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Avatar Adi Da Samraj The Aletheon,The Perfect Way http://www.adidasamraj.org/ On Oct 22, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Harrison Owen wrote: > Dan – I guess it is time for me to come clean and reveal all my ulterior > motives. Frankly, I could care less if you and others use OS by way of an > introduction to Agile/Scrum. I have some reservations that, to the extent > that SCRUM is a prescribed process (whether entered voluntarily or not), OST > may not be quite what you want. My experience has been that when a group is > introduced to a definite process and OST is part of the equation, the net > result is often that the process itself is treated like anything else in OST > – up for discussion. That said, it surely can’t hurt and is probably much > better than whatever alternatives. As an old Swedish friend of mine put it, > “OST is the WD-40 of group work. One shot will loosen up just about anything.” > > But all that is just the tip of the iceberg. I think the discussion will > really get interesting and fruitful when we begin to take hard look at what > I might call the “Agility Function” of OST. How does it work and why? How can > we amplify the effect? I suggested that agility is a natural act. True? If > so, could it become an everyday natural act? > > On your “favorite question” – OST as a Spiritual practice... I did write a > paper some years ago for a book that never happened titled, “Open Space and > Spirit shows up.”http://openspaceworld.com/spirt_shows.htm I confess that I > share Linda Stevenson’s unease with talking about OS and Spirituality. But > then again... > > > 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 > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Mezick > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming > > Jenifer, > > > Yes, and if you feel claustrophobic *reading* about Agile, let's imagine how > claustrophobic the people inside these 'agile' organizations feel... > > ...when they are told by an entirely well-meaning authority, > > that they must "do" something, and even "be" something...entirely > unfamilar...without their explicit consent. > > > Is this or is this not the definition of a closed space? > > And finally, my favorite question: Is OST actually a group-spiritual practice? > > Dan > > > > > http://newtechusa.net/agile/spirit/ > We all want rapid and lasting Agile adoptions. The Open Agile Adoption > technique (OAA) can help. The OAA technique is drawing deeply from the book > SPIRIT by Harrison Owen. It’s an amazing and even essential book for any > person who is serious about achieving a rapid and lasting Agile adoption. In > a very real sense the book SPIRIT by Harrison Owen, first published in 1986, > is the first (and perhaps the only) book written on how to achieve a rapid > and lasting Agile adoption. > "...I have written this book for friends and colleagues, known and unknown, > who find themselves in the midst of a transforming world, and are resolved > to look beneath the surface to the underlying source of change. This source, > which has become manifest in the form and structure of our organizations, I > call Spirit." – Harrison Owen, Prologue, SPIRIT: Development and > Transformation in Organizations. (Circa 1986) > > > > > www.OpenAgileAdoption.com > http://www.infoq.com/articles/open-agile-adoption-1 > http://www.infoq.com/articles/open-agile-adoption-2 > > > > > > On 10/22/13 8:14 AM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote: > Harrison, you said: > > >> ... our conversation always seems to have (must have?) some frame of > >> reference with certain metaphors and images. [...] It is not so much about > >> right or wrong but rather capacity to communicate. << > > It’s all about Story, yes, absolutely. I was just saying to Dan in an email > that I had never heard of Agile until this conversation, so I went to read > all about it... and then had to stop reading about it because, as a story, it > makes me feel claustrophobic. Especially as a story that is being linked to > OST. > > OST is my guide in so many ways. It’s my comparison story: the thing against > which I find myself measuring life stuff. > > - because it’s not a story. Oddly, I think I made that strong connection with > OST because it seems to me that it is just how things are, rather than how > anyone might want to say things are. Which is not that odd at all, actually, > now I come to think about it. > > Although I am not in any way religious, perhaps those who are feel the same > way: that their belief system is not a story, but the core truth of the > world. It seems strange to me that they wouldn’t challenge it to make sure it > isn’t a story in disguise, though. I challenge OST every day. > > In fact, maybe that’s what I mean by ‘comparison’. I don’t measure life > against it, so much as measure it against life, and I am continuously > delighted to find that it is simply a description of how life happens, > nothing more and nothing less. > > How wonderful, how refreshing to find a true *description* in a world full of > takes and truths. > > When I write stories, I think the characters already exist in the place of > potential, and all they do is choose me to be their conduit onto the page; > I’m the right conduit for a specific few. I am not at all surprised that OST > chose you. Thank you for being open to being chosen, and for staying open > when you recognised it for what it was. > > Jen x > > Jenifer Toksvig > www.acompletelossforwords.com > > The Copenhagen Interpretation > www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- > > Daniel Mezick, President > New Technology Solutions Inc. > (203) 915 7248 (cell) > Bio. Blog. 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