Re: [OSList] Off topic - a bit

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I say, this is open space, and here we have a topic on the wall. I bring my
passion to the wall and take responsibility of my own experience and
participation in the topics.

So I share what I found in my internal dialogue while English is only my
3rd language.

1.
 I ask google:

https://www.google.is/search?q=define+lonely
* sad because one has no friends or company. -> antonyms:popular
* without companions; solitary. -> antonyms:sociable
* (of a place) unfrequented and remote. -> antonyms:populous, crowded

2.
 I ask opposite-dictionary

http://www.opposite-dictionary.com/

* antonyms: Accompanied

3.
And I ask my gut

* antonyms: happy, content, frolicsome, patience, playful, gay,
light-hearted, high-spirited...

*-*

and now I find the connection to open space as the keyword "high-spirited"
connects to writings abut open space.

For opening the space with a proper topic will open up space for people to
feel "high-spirited" and energized instead of lonely.


*I like to propose a new topic, "is it always possible to open up space for
the lonely to find their passion? "*
This topic touches upon me now for the news article I was just reading
before opening my mail was about how hate-groups hiding behind religion use
the lure of purpose to recruit the lonely and afraid people. (the example
in the local article used heathendom and white-supremacy hate-groups).


On 30 September 2014 10:54, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList <
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> Hi all,
>
> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there
> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you will
> forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>
> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not
> English  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of
> "lonely"?
>
> Feel free to respond to me off list..
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[OSList] Second Life

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Has some one here done an Open Space in "Second Life", the online and free
virtual world from the SF based Linden Lab?

On 30 September 2014 21:59, Ben Roberts via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> As some of you know, I’ve been at this for a couple of years now. Today,
> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International
> ,
> I was finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I felt truly
> lived up to the potential for “Open Space” in virtual form (in quotes since
> I know some of you purists might dispute that this really was OST!).
>
>
>
> Of course, it wasn’t like being together in person for a day or two.
> Indeed, there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the
> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the “hackpad”
> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference’s
> newest “social webinar” beta really worked. Here are some highlights of the
> process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad
> ):
>
> · We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90
> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>
> · Six topics were initiated by participants
>
> · In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a “meet and
> greet” session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a
> place to welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were
> easily integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>
> · The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>
> · We ended with a full group “popcorn-style” harvest and some
> announcements
>
> · A number of participants attended a debrief after the official
> end of the call
>
> · A few participants also stayed on the line “overtime” to
> continue their topic conversations
>
>
>
> MC’s new “social webinar” worked beautifully, allowing participants to do
> the following:
>
> · Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>
> · See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and
> contact info, if provided)
>
> · See who was talking or had their “hands” up
>
>
>
> Using “hackpad,” we were able to do the following:
>
> · Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on
> the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of the
> six topics were initiated in advance.
>
> · Provide an index of topics and the “room numbers” for each (so
> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>
> · Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad
> for each one (note that “social webinar” now also provides shared document
> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>
> · Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended
> (this is still ongoing)
>
> · Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>
> · Compile a shared listing of resources
>
> · Make announcements and requests
>
>
>
> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones
> only (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or
> “social webinar.” This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a
> computer, and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>
>
>
> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons
> learned. The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online
> explanations in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to
> engage (phone, hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or
> more of these elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to use
> these tools or to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without them.
>
>
>
> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the
> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that I
> feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very
> interested in promoting a series of large group “conversations that could
> change the world.” Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to
> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be
> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near
> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale
> in this way is pretty exciting!
>
>
>
> Peace,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] Open Space for a group of 6??

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I love the stories with few people in Open Space. With one or even with
none, but still a lot of successes. The act of the invitation and the
provision of space are remarkable and have productive outcome without
relation to the actual turnout. But be warned, the actual outcome is not
always within our or ours sponsors prediction, but we have learned that the
produce is good.

/Kári



On 6 October 2014 14:22, Peggy Holman via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I once ran a two day Open Space with the 5-member board of a nonprofit.
> They got together in every possible configuration over those two days.
> Pairs, trios, solo, whole group.
>
> It wasn't as dramatic as Gerard's story. We knew going in we'd just have
> five.
>
> As with any good Open Space, there was passion for the subject.  It was an
> incredibly productive meeting setting the course for the organization.
>
>
> Peggy
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> > On Oct 6, 2014, at 2:23 AM, Robyn Williams ► via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> > What a great story, thank you, one of those rich and delightful
> learnings.
> >
> >
> > Warm wishes, Robyn
> >
> > Robyn Williams
> > SeeChangeWA
> > Western Australia
> > Fremantle ~ Geraldton
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf
> Of openspacedk1 via OSList
> > Sent: Monday, 6 October 2014 2:33 PM
> > To: Agnieszka Maja Wawrzyniak; World wide Open Space Technology email
> list
> > Cc: g...@openspace.dk
> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space for a group of 6??
> >
> > Dear Agnieszka,
> >
> > Smallest I have experienced was with 4, I believe that as lf the issue
> at stake has enouigh energy, it works - and this is clearlily the case from
> what you describe.
> >
> > As an example, I once facilitated an event for the alumni network of a
> higher educational institution.
> > All teaching staff and all alumni were invited, a big room and
> sufficient catering for everybody.
> >
> > Everybody turned out to be the chairwoman (who had invited) and five
> participants.
> > So she was quite depressed and wanted to cancel. I said "the people are
> the right people", we'll have good discussions and a usefullmeeting, and
> she went along - and we had a good meeting, with a clear conclusion: the
> alumni organisation was ended.
> >
> > This was not the end of the story - thechair went to the rector to
> inform him, whereupon he said "our alumni association ? Our network of
> ambassadors in society ?" What does the director of the alumni bureay
> say to this ?
> >
> > When he found out there in act wasn't an alumni bureau, let alone a
> director, he called an emergency meeting of the management, established an
> alumni bureau and started a capmaign.
> >
> > This is some years ago - I did learn to suggest to have participants
> register to avoid wasting all too much coffee and sandwiches -
> >
> > Greetings Gerard
> >
> > Open Space Institite Denmark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > isAgnieszka Maja Wawrzyniak via OSList skrev den 2014-10-06 08:13:
> >> Hi :)
> >>
> >> Here's a question: Is 6 people enough to make an Open Space session?
> >>
> >> Next Saturday I'm going to facilitate a group that would benefit from
> >> an OST (there's a conflict situation, no one knows the answer, people
> >> who are extremely passionate are coming etc..)...
> >> So far I have worked with much bigger groups but never tried it out
> >> with such a small group...I'm eager to hear your opinions and ideas...
> >>
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Re: [OSList] Authority Distribution in Open Space

