Skye, I could not even begin to respond in language what you have just described. I do not have the conversational realm and expertise to do so. I can only respond, with a deep stirring inside of me, that I feel this to be true. Thank you Larry and Skye. Suzanne On Dec 3, 2011 4:12 PM, "Skye Hirst" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Larry, Thanks so much for that overview of the Jobs biography. I'd like > to explore your question of how does what he did in his self-centered > ways, lead to such productivity and quality of result? Where is the Open > Space and self-organization? Each being/entity is self-directed and a > closed system. (with the exception of energy consumption) Jobs could only > be himself. His "subjective aim" was in focus for him within himself and > he and he alone could know if what was being created was coherent with that > vision. There is an intensity that comes with "being on purpose" and it > is contagious I believe. it also acts as inspiration for others to act in > ways that call out "being on purpose/true to yourself" insisting on what > is truth for your being nature. But there is an even deeper nature that > provides coherence for this process and that's just being discovered - > there are laws of living/creative coherence - I believe that's what > Harrison and so many here speak and point to that they experience through > Open Space processes. > > When people are called together under these conditions, something > wonderful can happen as "the many become one and are increased by one" in > the words of Whitehead. This is the creative process of life becoming = it > connects us to our aliveness, we find meaning and fulfillment when we act > in concert with our purpose and even more meaning when that purpose can be > joined with others doing the same. The personal purpose within a greater > purpose that has meaning, worthiness and even urgency which one could see > in the Apple environment, provides deep satisfaction for each participant > in the vision. If you look up the word compete, it means to "seek > together." There is a value sense of satisfaction as we fulfill our own > uniqueness of being and sense the connection to a greater whole. Any > environment that creates such conditions for life - is as Harrison says, > "how life works if we let it." > > Help! Sorry for the language - we are exploring a realm that needs new > language and so we work here at Autognomics to find new ways of talking > about these emerging discoveries of life, living processes and how life > creates, knows itself - Open Space and Open Spacers are pointing out > beautifully that "process IS reality" - a value sensing process and as we > share our own inner experiencing of this process we discover hopefully the > bigger picture and ways of Life-itself, it's self-organizing and > connectedness. Thanks for reading this far, Skye > > > On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Larry Peterson wrote: > > ** ** > > I just finished reading Walter Isaacson's book "Steve Jobs". The last > chapter has an interesting summary of some of the issues that his > successful life raises particularly with regard to open versus closed IT > product systems. > > Jobs chose to drive towards integrated, high quality, creative design and > mostly closed products and systems. The openness is primarily for app > developers who can count on a consistent operating system across products. > This makes it easier to develop high quality applications that you know > will work on phones iPad or iPod my son says. > > Jobs did not believe in market research because his ideas were beyond > anyone's expectations and he believed that this vision would create the > products that people would want. He pushed his engineers and the details of > his vision mercilessly. Even Isaacson saw that the technical term assh*le > applied to him quite often. He was a self centered Zen Buddhist who did not > appropriate the more subtle qualities of a caring person. He was open to > learning as long as it came to be his idea.**** > > His vision “opened space” for those who would work at their top level to > realize it. When they didn’t he was mean and spiteful. And many didn’t > understand his view of good design together with good technology. He was > used to getting what he wanted, even as a child, and this provided the > hubris to move forward. The space of silicon valley with its nutrient rich > environment of engineers and garages and good schools made it possible for > Apple to get going. His personal Zen Buddist journey provided the self > development, but did not make him self aware, just confident in his own > vision. > > **** > > People around the world got engaged in his visionary leadership and became > followers of Apple as a counter culture product, even when it stumbled. It > certainly has worked in the market place to integrate superior products > that then set the model for the others to come. Will Google and Microsoft > be able to catch up? **** > > As a PC person, I now find the products are quite amazing and the > integration makes it easy for me to connect my iPad with my iPhone and > project pictures on Apple TV with out enormous effort and technical > know-how. The products and the integration are fun even if they are more > costly. I think the book is a great read .**** > > So where is the Open Space and the self-organization, other than at the > beginning – maybe that was enough for real, committed if crazy leadership > to emerge? **** > > Larry**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation**** > > Toronto, Ontario, Canada**** > > [email protected] 416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > > Skye Hirst, PhD**** > The Autognomics Institute**** > A Living World-view; the nature of reality > **** > [email protected] > www.autognomics.org > Twitter @autognomics > **** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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