Hi Tricia I would love to join, but I am very bad at figuring out time zone. can you give me the hour and the timezone so I can try to convert it to GMT+1 ?
thanks Christine On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Tricia Chirumbole < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > OS hotline skype is convening in 40 minutes at 12pm EDT - follow link or > email me to sign up: OS marketplace <http://tinyurl.com/nxbndq8> > > Also, following are notes from our previous two hotline skypes - enjoy! > > *OS hotline skype – July 23, 2013* > > * * > > *Website advice request: *Tricia requests advice about including a > section on her impending OS website about group’s “assessing readiness” > with a few rhetorical questions. > > - Question is why include? A formal assessment tool is not > recommended > > - Situational questions are suggested as possibly valuable. > > - Voluntary participation is important > > > > *Action/product development in open space*: Why don’t we do this more, or > talk about this more – tons of opportunities. > > - Paul co-authored a book entirely in Open Space (editing done > outside, but this was due to time constraints) > > - Link from book that Paul co-authored – wrote book in three > days, each session was a chapter – peak experiences in life producing a > real artifact in Open space tech: > http://pure.au.dk/portal/files/292/Thin_book_OT.pdf > > - Interest among group in exploring these possibilities. > > - Reference Leadership article by Bob Marshall that was > circulated on OS list – People like agile, but is a better product > delivered because people are enjoying the process of scrum/agile? > > - Conversation with a friend who thinks something like that > could only work if the whole organization was in the room, stuck in > hierarchy, can’t do anything without approval. > > - Envision: Open space happening on building site with machines > and materials – just getting things done – have some items pre-determined, > so that you don’t need more approvals > > - In the arts in the UK there is a great event happening for > years, takes place in the ruins of a castle, mainly programed, everyone > works on renovating this castle – do a 3 or 4 day OS and day 2 is an > invitation to renovate a garden in venue we are meeting, everyone creates > something > > - Envision: to do an OS on urban planning and actually build > something – you can talk about it, and talk about it, but actually build it > > > > *Example of action-oriented open-spacey approach in practice: *Young > people running a web design company somewhere in UK - doing something like > opening space, but getting things done, not just talking. They would > convene in a space, talk about goals/plans, identify what various people > planned to work on in some relative order/timeline – then break off in > groups depending on what strikes them and reconvene at lunch/later in day. > > > > *We need Open Space research! *Get $$ for research about developing > products/doing things in open space – who’s in? Some in group would like to > move on it. > > - Lack of university-based research on Open space, or collecting > of data beyond anecdotes. > > - Could be much bigger and much wider use of Open Space if there > were academic verification – never been able to get more than a few > thousand pounds in Brighton – if we can prove OS works in practice and not > just in theory > > - Feeling that Open Space could be the environmental solution > for the earth. The flow, more efficient than blundering human intervention. > > - Could probably do crowd funding, a lot of sources in the US. > > - Templeton foundation putting out RFPs for research, academics > without walls, access to a nonprofit institute that we can work from. > > - If a particular field of activity gets the attention of 6 > journal articles, research funding follows > > - You would then have a better chance, for example, to get OS in > Africa more on the back of aid agencies. They can’t spend their money > without some verification, such as academic, more just anecdotally based > research practice. > > - Paul has been collecting pictures of OS circles, OS videos. > Finds people are using this to bring to their organization to sell OS – > missed how he figured this out…. > > > > *OS public awareness: * > > - David Bohm, dialogue discussion on the web, etc., but open > space not mentioned. > > - Omnipresence is like that [suggesting open space is > omnipresent] – it is always there so you don’t see that, always present. We > can’t see something that is always with you. Someone points it out and then > people question why they haven’t seen it. Living processes are always with > you so you can’t see them. > > > > *Suggested bedtime reading:* > http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/evaluation-report-open-space-technology-hui/ > > > > http://pure.au.dk/portal/files/292/Thin_book_OT.pdf > > > > OS Hotline skype – July 30, 2013 > > * * > > Disclaimer: not complete, not fully accurate, and not in proper order……. > > > > *Improv discussion:* > > * * > > Meisner technique – improv – an individual’s contribution needs to use the > words or phrases from previous statements of another person – can be > comedic, but turns into rapport among participants and a full play can be > created without a script > > > > Check out: Fringereview.com > > > > *Book recommendation:* Moral imagination – good book….. > > > > *Listening: *Not sure if following tidbit came from above book: Studies > (I think studies) have found that when you are truly listening to someone, > your larynx begins vibrating in unison with theirs. Kind of like when you > realize you are finishing someone’s sentences. … > > · Relate to identifying an invitation for Open Space. If you > truly listen to the people involved, the theme and the words will present > themselves. > > > > *Forced crafting of invitations: *We may demonize or idealize a situation > because we want it to come across as important. We need to use words that > are there in the community and do it without ego; the words usually come if > we can remove our ego. > > > > *Do invitations need to always be stated in the positive? *We may be so > afraid of the dark that we try to make it all “touchy feely”, but then end > up not resonating with the real pain people are experiencing. > > > > Affirmative/appreciative inquiry can be alienating, tell the truth about > what you see, don’t always need to go the positive route, say what is loud, > that which we feel most afraid of, > > > > Is use of affirmative words OS –accepted wisdom? Is it short-sighted? > > > > *Funny exercise:* Shake your head “yes” and then shake your head, “no” – > No shouldn’t feel right. Living organisms don’t understand a negative. > Children don’t understand a no, they respond to….missed it…. > > > > *Energy practice:* Jin Shin Jyutsu- ancient way of healing, fingers like > jumper cables referenced as early as 712, rediscovered early 1900s. No > energy in the human body moves horizontally… > > > > *How do we practice to facilitate OS?* > > · Join in on OS hotline skypes, the OS list and discussions with > practitioners > > · Do it! > > · Read the OST guide > > · Shadow/co-facilitate open space events > > · Personal work: finding space within yourself – whatever ways > work for you. > > · Learn to trust yourself and trust the “process” – confidently > convey that and hold that trust. > > > > *Controversy: *OS is very appropriate for situations of controversy > > > > Open space for unlimited potential, people can walk out, but they don’t > tend to break the process, the circle can hold the anger. > > > > Somewhere in the demon of the dictator there is the seed of truth – the > resistors and oppressors have something to teach us > > * * > > *Book reference: *Bernard Lievegoed, *The Developing Organization* > > > > *When hosts want structure: *You can play the game of structure, talking > up superficial elements of OS to make them feel comfortable and allow them > to build confidence and trust – such as: noting defined times for opening > circle, lunch breaks, planned reporting deliverable, etc, but still not > change the essential elements. *Use their words.* > > > > > > > > -- > Tricia Chirumbole > US: +1-571-232-0942 > Skype: tricia.chirumbole > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- [image: Christine Koehler, créatrice d'espace de Dialogue et de Coopération] Executive Coach, Médiateur www.christine-koehler.fr Tel : 06 13 28 71 38 Fax : 09 72 32 36 65 New ! 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