >http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm?chan=search > > > > >Harrison > > > >Harrison Owen > >7808 River Falls Drive > >Potomac, Maryland 20854 > >Phone 301-365-2093 > >Skype hhowen > >Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > > > >Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > >Personal website www.ho-image.com > >OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > >Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > ><http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> > > > > > > > >* > >* > >========================================================== > >[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 > > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > -- Love rays, Tree Fitzpatrick http://thecultureoflove.blogspot.com/ . . . the great and incalculable grace of love, which says, with Augustine, "I want you to be," without being able to give any particular reason for such supreme and unsurpassable affirmation. -- Hannah Arendt 1335 Montecito Ave Apt. 35 Mountain View, California 94043 (650) 967-9260 * * ========================================================== [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
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