Re: [OSList] celebrating 30 years of Working With Open Space Technology

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Dearest Birgitt
Congratulations on this festive university! Thank you for celebrating and
telling your story here. Adds your unique wisdom and perspective to the
ever evolving story of OST and the OS community OD practice, how we live it
and how it changes us fundamentally. Thank you for being and inspiration,
 a teacher and a road companion in life and practice since 2001

With much love and appreciation
Tova Averbuch


בתאריך יום ג׳, 5 באפר׳ 2022 ב-18:01 מאת Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
> this month I am celebrating 30 years of working with Open Space
> Technology. What a grand journey it has been, giving me a vehicle to be of
> help to leaders and  their organizations...while simultaneously growing me.
> I benefited a lot from in depth four day trainings in OST with Harrison,
> attending, co-sponsoring seven training sessions in Canada. I continue to
> facilitate in the ways that we were originally taught, with adjustments
> made to adapt OST for the online environment. I refuse to facilitate an OST
> less than four hours, with sessions never less than one hour.
>
> My two favorite experiences of being a participant in OST meetings: the
> first OSONOS in a hotel near Dulles airport in which just over 30 of us
> gathered to explore our learning with OST and the excitement of
> participating in what was then pioneering work with organizations. The
> second of my favorite experiences was the Expanding Our Now event in Oregon
> in the mid 90's sponsored and facilitated by Harrison Owen and Anne
> Stadler. Five full days within an OST container, exploring and
> accomplishing ways to expand our now. Again, about thirty of us came
> together, from a number of countries, with profound experiences within
> which each of us experienced personal transformation and the expansion of
> ourselves, and the expansion of our NOW. We who gathered understood that
> the bigger our NOW, the better we facilitated. The power of a multi-day OST
> is not often the current offer...however, it is powerful beyond what can be
> imagined.
>
> In those early days, I experimented with how short an OST meeting could be
> while still retaining what I believed was valuable about OST. Four hours
> was the shortest I would go...and in those days I did so as a means for
> following up from a multi-day OST for the purpose of moving topics forward
> that had been prioritized from the multi-day OST. At the time, I believed a
> short (ie 4 hour) OST was valuable only after a multi-day OST in the
> organization. I believe that OST was initially devised for multi-day
> meetings.
>
> I also experimented with frequent OST meetings in the same organization
> ie: monthly. The story goes that the first two monthly OST meetings were
> loved by our staff and Board as the newly preferred way to have  our
> monthly meetings. At the third meeting, I sat and said to those gathered
> (about eighty people) that they need what to do so please post their
> topics. Everyone stayed seated until someone said "we know what to do,
> however, there is something important in this opening that you do that
> helps us to determine what we want to post and to get on with it. We need
> you to do the opening. It is not sufficient to tell us that we know what to
> do." And so I learned that the opening, even with a well seasoned group,
> gave benefit from the ritual and was to be included. At the fourth monthly
> meeting, as I entered the room, a staff member stood up and said "we don't
> want to do these kinds of meetings anymore. We come up with all sorts of
> ideas for going forward but after the fact, we find out what the barriers
> are to taking action and it is very disheartening to us". We sat together
> and talked this over. Two gifts emerged from this. The first was the
> concept of the 'givens', providing the shape of the OST meeting (defining
> the playground to which people were invited) by clarifying beforehand any
> non-negotiable barriers. Once we worked out the givens together, we
> successfully had years of OST meetings. The second gift was the emergence
> of another meeting method Whole Person Process Facilitation (WPPF),
> designed to be used in between the OST meetings to examine what had come
> out of the OST meeting and what would move forward into action..and how. By
> alternating OST and WPPF for our monthly meetings, more actionable items
> moved forward than would have moved forward with OST alone. And the
> participants, with the addition of the givens, and the bi-monthly OST/WPPF
> meetings were well satisfied that we had a new way of working...during
> meetings and then into the daily life of the organization.
>
> My favorite examples of facilitating OST meetings is difficult to narrow
> down. One that stands out as dear to my heart is for Saving Newborn Lives,
> a global project of Save the Children USA. Representatives from eighteen
> countries participated in the OST that 

Re: [OSList] celebrating 30 years of Working With Open Space Technology

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

בתאריך יום ג׳, 5 באפר׳ 2022 ב-18:01 מאת Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
> this month I am celebrating 30 years of working with Open Space
> Technology. What a grand journey it has been, giving me a vehicle to be of
> help to leaders and  their organizations...while simultaneously growing me.
> I benefited a lot from in depth four day trainings in OST with Harrison,
> attending, co-sponsoring seven training sessions in Canada. I continue to
> facilitate in the ways that we were originally taught, with adjustments
> made to adapt OST for the online environment. I refuse to facilitate an OST
> less than four hours, with sessions never less than one hour.
>
> My two favorite experiences of being a participant in OST meetings: the
> first OSONOS in a hotel near Dulles airport in which just over 30 of us
> gathered to explore our learning with OST and the excitement of
> participating in what was then pioneering work with organizations. The
> second of my favorite experiences was the Expanding Our Now event in Oregon
> in the mid 90's sponsored and facilitated by Harrison Owen and Anne
> Stadler. Five full days within an OST container, exploring and
> accomplishing ways to expand our now. Again, about thirty of us came
> together, from a number of countries, with profound experiences within
> which each of us experienced personal transformation and the expansion of
> ourselves, and the expansion of our NOW. We who gathered understood that
> the bigger our NOW, the better we facilitated. The power of a multi-day OST
> is not often the current offer...however, it is powerful beyond what can be
> imagined.
>
> In those early days, I experimented with how short an OST meeting could be
> while still retaining what I believed was valuable about OST. Four hours
> was the shortest I would go...and in those days I did so as a means for
> following up from a multi-day OST for the purpose of moving topics forward
> that had been prioritized from the multi-day OST. At the time, I believed a
> short (ie 4 hour) OST was valuable only after a multi-day OST in the
> organization. I believe that OST was initially devised for multi-day
> meetings.
>
> I also experimented with frequent OST meetings in the same organization
> ie: monthly. The story goes that the first two monthly OST meetings were
> loved by our staff and Board as the newly preferred way to have  our
> monthly meetings. At the third meeting, I sat and said to those gathered
> (about eighty people) that they need what to do so please post their
> topics. Everyone stayed seated until someone said "we know what to do,
> however, there is something important in this opening that you do that
> helps us to determine what we want to post and to get on with it. We need
> you to do the opening. It is not sufficient to tell us that we know what to
> do." And so I learned that the opening, even with a well seasoned group,
> gave benefit from the ritual and was to be included. At the fourth monthly
> meeting, as I entered the room, a staff member stood up and said "we don't
> want to do these kinds of meetings anymore. We come up with all sorts of
> ideas for going forward but after the fact, we find out what the barriers
> are to taking action and it is very disheartening to us". We sat together
> and talked this over. Two gifts emerged from this. The first was the
> concept of the 'givens', providing the shape of the OST meeting (defining
> the playground to which people were invited) by clarifying beforehand any
> non-negotiable barriers. Once we worked out the givens together, we
> successfully had years of OST meetings. The second gift was the emergence
> of another meeting method Whole Person Process Facilitation (WPPF),
> designed to be used in between the OST meetings to examine what had come
> out of the OST meeting and what would move forward into action..and how. By
> alternating OST and WPPF for our monthly meetings, more actionable items
> moved forward than would have moved forward with OST alone. And the
> participants, with the addition of the givens, and the bi-monthly OST/WPPF
> meetings were well satisfied that we had a new way of working...during
> meetings and then into the daily life of the organization.
>
> My favorite examples of facilitating OST meetings is difficult to narrow
> down. One that stands out as dear to my heart is for Saving Newborn Lives,
> a global project of Save the Children USA. Representatives from eighteen
> countries participated in the OST that evolved into the strategic plan and
> was a significant part of their organizational transformation from a
> research program to a service delivery program.Another one that stands out
> is an OST for the exploration of issues and opportunities for housing hard
> to house marginalized people. In our Regional government at the time, the
> idea of one-third of the spots designated for the homeless themselves was a
> big challenge 

Re: [OSList] this is a test

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you so much my fellow friends .

