Chris... That's a pretty awesome summary !!!
David On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Self organization works by a combination of attractors and boundaries. > Attractors are things that draw components of a system towards themselves > (gravity wells, a pile of money left on the ground, an invitation). > Boundaries (or constraints) are barriers that constrain the elements in a > system (an atmosphere, the edges of an island, the number of syllables in a > haiku) > > Working together, attractors and boundaries define order where otherwise > there is chaos. We can be intentional about some of these, but not all of > them. Within complex systems, attractors and constraints create the > conditions to enable emergence. What emerges isn’t always desirable and is > never predictable, but it has the property of being new and different from > any of the individual elements within the system. > > Self-organization is where we get new, previously unknown things from. > Open Space is a beautiful way of working with these dynamics within the > container of strategic work in organizations and communities. > > That’s about the shortest summary I can undertake about this stuff. :-) > > Chris > > > > On Aug 31, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > "Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation and > some happens by coercion/force? " > > > Great question Lucas! > > > The [invitation] wall-poster you suggest feels wall-worthy to me, so long > as no one is obligated to examine it... or even look at it. > > > My turn to ask a question: What might a world "void of manipulation" and > "replete with invitation" actually look like? > > > Daniel > > > > On 8/31/15 9:57 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote: > > Hi All, > > Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation and > some happens by coercion/force? > > For example, from the perspective of someone who lives outside of Iraq, > the way the Ba'ath Party took charge of Iraq through a coup seems like an > example of self-organizing by force to us, because we're outside the system > of Iraq. I welcome some thoughts on this. > > Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman for VOSonOS) > I've seen that the spirit of invitation shouldn't end with the writing of > the invitation, and instead it should be present throughout the open > space. When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they are > inviting others to a conversation, not taking over a time slot (like having > a coup and taking over a small country). > > When someone wants to be a "dictator" of their open space session, yes > others can use their two feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost to the > social fabric of the organization. A better outcome would be that the > would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the start. So I'd recommend > that another sign worth posting on the wall near "Law of Two Feet" would be > "Spirit of Invitation". I think it's wall-worthy, do you? > > Lucas Cioffi > Founder, QiqoChat.com <http://qiqochat.com/> > Charlottesville, VA > Mobile: 917-528-1831 > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul Levy via OSList < > <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self". >> >> We are the selves that organise. >> >> Beautiful. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > -- > > Daniel Mezick, President > > New Technology Solutions Inc. > > (203) 915 7248 (cell) > > Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/>. Blog > <http://newtechusa.net/blog/>. 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