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I am enthralled to this discussion here.

I find the question speaking to my practice on "How can I use open space
invitation pre-work to brake down the mental barriers on authority and role
relationships?" The focusing on respect also resonates with me as a
solution. Many insecurities brake out in insulting, aggressive, and loud
signals and other things done to compensate and manage the insecurity risks
of communication. The need is strong to conform and be accepted, to feel
respected for personal strengths and victories. Focus on showing that I
value and respect the people and even showing some true admiration for what
has been achieved is supportive to secure and reduce the risks of the
people to be present in the now.

/Kári


On 16 October 2014 06:56, John Baxter via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I have knots about empowerment, and the ubiquitous openness of space.
> These knots are about to inspire a rant.
>
> These knots, I should start with, are not entirely the result of this
> present discussion thread - it is just this discussion that prompts me to
> speak.
>
> I think I understand Harrison, if you suggest that self-organisation is
> more common than we realise... if not ubiquitous, omnipresent, then at
> least that we can fruitfully challenge the assumption that formal and
> top-down organisation dominates how things get done.
>
> But I can't get past the feeling that *there are lots of barriers to the
> openness of space, and to self organisation*.  Everywhere and all the
> time.  In my recent work, mental barriers by all involved about authority
> and role relationships.  My personal barriers around trying too hard to
> "empower".  My client's patronising assumptions about the "capacity" and
> "maturity" of "the sector".  Information asymmetries.
>
> So I get really conflicted when anyone starts saying "well space is open
> all the time" (implication: 'so chill out cos there's nothing you need to
> do').
>
> I am also conflicted about stepping back from the goal of empowerment, as
> if everybody else needs to just step into open space and take
> responsibility.
>
> Yes - many people don't realise the power that they have.  (In my last
> project; nobody seemed to quite buy into the fact that *they could
> directly author the document that they were trying to influence*.)
>
> But it is also patronising to suggest that empowerment lies in just
> helping people to see how powerful they are... because many people *don't* 
> have
> the power that we or they might like.  To suggest that people have the
> power and just don't use it... that effectively blames them for their
> situation, and washes our hands of responsibility.
>
> The biggest barrier to group change I see time and time again is authority
> figures who believe others need to change, not themselves.  (Most commonly,
> that their employees need to "be empowered", and that they need to manage a
> culture change program to get there... or better yet, that HR needs to
> manage the change program, while we are busy getting the real work done.)
>
> I don't pretend that empowerment is something that can be done to other
> people (patronising), but I do firmly believe that we all first need to
> look to ourselves and what we need to do to play our role making such a
> future possible.  And, in fact, that *this is all that we can ever do*.
>
> Maybe the wisdom in what you say Harrison is that we do this by focusing
> on respect first, as a productive way to enable empowerment.
>
> Maybe I am picking on the wrong things and have misunderstood them, and I
> apologise if I have been critical.  But I also see a lot of things said
> that make me uncomfortable, that knot me up.  Again, most of these things
> are from my memory, not the present discussion.  While my memory might not
> be the best, I'm sure it is based on something.
>
> Thank you all for your patience and for being in this discussion
>
>
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Harrison Owen  wrote:
>
>> John -- I’m rather curious what you meant by “The overall project was
>> more complicated than OST?” My confusion comes in part from my experience
>> that complexity is actually an essential precondition for OST, or more
>> exactly the effective operation of self organization. The essential
>> pre-conditions as I have experienced the are: A Real business issue
>> (something that people really care about). High levels of complexity such
>> th

Re: [OSList] Swarmwise; how to organise community like a Wave Riding Pirate

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

>From the book: "... you can say that everybody has the power of veto for
decisions [...] However, it only works well for smaller subgroups (30
or less people).  ..."