So nice to be connected again.

Love and blessings to you all

Special gratitude to the support and embrace of my new baby book J



Happy Holi-days

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Il giorno mar 21 dic 2021 alle ore 03:54 doug via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> ha scritto:

Tova--

Got it!

Doug. Germann

On 12/20/21 3:22 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList wrote:



*I have changed my mail address a while ago and had some challenges with
posting.*

*This is a test*

*Please let me know if this comes through*



Love

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[OSList] this is a test

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

*I have changed my mail address a while ago and had some challenges with
posting.*

*This is a test*

*Please let me know if this comes through*



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Re: [OSList] Fwd: Wosonos 2022, inviting from Bilbao/Basque Cou

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Count me in! sounds a great



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Sounds like an amazing offer – I’d do my best to join for sure!

I agree early autumn might be a good time. Also from end of September works
for me personally.

I am ready to do what I can to support!

Thank you Gentza!

Thomas Herrmann in Sweden



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Dear Gentza,

Thank you! I would love to come to Bilbao and celebrate life and opneing
spaces.

I think end of September will be a good time. June sounds too soon, October
brings the risk of Covid constraints.

So good to hear you have time to organise this and show us your beloved
Bilbao.



Wish you Merry Christmas and a great 2022.



Warmly,

Tonnie van der Zouwen

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Netherlands





 Oorspronkelijk bericht 

Van: Michael M Pannwitz via OSList 

Datum: 16-12-2021 23:26 (GMT+01:00)

Aan: OSLIST , openspacedeutsch <
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Cc: Michael M Pannwitz 

Onderwerp: [OSList] Fwd: Wosonos 2022, inviting from Bilbao/Basque Cou



Dear Gentza Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain,

not seeing your note on OSLIST I am forwarding/resending it to OSLIST
and to openspacedeutsch imagening everyone there will like receiving it.

Being invited to a WOSonOS brings joy to my heart.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp


 Weitergeleitete Nachricht 
Betreff: Wosonos 2022, inviting from Bilbao/Basque Country? How does it
sound to you?
Datum: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:25:47 +
Von: Gentza Eleder 
Antwort an: Gentza Eleder 



Dear friend, how are you?

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I'm writing you asking for some feedback on the idea of inviting Wosonos
2022 from Bilbao (Basque Country), as it seems that Berlin won't be able
at last to do so. I hope my English is good enough to have well
understood Jo 's last message on 23-11-2021 to the Oslist.

As I wrote to the oslist, I've been last days checking around and

   * there's a venue in Bilbao that we would like most and tomorrow we'll
 been having news about the availability
   * Myself I'm very motivated with this long "dream" and if we go ahead,
 I'lhave plenty of time to focus on the prject. Besides, Bilbao is my
 place, thecity I wasw born and the one I best know and manage
   * I know lots of OS people around. I've spoken a bit about the idea
 and it seems we would soon team up for W22
   * I think it would be great to invite to regather, specially in this
 times full of uncertainty and in which OS is so pertinent.

I'm writing to you because I know we have some time shared some flesh
and bone time (I've attended Wosonos 10-Berlin; NYC High Performance and
Peace 2011; Ws 2012-London; Ws 2015 Krakow; and we've held some Basque
Osonos in here, and also  invited the European Osonos in Donostia/San
Sebastian in 2016).

Now I’d like you just to take a small time to answer:

   * How does it sound it to you, “Wosonos 2022: come join us celebrate
 life ans Open Space in Bilbao!”
   * Dates: thursday to saturday, ahat would be best? October, 2022? June
 2022?
   * Anything you would like to add to support our hipothetic invitation
 (that we would, more or less send at the start of 2022)?
   * What else to consider?

Feel free to resend this message to anyone that could like receiving it.

Thanks so much for your attention and time!

Live, laugh, love!


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Re: [OSList] Evolve conference Oct 20-22 enhancing the knowledge of the field of collaborative change

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

This is heart warming

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of 
Birgitt Williams via OSList
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 12:56 AM
To: OS list 
Cc: Birgitt Williams 
Subject: [OSList] Evolve conference Oct 20-22 enhancing the knowledge of the 
field of collaborative change

 

Dear friends and colleagues,

The Evolve conference has a great line up of speakers and conveners, all 
committed to facilitating change in the world. The list of speakers/conveners 
includes a few people on our OS community, including Harrison Owen, Tova 
Averbuch, Peggy Holman. As well, four of us (Suzanne Daigle, Jake Yeager, 
Rachel Bolton and I) are facilitating a meeting within the conference using 
Open Space Technology. When we were asked to each take a one hour session time 
to have an Open Space during that session, with topics posted in the chat 
window, it felt to me like a speed dating version of Open Space. The four of us 
conferred and the result was to have one congruent OST meeting that had five 
session times, using those sessions as topic conversation round times. We 
wanted to offer as much time for the discussions as possible within the 
structure of the conference, and we wanted to provide people who attended any 
of the sessions to have the experience of being within something greater, 
something that could make a bigger difference.

 

Having come up with that as our offer, and having the conference organizers 
agree to one comprehensive OST meeting taking place in five one hour sessions 
over the three days, we solved some of what felt limiting to us. Suzanne 
wondered if we could use the last session to have a closing circle of the OST 
and we all were very much in favor of her wish and she is facilitating that 
session. We wanted to use some of the first session to open the space and 
invite for the co-creation of the agenda wall, likely using Miro. The agenda 
wall would be open for more topics to be added. 

 

There are still some challenges to be worked out and with the help of the 
conference organizers, we intend finding viable solutions. Right now, the 
schedule on the website is offered as a list, so it appears that there are five 
different Open Space sessions. We will find a way to communicate that what is 
offered is an Open Space Technology meeting over the five sessions. Haven't 
quite figured out how to convey that this isn't limited to five times in which 
there is open space in the conference, but rather that there is a meeting 
method that has great value for collaborative change: Open Space Technology. 

 

I like that the one method that is going to be included in the conference 
itself as a method is Open Space Technology. I like that Harrison is one of the 
speakers for this first time gathering of people from many communities of 
practice, scholars, artists, and more. Open Space Technology remains (30 years) 
my favorite of the large group interventions.

 

Now, back to the conference. It might be the right time, in the absence of a 
WOSONOS conference, to enter into a collaborative playground that is designed 
to enrich with learning of more that  is happening in the growing field of 
collaborative change.

