I believe so, though I'm not 100% sure when they started using the term. It is referenced in the wikipedia article on Fred Emery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Emery
Peggy On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Birgitt Williams wrote: > Thanks Peggy. Did they also refer to it as OST? > Blessings, > Birgitt > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 6:26 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking > > Birgitt, > > The term open systems theory was used by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the 1950's. > > Emery and Trist started using the term in the 1960's. > > Peggy > > > On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Birgitt Williams wrote: > > > Looking deeper into the website, Artur, it is not at all clear who these > people with OST (Open Systems Thinking) are. What they have at one point in > their documents, however, is an article by Emery about Open Systems Thinking > with reference that it is OST. I find this odd because Emery, also a highly > regarded thought leader in organizational development, is well aware of OST > as Open Space Technology. > > Ah well. As Harrison says, OST is not trademarked. However, all of his books > including Open Space Technology are copyrighted (also a legal designation). > And despite the copyrighting, it is not worth defending as OST is out there > sufficiently in the world as Open Space Technology already. > > One reason that I am such a stickler about using ‘Open Space Technology’ > rather than the shortened form ‘Open Space’ is that there is even more > confusion about ‘Open Space’ as applied to this meeting method since Open > Space as a term was used long before OST came along…especially in > architecture and landscape architecture. I think that the more we all are > careful about mentioning ‘Open Space Technology’, the more that there is a > common recognition of a fabulous meeting facilitation method. > > Birgitt > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:45 AM > To: 'Artur Silva'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > Subject: Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking > > Never heard of them. Thank God I never patented or trademarked OST. Just > imagine all the trouble I would be in defending the indefensible – or > something. Much more fun just to give it all away. And you certainly meet > incredibly interesting people J > > ho > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Artur Silva > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:52 AM > To: OSLIST New Adress > Subject: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking > > Hi: > > Have any of you ever heard about this? > > OST - OPEN SYSTEMS THINKING: > http://www.thelightonthehill.com/ > > Interesting... > > Regards > > Artur > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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