The book also talks a lot about is the consensus circle

THE MAGIC OF THE CONSENSUS CIRCLE

One good mechanism for arriving at a decision in a (defined) group
is called a consensus circle. ... p. 165


On 16 October 2014 13:07, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
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> Hello Thomas,
>
> "Consensus by veto" means anything that is not vetoed is treated as
> consensus.  The occupy movement made decisions this way.  People could give
> several hand signals to indicate their sentiment when someone else was
> talking without having to talk over them.  Here's a list on Wikipedia of 
> Occupy
> movement's and signals
> .
>
> You'll see a hand signal for "hard block" which means the listener is
> hearing something morally objectionable (i.e. they are vetoing it).  By
> defining consensus as "Not morally objectionable" (i.e. not vetoed) the
> Occupy Movement was able to approve more member actions/initiatives than if
> they went with "universally agreed upon" as their definition of consensus,
> because their members were eclectic and unlikely to agree 100% on
> everything.
>
> I witnessed that OccupyDC's Facilitation Committee would change the
> operational definition of consensus as the months went by so that even 1 or
> 2 vetoes were still seen as consensus when they wanted to have fewer
> roadblocks from their own members.  So the veto number is variable as a
> facilitation technique.
> --
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>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Thomas Perret via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks John, great. I read your notes and this one raised a question:
>>
>> "for necessary decisions (e.g. directing group resources), 'consensus' by
>> veto is better than democratic decision-making by majority vote"
>>
>> What do you/the book mean by "consensus by veto" here?
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:51 AM, John Baxter via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Wave Riders
>>
>> I've just finished reading Swarmwise, the tactical manual for organising
>> community like a Pirate (i.e. Sweden's Pirate Party).
>>
>> Open Space methods are threaded through it, both overtly and implicitly.
>> I thought it was an excellent vindication of the hunch that Open Space can
>> be applied in very specific ways to processes much bigger than single
>> events.
>>
>> I did have an initial reaction to how strong the influence of the
>> individual leader-champion is.  But I came to the conclusion that sort of
>> leadership fits the given objectives, and is no different than the sponsor
>> setting the topic in OST.
>> So a heads up, you may have the same averse reaction to ego-centric
>> language that I did... but please forgive it in order to see the wisdom
>> within.
>>
>> Recommended reading for all Wave Riders: Swarmwise
>> 
>> .
>>
>> Also if of interest, my notes
>> 
>>  (*not a permalink*)
>>
>> ​Cheers​
>>
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[OSList] Invitation by the sponsor / initiator

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

The four preconditions of the swarm invitation from Swarmwise by Rick
Falkvinge. I find this oddly similar to the preconditions of Open Space.

1. Tangible: You need to post an outline of the goals you intend to
meet, when, and how.

2. Credible: After having presented your daring goal, you need to
present it as totally doable. Bonus points if nobody has done it
before.

3. Inclusive: There must be room for participation by every spectator
who finds it interesting, and they need to realize this on hearing
about the project.

4. Epic: Finally, you must set out to change the entire world for the
better — or at least make a major improvement for a lot of people.

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Re: [OSList] Divergence and action planning at the same time?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

souds marvelus, extra green sheets for wow action invitation
possibly combined with special wow action reportin forms.

On Sunday, 26 October 2014, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear friends - thanks for sharing your experiences and ideas!
> Hmm Suzanne - I will sure try that one day…
>
> How I/we did it. We simply had 2 different types of report back sheets -
> one almost bland one and one with more structure for action planning: What,
> Who, When.
> It seemed to work well. Then I also re-opened the space at the end - for
> initiatives for future actions. Oaooo - there is a lot of engagement in
> this group. Lots of inspiring actions going on from this. The rings are
> spreading Sweden 3.0 is growing
> Hugs
> Thomas (from the train on my way home, working on the documentation)
>
> 23 okt 2014 kl. 21:34 skrev Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >:
>
> > Dear friends in Open Space
> > On Saturday I am going to facilitate an OST-Hackaton where about 120
> people are going to create next steps for a network (Sverige 3.0) to become
> a popular movement - with the purpose to create equal opportunities for all
> people living in Sweden, finding the way through dialogue to create mutual
> understanding and respect. There has been quite some work done already the
> past year (several Large Group trainings and dialogues in different parts
> of the country). We think that in some parts some of the participants may
> be quite ready to go to action and make concrete plans as other people and
> some topics need divergence…
> >
> > I will facilitate a 6 hour OST meeting and am thinking about how to give
> space for both these possible needs simultaneously.
> > Any ideas, experiences, suggestions?
> > All the best
> > Thomas Herrmann
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Re: [OSList] The primary task of the OSLIST group

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

As I have been told, the Os-list was prompted by Peggy Holman
http://peggyholman.com/ and set up in 1996 by Murli Nagasundaram as a
discussion list for the conscious self-organizing system and the Open Space
Institute.

Original there where two themes for the list-server

"How do I keep this going?"

and

"How do I bring this into my organization?"

There is also some connection to organizational learning; creating
communities for learning and action; inspired, high performing learning
organization; leadership and management; to stay aware of what has heart
and meaning; changing the world; it also has connection to Anne Stadler
Spirited Work.