 

with appreciation to all that you are and all that you do towards a more life 
nourishing world,

Birgitt



 

 

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[OSList] התכנית להנחיית קבוצות גדולות: מחזור 2 יוצא לדרך

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התכנית להנחיית קבוצות גדולות: מחזור 2 יוצא לדרך

אף פעם לא ראיתי עצמי מורה, למרות שאני מלמדת כבר למעלה מ-30 שנה. כל מה שמעניין 
אותי באמת זה להיות בקצה החי של הדברים, לפתח ולהתפתח. חייבת לומר שהמחזור הראשון 
של התכנית להכשרת מנחים לעבודה דיאלוגית בקבוצות גדולות היה חוויה אינטנסיבית של 
חיים ושל למידה. יחד עם רתם עפר ועם קבוצה נפלאה של 25 שותפים, יצרנו וחווינו 
למידה והתפתחות שמרחיבים את ליבי יום יום. בימים אלה אנו פותחים מחזור שני ללמידה 
ומזמינים אותך אישית - יועצ.ת, מנחה, מנהל.ת, אקטיביסט.ית חברתית וקהילתית - 
שמחפש.ת כלים ושיטות שמאפשרים ומעודדים התפתחות של כל פרט ושל הקבוצה, שיח משמעותי 
ויצירה משותפת גם בתנאים שבהם שום דבר לא מובן מאליו (עיין ערך קורונה והעולם 
כיום...) ומתאימים לכל גודל קבוצה. בואו ללמוד איתנו. מתחילות בספטמבר 2020.

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Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison!

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you Suzanne for seeing so much beauty and naming it

With appreciation

Tova

 

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Suzanne Daigle via OSList
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 11:22 AM
To: OSLIST 
Cc: Suzanne Daigle 
Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison!

 

Dear treasured OS friends, 

As I read these loving Happy Birthday notes, feeling so deeply connected in our 
shared gratitude and affection for that man in the hat, I wish we had a 
Facebook "like/love" button to express appreciation and heartfelt connection to 
colleagues who mirror and echo what we each feel. The multiplier effect of 
those wishes is as infinite as what Open Space invites. 

Suzanne

 




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Twitter @Daiglesuz

 

 

 

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 9:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > wrote:

Yup. Happy 83rd. Where did the time go?

 

My life is different — and better — because of you. 

 

Thank you for pointing the way to a more resilient way of being. 

Much love,

Peggy

 

Peggy Holman 

425-746-6274

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On Dec 1, 2018, at 11:34 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > wrote:

Happy birthday Harrison,

Thank you for changing my life

Thank you for laying the foundation, nourishing with love and accurate 
attention all of the  little sprouts coming out of your way of being, doing, 
thinking and teaching.

My the universe pay you back for the beauty you made visible

With love

Tova

 

Israel

 

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via OSList
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 8:32 AM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> >
Cc: info mailto:i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl> >
Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison!

 

Happy birthday Harrison!

 

The students who were at the WosonOS in Reykjavik are organising an open space 
with their learning community to implement OS principles in the educational 
program. Thank you for making this possible.

Warm wishes from the Netherlands

 

Tonnie van der Zouwen

 

 

 

Verzonden vanaf mijn Samsung Galaxy-smartphone.

 

 Oorspronkelijk bericht 

Van: Chris Corrigan via OSList mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > 

Datum: 02-12-18 04:19 (GMT+01:00) 

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Cc: Chris Corrigan mailto:chris.corri...@gmail.com> 
> 

Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison! 

 

Many happy returns Harrison.  Happy returns to Maine, to Open Space, to this 
community that loves you, to the people you cherish.  May you stop for a moment 
today to feel the love and respect and admiration coming your way.

 

Chris

 

On Dec 1, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > wrote:

 

 

Dear Harrison,

 

Posted this pic on Open Space Facebook!  Sharing it here.  With love and life 
gratitude, wishing you a magical "be prepared to be surprised" day!

 

With love and many hugs,

Suzanne

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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NuFocus Strategic Group

FL 941-359-8877
Cell: 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroupusa.com <http://www.nufocusgroupusa.com/> 
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Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison!

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Happy birthday Harrison,

Thank you for changing my life

Thank you for laying the foundation, nourishing with love and accurate 
attention all of the  little sprouts coming out of your way of being, doing, 
thinking and teaching.

My the universe pay you back for the beauty you made visible

With love

Tova

 

Israel

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of info 
via OSList
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 8:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison!

 

Happy birthday Harrison!

 

The students who were at the WosonOS in Reykjavik are organising an open space 
with their learning community to implement OS principles in the educational 
program. Thank you for making this possible.

Warm wishes from the Netherlands

 

Tonnie van der Zouwen

 

 

 

Verzonden vanaf mijn Samsung Galaxy-smartphone.

 

 Oorspronkelijk bericht 

Van: Chris Corrigan via OSList mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > 

Datum: 02-12-18 04:19 (GMT+01:00) 

Aan: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
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Cc: Chris Corrigan mailto:chris.corri...@gmail.com> 
> 

Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Happy Birthday Harrison! 

 

Many happy returns Harrison.  Happy returns to Maine, to Open Space, to this 
community that loves you, to the people you cherish.  May you stop for a moment 
today to feel the love and respect and admiration coming your way.

 

Chris





On Dec 1, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > wrote:

 

 

Dear Harrison,

 

Posted this pic on Open Space Facebook!  Sharing it here.  With love and life 
gratitude, wishing you a magical "be prepared to be surprised" day!

 

With love and many hugs,

Suzanne

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Suzanne Daigle
Open Space Facilitator
NuFocus Strategic Group

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Cell: 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroupusa.com  
s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com  
Twitter @Daiglesuz

 

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Re: [OSList] Hello Iceland!

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

I was sure I will come and regret that turned out to be impossible for me now , 
wishing all of you best of the best. Sending warm rays od sunshine from Israel

Tova

 

 

  

 

 

 

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Subject: Re: [OSList] Hello Iceland!

 

I too have reached a point where long distance travel is physically very 
difficult.  May I also send my greetings from down under and may you all know 
that the virtual world awaits your stories, insights and ideas.

Regards

Rob


On 1 Oct 2018, at 10:35 pm, Harrison Owen via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > wrote:

How wonderful to hear of the assembled group! I am only sorry that I can’t be 
with you. But truth to tell my long haul ravel days are over. I have been many 
wonderful places with extraordinary people, but all good things do have to come 
to an end. So I send you my very best… to say nothing of love and kisses!!

 

Harrison

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Re: [OSList] An interesting video showing self organization in practice.

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you TOM!

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Tom 
Brown via OSList
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2018 10:29 PM
To: Dan Mezick via OSList 
Cc: Tom Brown 
Subject: [OSList] An interesting video showing self organization in practice.

 

  

 Here is a video that may help to describe to folks about self orginization. 

 

https://youtu.be/smGQUH5ldTA 

—Tom 

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Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 88, Issue 7

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

This was such a precious way to be in community. Even though I was part of it 
only temporarily and touched only the rim I was deeply touched and influenced.
Thank you Ann for this piece and I will be happy to have more written 
materials. I believe it is worth a book
With love and appreciation
Tova Averbuch
Israel   

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Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 88, Issue 7

Developing Open Space further:

Yes. Spirited Work: an Open Space learning community of practice at the Whidbey 
Institute for almost 7 full years. We lived Open Space, and learned about how 
it works, to work and organize together over time: face to face and virtually.

I wrote a short piece about it.  Contact me if you want a link (I have to find 
it again.) anne.m.s...@gmail.com

Also Harold Shinsato interviewed several of us about it. So somewhere there’s a 
video interview.


