Yes , yes, yes. I subscribe Arturo Uscátegui Restrepo's statement. and Thanks to Harrison.
best to all Marianella 2013/9/3 Arturo Uscategui-Colaboremos <[email protected]>: > Yes, yes, yes and yes ! No matter if we live or not to tell the tale. We are > fortunate to live it, to build it, to create it, you, we. And what a > wonderful day is today with more and more open spaces towards increased > openness, pushing forward the questions. Dear Harrison, thank you to be > there where you are. > > Collaboratively, > Arturo Uscátegui Restrepo > www.colaboremos.com > +33 6 52 14 29 09 > Skype: auscateguir > Twitter: @icolaboremos > Facebook Profile : arturo.colaboremos > Facebook Page : colaboremos > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. A Time for Questions (Harrison Owen) > 2. Re: A Time for Questions (David Osborne) > 3. Re: A Time for Questions (Suzanne Daigle) > 4. Re: A Time for Questions...about Liminality, Ronin & > Stigmergy (Daniel Mezick) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:59:03 -0400 > From: "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> > To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSList] A Time for Questions > Message-ID: <000001cea766$daf90a20$90eb1e60$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my > head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from > my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few > interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind. > Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only > time will tell. > > One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's > (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal > time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely > how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed > success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely > marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way. > > And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was > at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for > sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is in > the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it. > > With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the > joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the > tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered > to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange > creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world! > > The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, and > the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were > weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as many > new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling! > > But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of answers > were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write > knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it > seemed the rules (answers) were known. > > The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it > seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting > that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some > questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or > Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium. > > The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it > seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties, > fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the > end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear > day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning > point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my > friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. Doubtless > with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for > richer, for poorer... it was a very different world! > > How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first > time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available > answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When we > as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy > moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I > think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces > rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every > bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the > tale. But that has always been true. > > Harrison > > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne > Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey > > David, > > I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I > have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland > and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed > by, I have yet to see evidence of OST. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > > Quoting David Osborne <[email protected]>: > > Yes Brett. Being Done. > > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening. > > > > > > -- > > David Osborne > > > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 On > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <[email protected]>wrote: > > Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs > in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake > in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global > economies, our livelihoods, and well-being. > > The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted > to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with > higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a > result of this situation. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su > rvey_n_3826165.html > > Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by > culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one. > > OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course > part of the solution. > > This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at > this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are > non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 20:04:15 -0400 > From: David Osborne <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions > Message-ID: > <canqfh889cryy8x11sutabhef8hg3vaej-npqfbjzx+b7mx9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A wonderful description Harrison. > > Here's to the questions and the space they open. > > David > > > > -- > > David Osborne > > > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my > head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from > my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few > interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind. > Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only > time will tell. > > One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's > (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal > time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely > how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed > success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely > marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way. > > And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was > at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for > sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is > in > the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it. > > With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the > joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the > tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered > to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange > creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world! > > The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, > and > the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were > weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as > many > new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling! > > But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of > answers > were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write > knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it > seemed the rules (answers) were known. > > The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it > seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting > that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some > questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or > Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium. > > The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it > seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties, > fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the > end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear > day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning > point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my > friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. > Doubtless > with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for > richer, for poorer... it was a very different world! > > How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first > time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available > answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When > we > as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy > moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I > think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces > rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every > bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the > tale. But that has always been true. > > Harrison > > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne > Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey > > David, > > I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I > have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland > and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed > by, I have yet to see evidence of OST. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > > Quoting David Osborne <[email protected]>: > > Yes Brett. Being Done. > > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening. > > > > > > -- > > David Osborne > > > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 On > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <[email protected] > wrote: > > Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs > in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake > in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global > economies, our livelihoods, and well-being. > > The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted > to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with > higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a > result of this situation. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su > rvey_n_3826165.html > > Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by > culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one. > > OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course > part of the solution. > > This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at > this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are > non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20130901/cf8711b1/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 23:31:17 -0400 > From: Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions > Message-ID: > <cajh+fldddowy0zf_fptl4xipfexkfvbrue+zadezvs3daef...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > This is Labor Day weekend - a period of pause and reflection as the summer > comes to an end, busy work resumes, the new school year begins. So fitting > this journey down memory lane and the important work ahead. Our theme at > WOSonOS was the World is Waiting... Are we Ready? The Millennials asserted > loud and clear: "We are ready!"