Here is Anne Stadler Open space Primer ...
http://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Open-Space-Primer.pdf





On 1 November 2014 13:03, Alan Stewart via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> G’day Dan and All
>
>
>
> In your response of 21 Oct 2014 to my post *Re: [OSList] Respect in
> Self-Organizing Systems *you muse:
>
>
>
> “I often wonder what the primary task of the OSLIST group is.”
>
>
>
> Having been a group member for about 20 years and having attended five
> WOSonOS
>
> I have a ‘take’ on this matter.
>
>
>
> This derives in part from a statement of Pablo Picasso that:
>
>
>
> “Our meaning in life is identifying our gift,
>
> Our purpose in life is giving it away.”
>
>
>
> I tend to paraphrase this as ‘… our gifts … is giving them away.’
>
>
>
> One of the gifts I note in relation to ‘the primary task of the OSLIST
> group’ is that of knowing of the principles and practices of OST by the
> group members and our giving them away,  professionally and personally.
>
>
> In my case the 'beginning' gift arrived, in 1994, totally unexpectedly, in
> the post in the form of Harrison's original book, about which knew nothing.
> I had occasion to experiment with the process, as a speaker scheduled to
> present a few days later had withdrawn. Which I did, after reading the book
> swiftly - and on observing the response was forever hooked!
>
>
>
> As my ‘take’ is quite long and somewhat personal I would not wish to foist
> it on the LIST. And so I invite anyone who may be interested in this to
> contact me. Whoever does ... 
>
>
>
> Incidentally, yesterday I facilitated a one day conversation for the 
> Australian
> Churches Refugee Taskforce
> . This has been
> established by a group of the biggest church denominations in Australia to
> care for the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees. This event was held
> in Adelaide at their second annual get together and was to converse about
> their priorities in the coming year. Several participants had previous
> experience of the value of OST for such a purpose, which is why it was
> chosen. The concluding consensus – in my understanding - was through it
> this time they had accomplished what they wished.
>
>
>
> Looking forward
>
>
>
> Go well
>
>
>
> Alan
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
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[OSList] Critical Testing

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

There is an invitation to some scientific rigor for our beloved technology.
I propose we accept this invitation as a communal effort. An idea for a
trial design would be to collect survey data where the nuances of the lived
experiences would be teased out, survey data collected by cooperation among
our grand Institutes and access given to unaffiliated researchers to
collect some understandings and make their own conclusions in publishable
science papers. It will probably be far too difficult, even impossible the
task of building of such survey database along with the standardized
questioners. And the time to build it was sometime long ago, we are long
past out do time. There is urgency to this task. But do we have to do it?
Well, is there a real need for this approach? I think we can host this
endeavor, even try to find a design that allows for a Double-blinded rigor.
My vision is that we design standardize and publish a survey that we then
allow events to use to collect data for us, data that we then give to
researchers where they can use it for their publishing needs. There is also
the Pandora’s Box of issues and opportunities. It looks like it is a topic
ripe for an open space, "be prepared to be surprised".

The new late majority folks are going for the theme of „participatory
processes“ and request an overview over the landscape. It is the new
gathering pole and open space is central for me in this arena as it is less
controlling that other processes. Perhaps tour rigor should be part of a
broader sense of analyses under the more general heading of participatory
processes.

But perhaps when we look at Open Space, then we must use the same type of
analyses as when we look at research approaches, like when we look at the
difference on Double-blinded procedure done by WHR Rivers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._R._Rivers and earlier research
procedures.

A resent story on "time to think", two weeks ago I facilitated a short 3
hour open space for a local branch of a political on their internal
operations. There were also a lot of other things happening before and
after the conversation part of the program, some football fans even
disappeared during the open space to see the ongoing game.  Personally I
was happy that we had the lunch before the open space, I took some time for
reflection and thinking about the possible dream future and topics that
make us show up for the work. Then reflection and lunch was served, a lot
of chatter during the soup lunch, then back to the introduction of
principles … “Whatever happens is the only thing that could have, be
prepared to be surprised!”… democracy of the feet / the law of mobility,
the bugs and what they give us.  Then brake for topics. …  It was short
time and a lot of conflict of attention by the sponsors for the other parts
of the day program, but it worked out well. The passion for work and the
freedom of this technology opened for topics and responsibility that had
previously been submerged by the tyranny of long speeches and lectures.
Give a little time and then open up some space, works each time given the
preconditions.

In openness,
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Re: [OSList] Critical Testing

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi Daniel

You are welcome.

My tiered English was not at it best in the first post, but I hope the
spellchecker managed to make my writing readable.

Well there is always the purpose of the occasion and how it plays out. I
would now be interested how different participatory processes work for
individuals and compare it to Belbin team roles or the personality
psychology of the five scales: Cautious-inventive; Organized-careless;
Energetic-reserved; Analytical-compassionate; and Confident-nervous. But
what to measure for is of-course up to the purpose of our survey.

What would be our next step in this topic offering.