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> experience in developing Open Space further in
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> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:04:13 +1000
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> Harrison, yes.  
> 
> On the other hand a client almost demanded that I increase my fee by 30%.  My 
> comment was we had a contract and I intended to keep to the agreed cost.  The 
> underlying issue was that my event had been so successful that it made other 
> similar events look very expensive.  Yet all that happened was that the 
> process gave voice to all present.
> 
> 
> Rob
> 
>> On 13 Aug 2018, at 12:41 am, Harrison Owen via OSList 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Rob ? you have identified one of the most curious aspects of dealing 
>> with clients and/or potential clients regarding Open Space. It?s too 
>> simple. Couldn?t possibly happen, and doesn?t cost enough. I had one 
>> (major) corporate client who told me to double my fee otherwise, he 
>> said, he couldn?t possibly get the contract through the front office. 
>> I did what he asked and always felt rather guilty about it all. But 
>> he was very happy, and of course the Open Space ?worked? as usual. 
>> For obvious reasons all names are withheld to protect the innocent 
>> and gullible J
>> 
>> ho
>> 
>> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On 
>> Behalf Of R Chaffe via OSList
>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2018 10:02 PM
>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> Cc: R Chaffe
>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Is there experience in developing Open Space 
>> further in organizations and networks after the initial intervention
>> 
>> Harrison, the process is so comfortable ie sitting in circles, speaking when 
>> there is something to say, listening to others, keeping our minds open to 
>> insights and differences etc.  Yes we do it all the time!  Therein lies an 
>> issue for those looking for the ?silver? bullet from ?outside? as the 

Re: [OSList] Is there experience in developing Open Space further in organizations and networks after the initial intervention

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Kari, thank you for bringing this theme up again,

Thank you so much for this beautiful reminder Peggy, 

and thank you Birgitt !!!

for leading the way for Open Space Organizations and sharing you deep knowledge 
so generously

With gratitude to all of you

Tova

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Peggy 
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Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 1:33 AM
To: Open Listserv 
Cc: Peggy Holman 
Subject: Re: [OSList] Is there experience in developing Open Space further in 
organizations and networks after the initial intervention

 

Kari,

 

Check out Birgitt William’s stories in the OSlist archives about the social 
service organization she ran as an Open Space Organization. Among her posts, my 
favorite is one where she listed her lessons about Open Space Organizations:

 

https://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org/msg03764.html

My story of the Open Space Organization Part 2 of 4

18 Jan 2001

 

I’ve put an excerpt from it below called Ingredients of the Open Space 
Organization.

 

Another favorite insight from Birgitt is captured in this message 
 , 
called Open Space client opportunity from July 20, 2000:

IN EACH AND EVERY EXAMPLE INCLUDING THE ONE AT WESLEY, ABOUT THREE
TO
FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST OPEN SPACE EVENT AND ONCE SOME OF THE NEW WAYS
OF OPERATING ARE IN PLACE, THERE IS A REVOLT BY STAFF THAT IS VERY LARGE
AND AWFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP. Even though staff want the change at the
start, they rebel and get very angry at the leadership. In all cases it is
about this time that leadership ends up in tears, wondering if they have
made a BIG mistake, doubting themselves as competent leaders.
COACHING/MENTORING/HAND HOLDING from the consultant is critical at this
time just as the midwife holding the hand of the woman in labour when
things start to get really bad just before birth. It is exactly the time
not to try to fight what is happening, and the most important thing the
coach can do is to reassure and to tell stories of how "normal" this stage
is. When everyone gets through this stage, staff start talking about how
angry they were but how they now get it. And leaders talk about their anger
at Open Space but when asked if they would do it over again, always say
that they WOULD. In every case they said that although the transition had
been very painful, that the stuff was out in the open that had always been
under the surface and had always gotten in the way (ie: Dead Moose stuff)

 

 

*

 

 

Ingredients of the Open Space Organization
 
Below, I present a list of what we learned to pay attention to as an Open
Space Organization. We refined this during those three years, actively and
intentionally learning together to capture what worked.
 
1. The grief cycle at work promoting understanding and tolerance
 
All staff were introduced to an understanding of the cycle of griefwork and
challenged to view situations within Wesley Urban Ministries from a
perspective that rather than dealing with "resistance to change", we could
be dealing with a person working through the grief cycle. This promoted
understanding and tolerance, and brought a shift towards deferring judgement
about others.
 
2. Storytelling promoting awareness, collectiveness, empathy, truth
 
Time was taken at regular intervals, every three months or so, for staff to
tell stories. These were stories of the organization, of their immediate
work in the organization or the larger context. Story telling time was seen
as valuable, with all stories-sads, glads, and mads-being valued. Sometimes
pictures and other artifacts accompanied the story telling. Through the
story telling, we wove a story of a corporate culture that fostered social
justice and valued all people as precious.
 
3. The story of the organization including purpose, values and vision
 
We worked to achieve great clarity about our purpose, values and vision
throughout the organization that was understood by all who were involved
with the organization. The purpose, values, and vision were taken into
account during every Policy and Operating decision that was made. All
decisions and actions were upheld to ensure congruity with the purpose,
values and vision.
 
 
4. The deep essence, working with what is not seen including Spirit
 
We realized that much of what we spent our energy on as an organization
especially energy in dealing with conflicts involved attention to behaviors
and actions. As a staff we started talking about a theory that was known as
the "iceberg theory", attesting that most of what was really going on in the
organization was below the level of the visible (behaviors and actions) and
at the levels of emotion, meaning, perception and interpretation. We started
putting more energy to discussing the unseen. Some of this was done by our
discussions about purpose, values and vision. Equally as valuable to
shifting our 

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Hope Never Dies!

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Dear all,

Jumping in the middle and read only parts of the conversation yet feel moved to 
add few ideas:

 

I believe space opens long before the event and I always do pre-work with a the 
caller, sponsor and steering/preparatory committee that is composed of a 
microcosm of the while system. I do it for many reasons including these you 
mentioned. 

 

In the book "Dialogic Organization Development" I wrote a chapter about 
"entering contracting and readiness" (chap 10 pp 219)

https://www.amazon.com/Dialogic-Organization-Development-Practice-Transformational/dp/1626564043

that speaks to this pre phase elaborately. Oddly enough this is the process I 
was most fascinated by and wrote about

also in a case description in "the hand book of large group methodologies" PP 
219.

If you or anyone are interested please tell me.

 

Nick, I am not sure but it could be "language" more than essence. The language 
you are using is of control and that is out of nature to OST . this is 
important to use OST language because language defines our thinking. The pre 
process I use always, for "a scared sponsor" , cynical people , disappointed 
employees…or just anyone is  a pre work one that will give them the opportunity 
to really be choice full. It  is a process to get to know this way of work, to 
explore and build trust or to decide it is not for me/us, I would like a more 
structured methodology.

This is a process of exploring what is our burning question now and co 
designing the process that could help us in meaningful conversation and labor 
the next stage of wisdom and action. With or without OST, with or without me 
(in case a methodology I am not using is needed)

 

Hope this makes sense

Tova

 

טובה אורבוך Tova Averbuch

HolonIsrael

Phone   972-52-8305343 

 

  tova.averb...@gmail.com

  http://tovaaverbuch.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Nick 
Martin via OSList
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 9:41 AM
To: Marai Kiele via OSList 
Cc: Nick Martin 
Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Hope Never Dies!

 

Dear Marai

Thank you so much for your comments and your follow-up email. I love your 
analogy about Kalimotxo!

To answer your question: "Would you elaborate about the benefit of the sponsor 
/ organiser having control over the agenda?"

First I'd like to say the twist has no impact on the process of the day so it 
should never happen that the organizers are accused of not running an Open 
Space. 

I now appreciate after my Skype with Bhav and your feedback on the Google Doc 

  that my version of the process-on-the-day needs some tidying but all the 
discussion has been about the twist and its potential of closing the space so 
let me address that.

The twist is an extra process in the days / weeks before the event and provides 
two benefits: 

(1) It calms sponsors who are scared to the point of being unwilling to try OST 
in its traditional form, and
(2) It becomes a marketing tool for the event.

Re (1) I've never actually seen the sponsor exert any control over the event 
even though they've theoretically been able to. It's just put their mind and 
nerves at rest because they've been able to see what topics are coming ahead of 
time. Some people, who feel like their necks are on the line, don't like 
surprises and this removes some of the surprise.

