Paul - "And it is why I believe that when we open space, we open space not only for the future but for our whole "time organism"." I like it. If only because I wrote a book, "Expanding Our Now." The idea is simple, maybe simple minded. But it goes like this: The past is over, the future hasn't happened yet. What we got is NOW. And how big can we make that? I don't know, but it is a lot bigger than most of us think - which is usually measured in nanoseconds. A very small NOW. - But when we Open Space, my experience is that NOW becomes enormous. Well past chronometric measurement. Or something.
ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 04843 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> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul levy Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 4:08 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space Perfectly described, Koos! And it is why I believe that when we open space, we open space not only for the future but for our whole "time organism". It is also why, if there must be "action planning" is need not only come at the end! Time is linear, circular and many other things as well. Warm rushes Paul On Sunday, 24 March 2013, Koos de Heer wrote: Paul, I once heard a story from someone who had been to Greece, interviewing people about the political and economic situation there. He reports that some people would say: "We can't predict the future - after all, you have no idea of the things that are still hidden behind your back." The metaphor of the way time flows there is the opposite of ours. In Western Europe, we picture ourselves as looking to the future and having the past behind our backs. Apparently in Greece, the people experience the timeline so that the future is coming from behind and the past is disappearing in front of them. So they are looking at the past and not seeing the future. Which makes sense; we think we look at the future, but what are we looking at? Only images, because we don't know what it will be. Which also leads to the question whether our images from the past are correct, but that is another story. This leads me to wondering if there might be cultures where time is viewed as circular, which would make even more sense to me. Koos Van: [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'[email protected]') ;> [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'[email protected]') ;> ] Namens paul levy Verzonden: zondag 24 maart 2013 19:37 <x-apple-data-detectors://4> Aan: World wide Open Space Technology email list Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space David There's a depth and warm texture to your model. I would offer this: You define vision this: "what does it look like when it is done" I believe that is only part of vision. Vision is what does the temporal picture look like: the picture of past, present AND future, all playing into each other. As I said earlier - what went before (past) is also before us (future, in front). Such a magical word - before - it means both behind and in front ! When we open space for a vision of the whole timeline - the unfolding story - then something often emerges - it is this: potential I believe we can only truly know the future vision when we look back at it. Be prepared to be surprised. The future is often revealed by opening space for the present and the past. Futures are fulfilled in where we have travelled from. Paul On Sunday, 24 March 2013, David wrote: When I do open space with my business hat on in the consulting role, I almost always start with four imperatives that most companies start with, even if they havent articulated it, but soon lose sight of. I call it VMPM. Vision, Mission, Purpose, Method. Many companies have a mission statement, few ever read it after it has been written. NO company is healthy for more than a year or two at a time, although many run very successfully from the economic metric for years or decades. I just put up the four words, the group gets to define them. Here are my definitions, that we usually start with to frame the discussion: Vision: what does it look like when it is done. A vision is a snapshot, or series of snapshots. Vision is not Mission. Mission: What is the target, how does the map compare to the territory. The territory is not always reflected on the map. (just by a street map of Nairobi sometime, and you will see what I mean). Mission is not Purpose. Purpose: the personal "why" . Purpose is purpose, it is my personal core driver. Method: How we do it, the outflow of the inflow of the first three points. Method is how I achieve my self interests as part of a collaborative community, also called a company. All successful communities have these common elements: Community! which is collaborative and cooperative, consistent and committed.
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