In openness,
Kári the group coach



On 20 November 2014 14:06, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>  Hi Kári,
>
> Thank you for making your proposals. They are very interesting!
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 11/20/14 6:34 AM, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList wrote:
>
> There is an invitation to some scientific rigor for our beloved
> technology. I propose we accept this invitation as a communal effort. An
> idea for a trial design would be to collect survey data where the nuances
> of the lived experiences would be teased out, survey data collected by
> cooperation among our grand Institutes and access given to unaffiliated
> researchers to collect some understandings and make their own conclusions
> in publishable science papers. It will probably be far too difficult, even
> impossible the task of building of such survey database along with the
> standardized questioners. And the time to build it was sometime long ago,
> we are long past out do time. There is urgency to this task. But do we have
> to do it? Well, is there a real need for this approach? I think we can host
> this endeavor, even try to find a design that allows for a Double-blinded
> rigor. My vision is that we design standardize and publish a survey that we
> then allow events to use to collect data for us, data that we then give to
> researchers where they can use it for their publishing needs. There is also
> the Pandora’s Box of issues and opportunities. It looks like it is a topic
> ripe for an open space, "be prepared to be surprised".
>
> The new late majority folks are going for the theme of „participatory
> processes“ and request an overview over the landscape. It is the new
> gathering pole and open space is central for me in this arena as it is less
> controlling that other processes. Perhaps tour rigor should be part of a
> broader sense of analyses under the more general heading of participatory
> processes.
>
> But perhaps when we look at Open Space, then we must use the same type of
> analyses as when we look at research approaches, like when we look at the
> difference on Double-blinded procedure done by WHR Rivers
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._R._Rivers and earlier research
> procedures.
>
> A resent story on "time to think", two weeks ago I facilitated a short 3
> hour open space for a local branch of a political on their internal
> operations. There were also a lot of other things happening before and
> after the conversation part of the program, some football fans even
> disappeared during the open space to see the ongoing game.  Personally I
> was happy that we had the lunch before the open space, I took some time for
> reflection and thinking about the possible dream future and topics that
> make us show up for the work. Then reflection and lunch was served, a lot
> of chatter during the soup lunch, then back to the introduction of
> principles … “Whatever happens is the only thing that could have, be
> prepared to be surprised!”… democracy of the feet / the law of mobility,
> the bugs and what they give us.  Then brake for topics. …  It was short
> time and a lot of conflict of attention by the sponsors for the other parts
> of the day program, but it worked out well. The passion for work and the
> freedom of this technology opened for topics and responsibility that had
> previously been submerged by the tyranny of long speeches and lectures.
> Give a little time and then open up some space, works each time given the
> preconditions.
>
> In openness,
> Kári the group coach
>
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Re: [OSList] Is Open Space a meeting?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I would say that open space is a themed meeting super-framework. Where
people have meetings (with there chosen sub-framework) on topics in
connection to our themed and use our common super-framework to organize the
meetings and there outcomes.

In openness,
Kári the group coach


On 20 November 2014 20:59, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> slippery ground there, Daniel, talking about what OS "is"! :-)
>
> however, on a very practical level, I will speak from my own experience,
> about what OS can *do*:
>
> to me, it offers a space where people can figure out *what *they
> really want to meet about, and then meet with others who also care about
> the same thing.
>
> So in that sense, it creates a space for *many* "meetings" to happen --
> the kind of "meeting", that people *want* to show up for!
>
>
>
> *Rosa Zubizarreta*
>
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> *
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:35 AM, via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> I like your description of Open Space being a "way"
>>
>> It can be a way in terms of a path, or a way in terms of a means, or a
>> way in terms of a mindset.
>>
>> Hence, "the way that can be described is not the universal way, and the
>> name that can be named is not the universal name." (Lao Tzu)
>>
>> Sorry, I seem to have made it even more unclear
>>
>> Chuni Li
>>
>>  --
>>  *From:* John Baxter via OSList 
>> *To:* Harold Shinsato ; World wide Open Space
>> Technology email list 
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 12:22 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Is Open Space a meeting?
>>
>> I can tell you if a meeting is Open Space (though there are plenty of
>> grey examples), but not if Open Space is a meeting.
>>
>> In my personal lingo, Open Space is a way of being together, not a whole
>> package that describes an event.
>>
>> You can hold meetings in Open Space, you can hold gatherings in Open
>> Space, you can hold conferences in Open Space...  you can do any of these
>> things in any other way... and you can have Open Space in any myriad forms
>> of 'gathering' too.
>>
>> My response feels unclear, though it was perfectly clear before I wrote
>> it, I promise...  Hopefully it comes out okay at your end.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> *John Baxter*
>> *Cocreation Consultant & ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator*
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>> 
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>>
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> I think we can count Open Space as a "meeting" by both definitions 1. and
>> 2. in your dictionary listing. But it doesn't fit well to me in the poetic
>> sense. I prefer conference or gathering. Or even better, it is something
>> that stands alone and apart, as its own sort of thing. So instead of saying
>> "we're going to the open space meeting", we just say "we're going to the
>> open space."
>>
>> In general, my sense of a "meeting" is something where we all meet in the
>> same place at the same time and talk about the same things, *mostly* one at
>> a time.
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>
>> On 11/18/14 5:29 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
>>
>> I have a simple question: Is Open Space a meeting?
>>
>> For purposes of discussion, let's use this definition of /meeting/:
>>
>> meet·ing
>> ˈmēdiNG/
>> noun
>> noun: meeting; plural noun: meetings
>>
>> 1.
>> *an assembly of people, especially the members of a society or
>> commit**t**ee**, for discussion or entertainment.*
>> *"the early-dismissal policy will be discussed at our next meeting"*
>> *synonyms: gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention,
>> summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council, rally, caucus; More*
>> *power lunch, power breakfast;*
>> *informal get-together*
>> *"he stood up to address the meeting"*
>> *a gathering of people, especially Quakers, for worship.*
>> *2.*
>> *a coming together of two or more people, by chance or arrangement.*
>> *"he intrigued her on their first meeting"*
>> *synonyms: consultation, audience, interview More*
>>
>>
>>
>> Is Open Space a meeting?
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [OSList] Critical Testing

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi John

The next step would probably to identify some purpose in form of a research
questions. What is it that we are looking for, so that we can start to
think about what to measure.