(2) is its main function because often an audience coming to an event is 
feeling disengaged before they arrive. If I pick up during the design phase 
that the general feeling from the attendees is, "is this event going to be 
another waste of my time?" I look to do something because negativity like that 
at the water cooler spreads fast and I'd rather they walk in the room at the 
start pumped and excited.

The twist works by showing them days/weeks in advance that this event is going 
to be different because they're in control. It becomes a PR tool for the design 
team that generates pre-event enthusiasm. I've learned the earlier you can get 
your targets engaged in the event the higher your chance of success and this is 
a way to do that.

I like your suggestion and am starting to think these two versions would be 
better separated with my twist version getting it's own brand like Kalimotxo. 
I'm happy to do that if the general feeling is it muddies the waters/red wine 
too much.


P.S. I joined this list back in Feb 2017 when I first had a conversation with 
Bhav about OST. 



 

 


Nick Martin
WorkshopBank 

 

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Re: [OSList] What do we do when we don't know what to do?" - wise action and uncertainty

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

….And this is what we intend to do  for two days:)

Thank you Harrison -I wish you could come

Much love and gratitude

Tova 

 

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Subject: RE: [OSList] What do we do when we don't know what to do?" - wise
action and uncertainty

 

Sounds fun Tova! My answer: Deep Breath.  Simple (minded) for sure… but 81
years has finally beaten into my head that in any complex, confusing,
conflicted situation “thinking your way through it” is a nice idea but
rarely if ever works – at least for me. The alternative is to let it all go.
A deep Breath (better several) will allow that letting go… And then be
attentive to what the possibilities are. I can pretty well guarantee that
you never would have through of them. It is called opening some space. :)

 

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Subject: [OSList] What do we do when we don't know what to do?" - wise
action and uncertainty

 

"What do we do when we don't know what to do?" This is a question we all
struggle with  and this is the main question of a very exciting gathering in
the Netherlands, 18-22 October  2017 .

 

This conference is organised and designed as a collaborative and co-creative
process by me and my colleague and friend Tonnie Van der Zouwen.  We are
expecting 70 – 100 participants/co-creators with a wide diversity of
experience and knowledge, of all ages, from all over the world. Leaders,
scholars, students, artists, consultants, journalists, entrepreneurs, people
who are deeply interested. You can see 20 of them and their expected
contribution in the website bellow.

 

 

To make sure we harvest the wisdom that we collectively create ,Yve
Susskind, a developmental evaluator joined the team. The harvest of your
contributions could also become part of a book we are planning to produce. 

 

Please join us in this journey, share your unique experience and wisdom! And
participate in co-creating new valuable knowledge.

 

For conference information  and registration go to
<https://www.cos-collective.com/cos-conferences/cos-conference-2017/>
https://www.cos-collective.com/cos-conferences/cos-conference-2017/ 

 

Hope to work and play together!

Tova Averbuch

 

 

 

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[OSList] What do we do when we don't know what to do?" - wise action and uncertainty

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

"What do we do when we don't know what to do?" This is a question we all
struggle with  and this is the main question of a very exciting gathering in
the Netherlands, 18-22 October  2017 .

 

This conference is organised and designed as a collaborative and co-creative
process by me and my colleague and friend Tonnie Van der Zouwen.  We are
expecting 70 – 100 participants/co-creators with a wide diversity of
experience and knowledge, of all ages, from all over the world. Leaders,
scholars, students, artists, consultants, journalists, entrepreneurs, people
who are deeply interested. You can see 20 of them and their expected
contribution in the website bellow.

 

 

To make sure we harvest the wisdom that we collectively create ,Yve
Susskind, a developmental evaluator joined the team. The harvest of your
contributions could also become part of a book we are planning to produce. 

 

Please join us in this journey, share your unique experience and wisdom! And
participate in co-creating new valuable knowledge.

 

For conference information  and registration go to

https://www.cos-collective.com/cos-conferences/cos-conference-2017/ 

 

Hope to work and play together!

Tova Averbuch

 

 

 

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רבינוביץ 34חולון  58672 

Holon  Israel

Cel  972-52-8305343

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Re: [OSList] Pls spread the word: OST training in Amsterdam Sept 14-16

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Wonderful

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‫ב-Aug 18, 2015, בשעה 11:29, ‏‏Thomas Herrmann via OSList 
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 Dear friends in Open Space
 Still space left for more participants so, please help us to spread the word, 
 about this powerful opportunity to learn with an international group, about 
 Open Space Technology
  
 I teamed up with my wonderful collegues Doris Gottlieb in Amsterdam and Anna 
 Caroline Türk from Berlin ( live close to Göteborg in Sweden) to offer 
 different perspectives. Although we are all trainers of the Genuine Contact™ 
 Program – we are different J. We will offer a holistic approach to 
 development processes which is missing in most organizations today. “Pure 
 OST” is complemented with powerful tools for pre-work and follow up.
  
 This will be some great days, September 14-16 in Amsterdam, so please please 
 pass the word on!
  
 Click: FOR MORE INFO
  
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 Or get in touch with me!
 Thomas Herrmann
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 www.openspaceconsulting.com
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Re: [OSList] 20% discount - Methods for Strategic Collaboration Foundations Training - Phoenix Berlin 2015

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Wishing you best people in both!

Tova

 

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Subject: [OSList] 20% discount - Methods for Strategic Collaboration 
Foundations Training - Phoenix  Berlin 2015

 

Dear Open Space friends,

 

There are a few spaces left in the Methods for Strategic Collaboration 
Foundation Training, being held outside Phoenix on April 13-16.  If you can’t 
make that one, perhaps Berlin is in your future.

 

As a member of our Open Space Community, you can receive a 20% discount.  Just 
contact me directly with questions or to register.

 

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Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you so much Chris. This is so beautiful and Crystal clear
Tova 
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ב-Jan 4, 2015, בשעה 23:21, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 All good things from people named John!
 
 My friend Toke Moeller often shares the insight that “purpose is the 
 invisible leader” and I share that too.  Purpose can be stated and unstated, 
 and like everything in the realm of complexity, is always changing. 
 
 In order for emergence to happen, it happens within boundaries, and that 
 includes the emergence that later comes to redefine boundaries. My point 
 earlier was that stated purposes can help a great deal AND you need to leave 
 space for the possibility that any way you state it or understand, there is 
 always a high chance that your purpose itself may not serve, or may be at 
 odds with a different, hidden and often more powerful purpose.  
 
 This gets summed by my other friend Tim Merry who says “Culture eats strategy 
 for breakfast.”  This means that no matter how clever you are or how 
 articulate you are about purpose, goals and intentions, if you are opening 
 space, culture will show up, and it is sometimes the more powerful purpose.  
 
 This is why holding space is often terrifying.
 
 Chris 
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 12:40 PM, John Watkins johnw...@mac.com wrote:
 
 John,
 
 My experience is that open spaces (and open systems) are purpose-seeking 
 systems, and getting clarity through emergence about purpose is probably one 
 of the most important aspects of people opening space together.  Purpose is 
 dynamic and powerfully grounding in a sense of essence or the being-ness of 
 the emergent group; it's like a strange attractor for the emergence of 
 meaning and aligned action.  Goals, on the other hand, are inert and static; 
 they tend to shut down rather than open up space.  If you set goals before 
 you gather together and make meaning, often all they do is reinforce the 
 limitations that we mistake for our goals, to cite one of my teachers.  We 
 end up with what we started with, not something with new potential and 
 power.  Goals can be helpful, though I prefer to think about intentions and 
 aspirations and what I want to accomplish instead.  So, I would go for 
 purpose first, and use goals only as a crutch (this is a good purpose for 
 them, BTW), or even, retrospectively, once purpose and meaning and intention 
 and aligned actions are envisioned and something has been accomplished.
 