... ready to partner with us, to step into > their leadership and to jump into the fullness of life in ways that may be > unlike anything we have lived and experienced before. > > Reading what Harrison wrote reminded me of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. I > had been so moved by it that I transposed it on a beautiful Florida beach > photo and sent it to dozen friends in August 2008. It was a pre-Open > Space era for me; guess the soil was being tilled for what would come later > in my life as I was very drawn to its message. Now I understand more what > questions and opening space mean to the vibrancy of life. So this evening, > I went fishing for it and buried in the hard drives of an old computer that > contain many treasures, I found it and it gives me joy to share it with all > of you in this wonderful world-wide community-- a reminder of the > privileged work we each love and do! > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/9btt1cthfsmyi71/Seeking%20our%20path.pdf > > > Suzanne > > > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Osborne > <[email protected]>wrote: > > A wonderful description Harrison. > > Here's to the questions and the space they open. > > David > > > -- > > David Osborne > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]>wrote: > > David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in > my > head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However > from > my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a > few > interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind. > Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, > only > time will tell. > > One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the > 50's > (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal > time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely > how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if > followed > success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely > marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way. > > And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It > was > at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for > sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is > in > the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it. > > With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to > the > joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the > tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, > shattered > to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange > creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world! > > The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, > and > the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some > were > weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as > many > new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling! > > But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of > answers > were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write > knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it > seemed the rules (answers) were known. > > The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it > seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even > suggesting > that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still > some > questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or > Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium. > > The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way > it > seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties, > fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at > the > end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright > clear > day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a > turning > point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my > friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. > Doubtless > with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, > for > richer, for poorer... it was a very different world! > > How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the > first > time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available > answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When > we > as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy > moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I > think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces > rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is > every > bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the > tale. But that has always been true. > > Harrison > > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Kloth > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne > Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey > > David, > > I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. > I > have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland > and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and > impressed > by, I have yet to see evidence of OST. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > > Quoting David Osborne < [email protected]>: > > Yes Brett. Being Done. > > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening. > > > > > > -- > > David Osborne > > > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 On > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt < [email protected]>wrote: > > > > Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs > in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake > in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global > economies, our livelihoods, and well-being. > > The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted > to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with > higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a > result of this situation. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su > rvey_n_3826165.html > > Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by > culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one. > > OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course > part of the solution. > > This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at > this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are > non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > Suzanne Daigle > NuFocus Strategic Group > 7159 Victoria Circle > University Park, FL 34201 > FL 941-359-8877; > CT 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > [email protected] > twitter @suzannedaigle > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20130901/7325c954/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:45:16 -0400 > From: Daniel Mezick <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions...about Liminality, Ronin & > Stigmergy > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > What a fascinating thread! > > "..the forces of creativity soared to the joy and terror of all involved." > > Two things are clear: the old rules no longer apply, and individuals are > reacting WAY faster than institutions. We are liminal. We are no longer > where we were, and not yet where we are going. We are in transition. The > Individuals, the whole...the whole ball of wax is going liminal in a > huge way... > > Is everyone more liminal than ever before? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminality > > The primary way to make sense of a near-chaos situation (like the one we > are in) is to inspect everything much more frequently. We know this from > Agile software methods. When the situation gets really messy, the answer > is empiricism...iteration...frequent inspection...and frequent > adjustment. This last part is tricky because it requires a very open > mind, and more than a little alacrity. In Japanese, the word 'ronin sums > up this idea. It means 'wave man' or 'wave rider'. > > Is everyone a ronin because of what feels like s state of constant > change.....aka "permanent Liminality?" Are OST Facilitators actually > playing a Ronin role, serving for a time and moving on? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C5%8Dnin > http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Way_of_the_Ronin.html?id=G2g5KsKEOfoC > > One of the things that seems to be the new normal is 'stigmergy', the > form of self-organization that depends on one-way announcements and > unilateral broadcasts. The basic idea is a "send/receive" protocol where > anyone can "send" a message, and the "receive" is 100% optional. It's a > kind of invitation to listen. And optionally respond. > > Sound familiar? > > Is stigmergy the new normal? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy > > Everywhere, I see stigmergy, everywhere I see wave-people, everywhere I > see liminality. Various groups in various places are hosting > conversations and events, and making plans, and announcing them, and > going from there. No one group is "in charge" in any sense of that term. > It's futile to try. Any and all alignments by and between groups are > based on shared values and relative urgency, in the now. The most > effective people (both as individuals and in groups) are iterating and > inspecting VERY frequently now. > > I wonder if Open Space is about to emerge one of the most useful if not > THE most useful piece of social technology for making sense of reality > in groups when everything is changing. The rise of stigmergy as a way of > organizing naturally favors the use of Open Space, for brewing new > things... by and between groups that find each other. > > Is everyone more liminal than ever before? > Are OST Facilitators actually ronin? > Is stigmergy the new normal? > > > On 9/1/13 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: > > David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my > head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from > my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few > interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind. > Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only > time will tell. > > One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's > (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal > time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely > how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed > success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely > marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way. > > And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was > at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for > sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is in > the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it. > > With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the > joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the > tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered > to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange > creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world! > > The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, and > the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were > weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as many > new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling! > > But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of answers > were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write > knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it > seemed the rules (answers) were known. > > The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it > seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting > that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some > questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or > Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium. > > The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it > seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties, > fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the > end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear > day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning > point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my > friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. Doubtless > with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for > richer, for poorer... it was a very different world! > > How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first > time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available > answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When we > as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy > moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I > think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces > rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every > bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the > tale. But that has always been true. > > Harrison > > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne > Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey > > David, > > I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I > have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland > and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed > by, I have yet to see evidence of OST. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > > Quoting David Osborne <[email protected]>: > > Yes Brett. Being Done. > > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening. > > > > > > -- > > David Osborne > > > > www.change-fusion.com | [email protected] | 703.939.1777 On > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <[email protected]>wrote: > > Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs > in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake > in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global > economies, our livelihoods, and well-being. > > The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted > to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with > higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a > result of this situation. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su > rvey_n_3826165.html > > Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by > culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one. > > OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course > part of the solution. > > This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at > this moment in time. We are stakeholders. 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