On Friday, 21 November 2014, John Baxter via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Kari
>
> I like your intent, but I hear you when you say you fear it may be "far
> too difficult".
>
> Do you have any thoughts on viable first steps?
> (Beyond the immediate step of sharing intent to see what comes of it!)
> I am thinking of what in startup language is 'minimum viable product'.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> *John Baxter*
> *Cocreation Consultant & ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator*
> jsbaxter.com.au  | CoCreateADL.com
> 0405 447 829
> ​ | ​
> @jsbaxter_ 
>
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> Grill!*
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> *
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Kári Gunnarsson <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> There is an invitation to some scientific rigor for our beloved
>> technology. I propose we accept this invitation as a communal effort. An
>> idea for a trial design would be to collect survey data where the nuances
>> of the lived experiences would be teased out, survey data collected by
>> cooperation among our grand Institutes and access given to unaffiliated
>> researchers to collect some understandings and make their own conclusions
>> in publishable science papers. It will probably be far too difficult, even
>> impossible the task of building of such survey database along with the
>> standardized questioners. And the time to build it was sometime long ago,
>> we are long past out do time. There is urgency to this task. But do we have
>> to do it? Well, is there a real need for this approach? I think we can host
>> this endeavor, even try to find a design that allows for a Double-blinded
>> rigor. My vision is that we design standardize and publish a survey that we
>> then allow events to use to collect data for us, data that we then give to
>> researchers where they can use it for their publishing needs. There is also
>> the Pandora’s Box of issues and opportunities. It looks like it is a topic
>> ripe for an open space, "be prepared to be surprised".
>>
>> The new late majority folks are going for the theme of „participatory
>> processes“ and request an overview over the landscape. It is the new
>> gathering pole and open space is central for me in this arena as it is less
>> controlling that other processes. Perhaps tour rigor should be part of a
>> broader sense of analyses under the more general heading of participatory
>> processes.
>>
>> But perhaps when we look at Open Space, then we must use the same type of
>> analyses as when we look at research approaches, like when we look at the
>> difference on Double-blinded procedure done by WHR Rivers
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._R._Rivers and earlier research
>> procedures.
>>
>> A resent story on "time to think", two weeks ago I facilitated a short 3
>> hour open space for a local branch of a political on their internal
>> operations. There were also a lot of other things happening before and
>> after the conversation part of the program, some football fans even
>> disappeared during the open space to see the ongoing game.  Personally I
>> was happy that we had the lunch before the open space, I took some time for
>> reflection and thinking about the possible dream future and topics that
>> make us show up for the work. Then reflection and lunch was served, a lot
>> of chatter during the soup lunch, then back to the introduction of
>> principles … “Whatever happens is the only thing that could have, be
>> prepared to be surprised!”… democracy of the feet / the law of mobility,
>> the bugs and what they give us.  Then brake for topics. …  It was short
>> time and a lot of conflict of attention by the sponsors for the other parts
>> of the day program, but it worked out well. The passion for work and the
>> freedom of this technology opened for topics and responsibility that had
>> previously been submerged by the tyranny of long speeches and lectures.
>> Give a little time and then open up some space, works each time given the
>> preconditions.
>>
>> In openness,
>> Kári the group coach
>>
>>
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Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi John

As an academic researcher I say ... yes, this needs to become, ... I like
to see theorizing and testing, and more papers in academic journals for me
to site.

If we take the hypothesis from Owen that there is always self-organization
at work, now in what conditions is this self-organization not functioning
well.

I would argue that we can find cultural elements that are toxic to
self-organization, site lining it, driving it away from open discourse.

When is such toxic environment the only solution, even if it dose not work
seems to be to get ride of the people dealing behind the curtains and
enforcing a strict and over-bloated management scheme to squeezes the
profit out of the people.

An example from ecology.

Like lets say I grow round up resistant GMO feed grass, and I plant out the
GMO seeds and put the chemical fertilizers and the roundup to kill of
anything else. I have created a toxic environment but there is this one
homogenous thing that can survive it.

Now lets say my brother is not as addicted to proprietary DNA crops and has
chosen to select many plant to grow in harmony where they feed off each
other and reads all these aquaculture journals. He saves a ton in crop
interventions and is more resilient to weather changes and pest attacks,
loosing only 5% or perhaps 10% in a bad incident, while my toxic homogenous
growing is devastated while I am ruined.

ok... fun example.

If we can identify the cultural elements that makes the space hostile, that
is not-safe or simply closed, then we can offer the middle managers a tool
to measure there cultural aspect of there organizational health,
innovation, learning and efficiency. Then we can propose an intervention
(in the form of an open space), on how to move the organization from
unhealthy culture to a healthy one where we marginalize the violence of
silencing and where we keep the space save for us humans to grow and
prosper. As this is needed for all leading organizational cultures.

...

so for the questions...

To find what one needs to know to do self-organization, I would argue that
one needs to understand how to make the space safe and how to invite
participation for a bodily real theme. This is a sponsors job, but he
sometimes needs a teacher to help him know the difference. Basically the
precondition and the how to stuff we preach as open spacers every day.