 John Watkins
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 2:37 AM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
 
 I feel Chris like we have seemingly conflicting suggestions, but might be 
 talking about different things.
 
 Reading about games recently (McGonigal's Reality is Broken) got me 
 thinking about goals.  And specifically, how goals are different from 
 purpose.
 
 Don't know whether this will help but here goes.  I am only just thinking 
 this through so it is not well tested.
 
 Goals are an element of a good game.  They are almost part of the rules of 
 the game, like an agreement - something that we buy in to as part of 
 participation.
 
 The most productive spaces I have been part of have had a clear goal for 
 that space (that is understood and agreed to by all).
 
 I haven't used the word 'goal' to describe this before and maybe it is not 
 the best one, but it feels right to me to use a different word than 
 'purpose' which always seem in reality to be impossible to pin down.  I am 
 always aware that there is a broad web of different intents and purposes 
 and ideas that no individual will ever compute (even just those within 
 themselves, let alone others!), that will always be fuzzy.
 
 Personally, having a solid 'goal' for a space is a fundamental part of 
 holding that space, any space.  It need not be written down, but I need to 
 feel it, and ideally it is as transparent as possible in the invitation and 
 for participants (part of the social contract of participation).
 
 Cheers
 
 
 John Baxter
 Cocreation Consultant  ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator
 jsbaxter.com.au | CoCreateADL.com
 0405 447 829​ | ​@jsbaxter_
 
 Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City 
 Grill!
 Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/
 
 
 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had 
 situations where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it 
 exists for and yet nothing is working.  
 
 This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are 
 certain that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They 
 are certainly clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse 
 they make it for themselves.  
 
 And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy 
 and people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out 
 that that is a good way to 

Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you so much Chris. This is so beautiful and Crystal clear
Tova 
נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

ב-Jan 4, 2015, בשעה 23:21, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 All good things from people named John!
 
 My friend Toke Moeller often shares the insight that “purpose is the 
 invisible leader” and I share that too.  Purpose can be stated and unstated, 
 and like everything in the realm of complexity, is always changing. 
 
 In order for emergence to happen, it happens within boundaries, and that 
 includes the emergence that later comes to redefine boundaries. My point 
 earlier was that stated purposes can help a great deal AND you need to leave 
 space for the possibility that any way you state it or understand, there is 
 always a high chance that your purpose itself may not serve, or may be at 
 odds with a different, hidden and often more powerful purpose.  
 
 This gets summed by my other friend Tim Merry who says “Culture eats strategy 
 for breakfast.”  This means that no matter how clever you are or how 
 articulate you are about purpose, goals and intentions, if you are opening 
 space, culture will show up, and it is sometimes the more powerful purpose.  
 
 This is why holding space is often terrifying.
 
 Chris 
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 12:40 PM, John Watkins johnw...@mac.com wrote:
 
 John,
 
 My experience is that open spaces (and open systems) are purpose-seeking 
 systems, and getting clarity through emergence about purpose is probably one 
 of the most important aspects of people opening space together.  Purpose is 
 dynamic and powerfully grounding in a sense of essence or the being-ness of 
 the emergent group; it's like a strange attractor for the emergence of 
 meaning and aligned action.  Goals, on the other hand, are inert and static; 
 they tend to shut down rather than open up space.  If you set goals before 
 you gather together and make meaning, often all they do is reinforce the 
 limitations that we mistake for our goals, to cite one of my teachers.  We 
 end up with what we started with, not something with new potential and 
 power.  Goals can be helpful, though I prefer to think about intentions and 
 aspirations and what I want to accomplish instead.  So, I would go for 
 purpose first, and use goals only as a crutch (this is a good purpose for 
 them, BTW), or even, retrospectively, once purpose and meaning and intention 
 and aligned actions are envisioned and something has been accomplished.
 
 John Watkins
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 2:37 AM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
 
 I feel Chris like we have seemingly conflicting suggestions, but might be 
 talking about different things.
 
 Reading about games recently (McGonigal's Reality is Broken) got me 
 thinking about goals.  And specifically, how goals are different from 
 purpose.
 
 Don't know whether this will help but here goes.  I am only just thinking 
 this through so it is not well tested.
 
 Goals are an element of a good game.  They are almost part of the rules of 
 the game, like an agreement - something that we buy in to as part of 
 participation.
 
 The most productive spaces I have been part of have had a clear goal for 
 that space (that is understood and agreed to by all).
 
 I haven't used the word 'goal' to describe this before and maybe it is not 
 the best one, but it feels right to me to use a different word than 
 'purpose' which always seem in reality to be impossible to pin down.  I am 
 always aware that there is a broad web of different intents and purposes 
 and ideas that no individual will ever compute (even just those within 
 themselves, let alone others!), that will always be fuzzy.
 
 Personally, having a solid 'goal' for a space is a fundamental part of 
 holding that space, any space.  It need not be written down, but I need to 
 feel it, and ideally it is as transparent as possible in the invitation and 
 for participants (part of the social contract of participation).
 
 Cheers
 
 
 John Baxter
 Cocreation Consultant  ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator
 jsbaxter.com.au | CoCreateADL.com
 0405 447 829​ | ​@jsbaxter_
 
 Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City 
 Grill!
 Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/
 
 
 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had 
 situations where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it 
 exists for and yet nothing is working.  
 
 This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are 
 certain that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They 
 are certainly clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse 
 they make it for themselves.  
 
 And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy 
 and people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out 
 that that is a good way to 

Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Thank you so much Chris. This is so beautiful and Crystal clear
Tova 
נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

ב-Jan 4, 2015, בשעה 23:21, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 All good things from people named John!
 
 My friend Toke Moeller often shares the insight that “purpose is the 
 invisible leader” and I share that too.  Purpose can be stated and unstated, 
 and like everything in the realm of complexity, is always changing. 
 
 In order for emergence to happen, it happens within boundaries, and that 
 includes the emergence that later comes to redefine boundaries. My point 
 earlier was that stated purposes can help a great deal AND you need to leave 
 space for the possibility that any way you state it or understand, there is 
 always a high chance that your purpose itself may not serve, or may be at 
 odds with a different, hidden and often more powerful purpose.  
 
 This gets summed by my other friend Tim Merry who says “Culture eats strategy 
 for breakfast.”  This means that no matter how clever you are or how 
 articulate you are about purpose, goals and intentions, if you are opening 
 space, culture will show up, and it is sometimes the more powerful purpose.  
 
 This is why holding space is often terrifying.
 
 Chris 
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 12:40 PM, John Watkins johnw...@mac.com wrote:
 
 John,
 
 My experience is that open spaces (and open systems) are purpose-seeking 
 systems, and getting clarity through emergence about purpose is probably one 
 of the most important aspects of people opening space together.  Purpose is 
 dynamic and powerfully grounding in a sense of essence or the being-ness of 
 the emergent group; it's like a strange attractor for the emergence of 
 meaning and aligned action.  Goals, on the other hand, are inert and static; 
 they tend to shut down rather than open up space.  If you set goals before 
 you gather together and make meaning, often all they do is reinforce the 
 limitations that we mistake for our goals, to cite one of my teachers.  We 
 end up with what we started with, not something with new potential and 
 power.  Goals can be helpful, though I prefer to think about intentions and 
 aspirations and what I want to accomplish instead.  So, I would go for 
 purpose first, and use goals only as a crutch (this is a good purpose for 
 them, BTW), or even, retrospectively, once purpose and meaning and intention 
 and aligned actions are envisioned and something has been accomplished.
 
