Thank you so much for this article! Its like a goldmine to me. I´m in an early phase of a master degree, planning to us Open space in the Church of Norway. The structure is quite different from the parish you describe, but I find so much valuable experience, literature and motivation here.
I understand that you are not coming to London. Hope maybe I can find a way to learn more from you in any other way. All the best from Hege Steinsland Norway 1. okt. 2012 kl. 04:52 skrev Linda Stevenson <[email protected]>: > Hi, Jeff, > > Thanks for your acknowledgement and comments which are always welcome, even > nitpicking! > > You raise some interesting points around what word best describes the > territory furthest from certainty and agreement in The Landscape Diagram. > The labels "simplicity, complexity, and anarchy" are from the original > diagram which Ralph Stacey designed to describe effective management > decisions. Iterations of that diagram have provided useful frameworks to > help understand three distinct modes of organization across an organizational > landscape. In real life, they are not so distinct! > > We've found the diagram to be a useful tool, a simple approximation which has > its limitations such as the nuances which you have pointed out. Reality is > never so neatly packaged. > > Thank you for your thoughtfulness, > Linda > > > > > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:40:48 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space Case Study > > > > Linda, > > > > Wonderful article, and I concur with the appreciations of others on the > > list. > > > > If I may offer one "nitpick" - not about what you wrote, but the work > > of one of your sources - it would be the use of the term 'anarchy' to > > try to describe the chaotic, unorganized realm of organization. > > > > I studied political philosophy in another lifetime (so it seems) and > > the true anarchists in my reading of history have been much more > > aligned with the natural self-organizing of humans (like we see in > > OST) than with the destructive chaotic realm. > > > > In particular I loved Theodore Roszak's writing about the 'mystical > > anarchists' (among whom he listed Gandhi, Buber, Tolstoy and others) > > who showed their understanding of the hidden powers of > > self-organization which reside in the human heart. > > > > In a recent Art of Hosting training, the realm of the seriously > > destructive chaos was called "chamos", apparently a Greek word, a new > > term for me, which I appreciate. > > > > Thanks again! > > > > Jeff > > > > Jeff Aitken PhD > > around San Francisco > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Chris Corrigan > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Linda…thank you for this article and for sharing your action planning > > > process. It's always very useful to consider the many ways in which a > > > group's work in Open Space can be eased into existing context of an > > > organization. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On 2012-09-29, at 3:21 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: > > > > > >> Dear Linda, > > >> thanks for your case study! > > >> Although all I read was familiar to me, I intrigued myself with the real > > >> life example you researched and shared. > > >> I wonder why "implementation criteria" were formulated: > > >> > > >> (1) Alignment with the parish mission statement. > > >> (2) Approval by the pastor. > > >> (3) Identification of needed resources. > > >> > > >> My experience has been that those participating in an os-event in their > > >> own organisation or an organisation they know well will automatically > > >> reflect on whether and how their projects align with mission statements, > > >> how they can get the approval of CEOs that are required and are > > >> definitely ingenious in identifying needed resources. > > >> > > >> Did it work in spite of the "implementation criteria" or because of > > >> them? In the face of "whatever happened is the only thing that could > > >> have", its perhaps irrelevant... > > >> > > >> Greetings from Berlin > > >> mmp > > >> > > >> I will spread your Case Study in the local community! > > >> > > >> > > >> On 29.09.2012 15:41, Linda Stevenson wrote: > > >>> The following link will take you to a "case study" on Open Space I did > > >>> for a Catholic parish last year. It will be published in the November > > >>> issue of the Human Resource Development International journal in > > >>> November. > > >>> > > >>> http://awakeninginquiry.com/uploads/HRDI_Article_on_Open_Space.pdf > > >>> > > >>> Your questions and comments are always welcome! > > >>> > > >>> Linda > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Michael M Pannwitz > > >> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > > >> ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 384 resident Open > > >> Space Workers in 66 countries working in a total of 142 countries > > >> worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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