To find out what one needs to know in order to be an expert in
self-organization, I would argue that one needs to understand many of the
different ways one can throw a spanner in the works and be able to identify
when it is the cultural norm of the management and/or owners to do so, and
also for what reasons this is done. This is interesting for me as I would
love to grow in understanding on when things are wrong in the culture but
tolerated for the cases I work with. It could bring out new themes to open
space on, and to energize people to open it everywhere where the
preconditions are present. I think a little research will help us do just
that.


/ Kári

On 27 November 2014 at 01:25, John Baxter via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hello facilitators of self organisation
>
> Let's take a moment to consider self organisation, as 'field' or
> 'practice'.
>
> I am scoping a summer project at the moment (in the southern hemisphere!).
>
> I have been reading and learning all I can about self org.  There is less
> than I expected at the heart of self org practice, but much more than I
> realised in intersecting fields (e.g. in governance, democracy, community
> organising, management, change, systems...).  There are also unanswered Qs
> about what 'self org' *is* (indeed, if it is anything at all).
>
> It might be worthwhile formalising this, through a focused research
> project, and sharing the results in a report or the like.
>
> Possible focus questions that come to mind for me are
> - what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"?
> - what would someone need to know to be an 'expert' in self org?
>
> Would appreciate your perspective, as a practitioner-facilitator-fellow
> wave rider:
>
> What (if anything) do you think deserves to be done?
> Who should be involved in doing it?
>
> ​Thank you for contributing to the quest!
>
> *John Baxter*
> *Cocreation Consultant & ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator*
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Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

This is a good idea Daniel

To use material from ecology. I like it.  I even went online to search for
some Journal articles that talk about the different cultural aspect with
intervention programs. There is a Critical Review on two grand intervention
by Blaikie and Muldavin (2014) one in the eastern Himalayas and the other
across the border in eastern India.

As I was reading this, I see that there is selfe-organization at work all
the time. At one instance the work happened in harmony and flexibility with
the imposed system and in the other instance the self-organization happened
despite the system ridged closed and toxic structure and undermined its
interventions objectives.

Blaikie P and Muldavin J (2014). Environmental justice? The story of two
projects. Geoforum 54. 226–229. (
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718512002850).




On 28 November 2014 at 12:20, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>  There are many well-established words that are used to more precisely
> discuss self "organization" in the biological and social sciences. I wonder
> if actively using some of these well-defined words might be helpful in the
> discussion.
>
> Example: stigmergy
> https://www.google.com/search?q=define+stigmergy
> *Stigmergy* is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or
> actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an
> action stimulates the performance of a next action, by the same or a
> different agent.
>
> More details
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/Stigmergy.html
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/StigmergyAndSelf.html
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/FourPrinciples.html
>
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/IntertwinedPrinciples.html
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On 11/26/14 8:25 PM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
>
>  Hello facilitators of self organisation
>
>  Let's take a moment to consider self organisation, as 'field' or
> 'practice'.
>
>  I am scoping a summer project at the moment (in the southern
> hemisphere!).
>
>  I have been reading and learning all I can about self org.  There is
> less than I expected at the heart of self org practice, but much more than
> I realised in intersecting fields (e.g. in governance, democracy, community
> organising, management, change, systems...).  There are also unanswered Qs
> about what 'self org' *is* (indeed, if it is anything at all).
>
>  It might be worthwhile formalising this, through a focused research
> project, and sharing the results in a report or the like.
>
>  Possible focus questions that come to mind for me are
> - what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"?
> - what would someone need to know to be an 'expert' in self org?
>
>  Would appreciate your perspective, as a practitioner-facilitator-fellow
> wave rider:
>
>  What (if anything) do you think deserves to be done?
> Who should be involved in doing it?
>
>  ​Thank you for contributing to the quest!
>
>  *John Baxter*
> *Cocreation Consultant & ​Co​Create Adelaide Facilitator*
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> 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/
> *
>
>
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[OSList] Open Space in Iceland - Nosonos 2015

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hello good Open Space people

There is news from Iceland, the Nordic Open Space on Open Space will be
here in  2015, reserve June 12th, 13th, and 14th for the event if you want
to see Iceland and join the Open Space with all the busy Nordic Open Space
practitioners.

We are also planning a trip to explore the open and sublime nature and
history of Iceland with a lot of space available for deliberation and
exploration, reserve June 15th, and 16th for that occasion.

Two training opportunities, at least, will also be on offer before the event
* Overview of different participatory methods - reserve June 9th for the
full day event.
* An open space training where the participant will have a theme in mind
for planning their own open space - reserve June 10th and 11th for the two
day training.

I am looking now at different places for having the events, so do not book
any accommodation before I have that sorted out. It may even be that we
will find a meeting hall close to a beautiful nature reserve which could
include most of the accommodations.
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Re: [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST events?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

hey from Iceland



On 13 December 2014 at 16:34, 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
>
> --
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>
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>
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Re: [OSList] When did you first hear about OST?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I did first hear about Open Space as one of many tools used in the youth
program in the EU.  The first experience for me at an Open Space event was
part of a networking event in 2005 for youth workers where 15 youth workers
from the English speaking West Europe where gathered to share experiences
with 15 youth workers from the Russian and English speaking East Europe. We
where gathered for 10 days, but only one of these days was for Open Space
with the theme of how we can work with one another after the event. The
Open Space facilitators was from Moscow and the Sponsor was from Austria.
It was a year later when going to a more traditional workshop conference in
2006 for the youth work I was involved with that I found the need for the
power of Open Space as the old way of doing things was not serving the
purpose of the gathering as it was presented to me. Then I got the books
from the internet, read them and started experimenting with my first Open
Space invitation sent in 2007.