 John Watkins
 
 On Jan 4, 2015, at 2:37 AM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
 
 I feel Chris like we have seemingly conflicting suggestions, but might be 
 talking about different things.
 
 Reading about games recently (McGonigal's Reality is Broken) got me 
 thinking about goals.  And specifically, how goals are different from 
 purpose.
 
 Don't know whether this will help but here goes.  I am only just thinking 
 this through so it is not well tested.
 
 Goals are an element of a good game.  They are almost part of the rules of 
 the game, like an agreement - something that we buy in to as part of 
 participation.
 
 The most productive spaces I have been part of have had a clear goal for 
 that space (that is understood and agreed to by all).
 
 I haven't used the word 'goal' to describe this before and maybe it is not 
 the best one, but it feels right to me to use a different word than 
 'purpose' which always seem in reality to be impossible to pin down.  I am 
 always aware that there is a broad web of different intents and purposes 
 and ideas that no individual will ever compute (even just those within 
 themselves, let alone others!), that will always be fuzzy.
 
 Personally, having a solid 'goal' for a space is a fundamental part of 
 holding that space, any space.  It need not be written down, but I need to 
 feel it, and ideally it is as transparent as possible in the invitation and 
 for participants (part of the social contract of participation).
 
 Cheers
 
 
 John Baxter
 Cocreation Consultant  ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator
 jsbaxter.com.au | CoCreateADL.com
 0405 447 829​ | ​@jsbaxter_
 
 Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City 
 Grill!
 Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/
 
 
 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had 
 situations where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it 
 exists for and yet nothing is working.  
 
 This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are 
 certain that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They 
 are certainly clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse 
 they make it for themselves.  
 
 And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy 
 and people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out 
 that that is a good way to 

Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST events?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

About 500. Since 1999 
Tova Averbuch

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ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:43, Bhavesh Patel via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 ​Around 50... just finished one today in Kiev!
 
 
 
 On 13 December 2014 at 18:34, Daniel Mezick via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 
 Hmmm, the the Lurker Game proved interesting.
 
 ...lots of seldom-heard-from voices! Quite a deep level of experience being 
 reported! 
 
 So interesting ... so much depth.  Seems like something to ... explore
 
 So: if you want, you are cordially invited to play ... let's call it the 
 OST-7 Game:
 
 
 
 The OST-7 Game
 
 
 The Goal:
 Get a collective idea of how many people here have actually Facilitated 7 or 
 more OST events in their lifetime. Put another way: what is the depth of 
 practical OST facilitation experience across the entire membership?
 
 The Rules:
 If you have Facilitated at least 7 OST events, consider replying with hey 
 ... or optionally, with absolutely anything else you might like to say, for 
 example: where you are located, last time you did one, your hair color, etc
 
 Tracking Progress:
 Watch the thread to track progress, by: # of replies, # of countries, # of 
 OST events, replies per unit of time, # of people with red hair, or 
 absolutely any other measures you like
 
 Play:
 100% optional. Play if you like. If you've done more 7 or more and prefer to 
 just watch the game, that's OK too. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Notes:
 For this game, OST means something like this: 
 http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm
 This is for Facilitating only; consider replying if you've Facilitated at 
 least 7 of these events in your lifetime.
 Please reply by clicking [Reply All] Or [Reply List], so the thread stays 
 together, under the same subject
 
 Steps to Play:
 Click [Reply All] Or [Reply List]
 Reply with hey or with absolutely anything else you might like to say
 
 You are invited. What might happen next? Let's see...
 
 Daniel
 
 -- 
 Daniel Mezick, President
 
 New Technology Solutions Inc.
 
 (203) 915 7248 (cell)
 
 Bio. Blog. Twitter. 
 
 Examine my new book:  The Culture Game : Tools for the Agile Manager.
 
 Explore Agile Team Training and Coaching.
 
 Explore the Agile Boston Community. 
 
 
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Re: [OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Unfortunately in the last 7 years I am not. 
For seven years (1999-2006) I was both frequent lurker and contributor. And 
then could not have the time and attention  for many reasons. 
I am in love and it debt to this beautiful community and list and am trying to 
meet Face to face in WOS on OS events

Hope to lurk again spoon and meet old and new friends!:)
Much love
Tova Averbuch


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ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:19, Markus Wittwer via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 Lurk...
 
 Am 11.12.2014 um 00:25 schrieb Daniel Mezick via OSList:
 Some of us were on a call on Tuesday, talking about Open Spaceand
 OSLIST
 
 ...the participants at the time were
 
 Chuni Li
 Daniel Mezick
 Karen Davis
 Linda Stevenson
 Lucas Cioffi
 Paul Levy
 Peggy Holman
 Skye Hirst
 Suzanne Daigle
 Tricia Chirumbole
 Harold Shinsato
 
 We discussed OSLIST culture, and how the culture of OSLIST may not
 actually be very easy to figure out...
 
 ...we talked about how this list has hundreds upon hundreds of members,
 with just 25 to 45 people (give or take) who post or reply with anything
 close to a regular frequency, and how some speak with highly
 authoritative voices.
 
 ...we talked a bit about how the culture of OSLIST /might actually be
 kind of intimidating for new people/ to participate in.
 
 
 The Game
 
 We have no idea how many regular lurkers are in the group...we talked
 about trying to find out.
 
 
 So: if you are a regular lurker, someone who examines these OSLIST
 threads periodically but does not actively participate ...  are you
 willing to play a little game?
 
 
 The Lurker Game: you are invited to play...
 
 1. *...The goal* is to collectively get some idea of how many of us on
 the list are regular lurkers.
 
 2. *...The rules* are:
 
  * If you consider yourself a regular lurker, consider opting in to
the game, by replying...
  * If you reply, absolutely nothing further will be asked of you. All
you are doing is identifying yourself as someone who lurks. That's it.
 
 3. ...We'll all track *the progress* by watching the thread, and seeing
 how many reply over time.
 
 4. ...Participation is *opt-in*.
 
 
 
 To participate, just hit [Reply List] and enter hey and press [Enter]
 ...or...
 
 ... (optionally) just say whatever you might want to say, instead
 
 We have no idea what might happen next; let's see what develops.
 
 Thanks!
 Daniel
 
 
 
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Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST events?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

About 500. Since 1999 
Tova Averbuch

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ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:43, Bhavesh Patel via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 ​Around 50... just finished one today in Kiev!
 
 
 
 On 13 December 2014 at 18:34, Daniel Mezick via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 
 Hmmm, the the Lurker Game proved interesting.
 
 ...lots of seldom-heard-from voices! Quite a deep level of experience being 
 reported! 
 
 So interesting ... so much depth.  Seems like something to ... explore
 
 So: if you want, you are cordially invited to play ... let's call it the 
 OST-7 Game:
 
 
 
 The OST-7 Game
 
 
 The Goal:
 Get a collective idea of how many people here have actually Facilitated 7 or 
 more OST events in their lifetime. Put another way: what is the depth of 
 practical OST facilitation experience across the entire membership?
 
 The Rules:
 If you have Facilitated at least 7 OST events, consider replying with hey 
 ... or optionally, with absolutely anything else you might like to say, for 
 example: where you are located, last time you did one, your hair color, etc
 
 Tracking Progress:
 Watch the thread to track progress, by: # of replies, # of countries, # of 
 OST events, replies per unit of time, # of people with red hair, or 
 absolutely any other measures you like
 
 Play:
 100% optional. Play if you like. If you've done more 7 or more and prefer to 
 just watch the game, that's OK too. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Notes:
 For this game, OST means something like this: 
 http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm
 This is for Facilitating only; consider replying if you've Facilitated at 
 least 7 of these events in your lifetime.
 Please reply by clicking [Reply All] Or [Reply List], so the thread stays 
 together, under the same subject
 
 Steps to Play:
 Click [Reply All] Or [Reply List]
 Reply with hey or with absolutely anything else you might like to say
 
 You are invited. What might happen next? Let's see...
 
