Rosa, Thank you so much for this summary. Are there any talks that you would highly recommend that we watch?
Appreciatively, Ashley -- Ashley Cooper Co-Founder & Learning Architect www.mycelium.is Now accepting APPLICATIONS for the *Mycelium 12-week Winter Learning Journey*. Find out more here <http://mycelium.is/learningjourney/>. On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In spite of the old-style format, I found the MIX > <http://mixmashup.org/mashup/events>to be an extremely inspiring > gathering. > Below some extracts from an e-mail I wrote to a friend... > > *** > > The conference format was (almost) completely didactic, lecture-style, > jam-packed, hardly any breaks. AND, as challenging as that was, the content > itself was extraordinary, completely inspiring, beyond awesome. How's that > for a contradiction? > > The MIX folks are extremely bright, dedicated, and passionate about > finding people and organizations that are totally breaking the mold with > regard to new organizational forms. This includes young companies that > started this way from scratch, as well as older companies that were > originally hierarchical and have transformed in some significant way. They > are doing their best to promote these organizations/networks/initiatives > and their work. > > > > So, great people from all over the world… successful non-hierarchical > companies from all over the world….really good stuff! The MIX folks are > aware that this work isn't completely new, that there have been innovative > examples of successful non-hierarchical orgs at different times. At the > same time, they also believe we are at a tipping point, where we need to > have new organizational forms become much more widespread -- and, they are > doing their best to help make that happen, through sharing the stories of > successful examples, highlighting how each one is a unique journey, and > pointing to underlying principles. > > > Very little room was allotted for participation from attendees, except > during the lab day. At the same time, it was great to be hearing from the > folks who have actually created these new organizations, or initiated > change efforts within older organizations. It seemed that many of the > presenters had actually opened space in their organizations in drastic > ways, not as external consultants coming in but as founders and leaders > and/or internal change agents. I was moved by their honesty and > vulnerability, and by their openness in sharing their challenges and ups > and downs and work-in-progress. > > > I can imagine the trade-offs the conference organizers may have been > struggling with... likely they wanted to offer as many of these stories as > possible, yet at the same time were not wanting to make it a longer > conference. Recently Chris shared a design on the AoH e-mail list, in a > thread about working with experts, of having people work in ten different > groups doing collective story harvests. Something like that could have been > useful here, and/or useful for the next one-- especially if followed by a > way for people to share the harvests with one another afterward. > > > And, the organizers may or may not be ready for that... seems like there > was some feedback about designing a more participatory event after the > MashUp two years ago. Maybe it's still percolating? Anyway, what a > fascinating mix we ourselves are as humans, such a bundle of gifts > and challenges (still-unopened gifts), all mixed together! And all of us > having so much to contribute, and so much to learn... > > > In sum, I found it a highly valuable experience, paradoxes and all, and > very much appreciated the opportunity of meeting a community of passionate > innovators, who share a deep respect for a diversity of perspectives and a > diversity of paths... > > > with all best wishes, > > > Rosa > > > > *Rosa Zubizarreta* > > *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaborationhttp://www.diapraxis.com > <http://www.diapraxis.com>* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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