 Daniel
 
 -- 
 Daniel Mezick, President
 
 New Technology Solutions Inc.
 
 (203) 915 7248 (cell)
 
 Bio. Blog. Twitter. 
 
 Examine my new book:  The Culture Game : Tools for the Agile Manager.
 
 Explore Agile Team Training and Coaching.
 
 Explore the Agile Boston Community. 
 
 
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Re: [OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Unfortunately in the last 7 years I am not. 
For seven years (1999-2006) I was both frequent lurker and contributor. And 
then could not have the time and attention  for many reasons. 
I am in love and it debt to this beautiful community and list and am trying to 
meet Face to face in WOS on OS events

Hope to lurk again spoon and meet old and new friends!:)
Much love
Tova Averbuch


נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:19, Markus Wittwer via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 Lurk...
 
 Am 11.12.2014 um 00:25 schrieb Daniel Mezick via OSList:
 Some of us were on a call on Tuesday, talking about Open Spaceand
 OSLIST
 
 ...the participants at the time were
 
 Chuni Li
 Daniel Mezick
 Karen Davis
 Linda Stevenson
 Lucas Cioffi
 Paul Levy
 Peggy Holman
 Skye Hirst
 Suzanne Daigle
 Tricia Chirumbole
 Harold Shinsato
 
 We discussed OSLIST culture, and how the culture of OSLIST may not
 actually be very easy to figure out...
 
 ...we talked about how this list has hundreds upon hundreds of members,
 with just 25 to 45 people (give or take) who post or reply with anything
 close to a regular frequency, and how some speak with highly
 authoritative voices.
 
 ...we talked a bit about how the culture of OSLIST /might actually be
 kind of intimidating for new people/ to participate in.
 
 
 The Game
 
 We have no idea how many regular lurkers are in the group...we talked
 about trying to find out.
 
 
 So: if you are a regular lurker, someone who examines these OSLIST
 threads periodically but does not actively participate ...  are you
 willing to play a little game?
 
 
 The Lurker Game: you are invited to play...
 
 1. *...The goal* is to collectively get some idea of how many of us on
 the list are regular lurkers.
 
 2. *...The rules* are:
 
  * If you consider yourself a regular lurker, consider opting in to
the game, by replying...
  * If you reply, absolutely nothing further will be asked of you. All
you are doing is identifying yourself as someone who lurks. That's it.
 
 3. ...We'll all track *the progress* by watching the thread, and seeing
 how many reply over time.
 
 4. ...Participation is *opt-in*.
 
 
 
 To participate, just hit [Reply List] and enter hey and press [Enter]
 ...or...
 
 ... (optionally) just say whatever you might want to say, instead
 
 We have no idea what might happen next; let's see what develops.
 
 Thanks!
 Daniel
 
 
 
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Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST events?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

About 500. Since 1999 
Tova Averbuch

נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:43, Bhavesh Patel via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 ​Around 50... just finished one today in Kiev!
 
 
 
 On 13 December 2014 at 18:34, Daniel Mezick via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 
 Hmmm, the the Lurker Game proved interesting.
 
 ...lots of seldom-heard-from voices! Quite a deep level of experience being 
 reported! 
 
 So interesting ... so much depth.  Seems like something to ... explore
 
 So: if you want, you are cordially invited to play ... let's call it the 
 OST-7 Game:
 
 
 
 The OST-7 Game
 
 
 The Goal:
 Get a collective idea of how many people here have actually Facilitated 7 or 
 more OST events in their lifetime. Put another way: what is the depth of 
 practical OST facilitation experience across the entire membership?
 
 The Rules:
 If you have Facilitated at least 7 OST events, consider replying with hey 
 ... or optionally, with absolutely anything else you might like to say, for 
 example: where you are located, last time you did one, your hair color, etc
 
 Tracking Progress:
 Watch the thread to track progress, by: # of replies, # of countries, # of 
 OST events, replies per unit of time, # of people with red hair, or 
 absolutely any other measures you like
 
 Play:
 100% optional. Play if you like. If you've done more 7 or more and prefer to 
 just watch the game, that's OK too. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Notes:
 For this game, OST means something like this: 
 http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm
 This is for Facilitating only; consider replying if you've Facilitated at 
 least 7 of these events in your lifetime.
 Please reply by clicking [Reply All] Or [Reply List], so the thread stays 
 together, under the same subject
 
 Steps to Play:
 Click [Reply All] Or [Reply List]
 Reply with hey or with absolutely anything else you might like to say
 
 You are invited. What might happen next? Let's see...
 
 Daniel
 
 -- 
 Daniel Mezick, President
 
 New Technology Solutions Inc.
 
 (203) 915 7248 (cell)
 
 Bio. Blog. Twitter. 
 
 Examine my new book:  The Culture Game : Tools for the Agile Manager.
 
 Explore Agile Team Training and Coaching.
 
 Explore the Agile Boston Community. 
 
 
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Re: [OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

[Tova Averbuch via OSList]

Unfortunately in the last 7 years I am not. 
For seven years (1999-2006) I was both frequent lurker and contributor. And 
then could not have the time and attention  for many reasons. 
I am in love and it debt to this beautiful community and list and am trying to 
meet Face to face in WOS on OS events

Hope to lurk again spoon and meet old and new friends!:)
Much love
Tova Averbuch


נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

ב-Dec 14, 2014, בשעה 2:19, Markus Wittwer via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org כתב/ה:

 Lurk...
 
 Am 11.12.2014 um 00:25 schrieb Daniel Mezick via OSList:
 Some of us were on a call on Tuesday, talking about Open Spaceand
 OSLIST
 
 ...the participants at the time were
 
 Chuni Li
 Daniel Mezick
 Karen Davis
 Linda Stevenson
 Lucas Cioffi
 Paul Levy
 Peggy Holman
 Skye Hirst
 Suzanne Daigle
 Tricia Chirumbole
 Harold Shinsato
 
 We discussed OSLIST culture, and how the culture of OSLIST may not
 actually be very easy to figure out...
 
 ...we talked about how this list has hundreds upon hundreds of members,
 with just 25 to 45 people (give or take) who post or reply with anything
 close to a regular frequency, and how some speak with highly
 authoritative voices.
 
 ...we talked a bit about how the culture of OSLIST /might actually be
 kind of intimidating for new people/ to participate in.
 
 
 The Game
 
 We have no idea how many regular lurkers are in the group...we talked
 about trying to find out.
 
 
 So: if you are a regular lurker, someone who examines these OSLIST
 threads periodically but does not actively participate ...  are you
 willing to play a little game?
 
 
 The Lurker Game: you are invited to play...
 
 1. *...The goal* is to collectively get some idea of how many of us on
 the list are regular lurkers.
 
 2. *...The rules* are:
 
  * If you consider yourself a regular lurker, consider opting in to
the game, by replying...
  * If you reply, absolutely nothing further will be asked of you. All
you are doing is identifying yourself as someone who lurks. That's it.
 
 3. ...We'll all track *the progress* by watching the thread, and seeing
 how many reply over time.
 
 4. ...Participation is *opt-in*.
 
 
 
 To participate, just hit [Reply List] and enter hey and press [Enter]
 ...or...
 
 ... (optionally) just say whatever you might want to say, instead
 
 We have no idea what might happen next; let's see what develops.
 
 Thanks!
 Daniel
 
 
 
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