On 16 December 2014 at 18:09, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> *The OST-When Game *
>
> {
>
> Inspired by Michael Herman:
>
> On 12/14/14 11:26 AM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
>
> i'm ... interested in questions like:
>
>
>
> 1.
> *when did you first hear about os or ost? *
>
>   2. what was the hook?  how did you notice it might have value?
>
> 3. when did you notice that you'd started letting it inform how you live?
>
> 4. what has happened since then?  what difference does it seem to make?
>
>   From the thread, " [OSList] Who has facilitated at least 7 OST events?”
>
> }
>
>
>
> You are cordially invited to play:
>
>
>
> *The OST-When Game*
>
>
> *The Goal:*
>
> ·  *To get a collective idea* of when & how members here actually
> became aware of OST, noting any patterns and how these patterns may (or may
> not) be changing over time.
>
> ·  *To know the stories* of others, and (optionally, if you choose to
> play,) to disclose your own story.
>
>
>
> *The Rules:*
>
>
>
> ·  If you know anything at all about OST, as described below, you are
> invited to play.
>
> ·  You play the game by answering in reply to the question:
>
>
>
>  *“When did you first hear about OST?*”
>
>
>  ·  If you opt-in to playing, then: *for purposes of playing this
> game*, you are joining with all the other players, in explicitly
> authorizing, consenting to (and in fact agreeing to) the definition of OST
> that this game uses, listed below in the Notes section.
>
> ·  Beyond this, nothing further is expected of you, and there are
> absolutely no other rules whatsoever.
>
>
> *Tracking Progress:*
> You can track progress by watching the various properties of the thread,
> such as:
>
>
>
> ·  # of stories, the length or brevity of stories,
>
> ·  the tone/tempo/velocity/volume of replies, # of countries heard
> from,
>
> ·  levels of seriousness, or humor or,
>
> ·  absolutely anything else you might be paying attention to as
> people play it.
>
>
>
> *Play*:
>
>
>
> ·  Playing this game is 100% invitational and therefore 100%
> optional…if you know about OST, you are invited to play!
>
>
>
> *Notes*:
>
>- This is the link to the definition of OST that this game is using:
>- http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm
>- If you elect to play, 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 your When-story
>
>
> What happens next is…well… anyone’s guess.
>
>
>
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>
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>
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> Manager.
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[OSList] ailments of closed space

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

*This is an invitation to play with the dangers of when we delay at opening
up the space... **Here I begin with some resent reflections of mine based
on the christmas consideration from Italy.*

***

*Feeling indispensable - *when space is closed, I become unable to play and
grow with changing global environment for I am needed unconditionally at my
work. Thinking my self to be immortal or immune to change.

*Working too hard - *when space is closed, I start to do everything my
self, even then things that need not be done. I invest all moments to the
work at hand and will compromise my self as a living thing.

*Becoming hardened** - *when space is closed, I detach from the moment and
the people that share in that moment, bypassing opportunity to show up and
be present. Where I could show empathy and share in the crying or joy of
the people in my moment.

*

*Planning too much **- *when space is closed, I will start to try to
control your experience, not only taking care of the bodily needs like
cleaning the restroom and providing a space for food presentation but
taking care of what you should do or feel... effectively removing all joy,
play or inspiration from our shared moment.

*No coordination** - *when space is closed, I will not share my plan or ask
you to join in with the planing. communication will only be a memory as I
demand you to follow blindly.

*Forgetting the purpose, direction Alzheimer’s** - *when space is closed, I
will follow my passions, whims and manias... as the theme is no longer
stated for there is no opening of the work at hand.

*

*Fostering rivalry** - *when space is closed, I start to look to my
position and promoting them / us mentality to progress my ideas and gaining
decoration for my contribution.

*Existential schizophrenia** - *when space is closed, I become isolated
from the people that I work for and all work will lose its framing.

*Gossip** - *when space is closed, I tend to go for the character behind
closed doors instead of engaging the issue posted.

*

*Careerism** - *when space is closed, I will try to gain possession or
promote issue by brown-nosing for that is the only open avenue for change

*Evil - *when space is closed, and I feel frustrated in my own endeavour,
then I find joy in seeing others fail as I have failed, showing
indifference to there condition.

*Funeral face of **fear and insecurit*y*- *when space is closed, I try to
mask my feelings by stern poker face, theatrical severity and sterile
pessimism

*

*Risk avoidance** - *when space is closed, I try to secure what little I
have possessed instead of taking the risk of opening up, inviting and
putting my money where my moth is.

*Closed circles of **good intentions** - *when space is closed, I try to
maintain my small group way past it usefulness, for the good that I must
protect is more important the the unknown of the darkness in the closed
space.

*Monopoly - *when space is closed, I will attack and discredit any treat to
My precious closed space.

My PRECIOUS 

*

... fun

With seasonal greetings from Iceland
/ Kári





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[OSList] Wosonos 2018 in Iceland

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Dear friends

I am happy to announce that the 26th annual World Open Space On Open Space 
(Wosonos) is CONFIRMED and will be hosted in Reykjavík, Iceland on October 
22-24, 2018.

I welcome you to attend, suggest that you will reserve the dates, and starting 
perhaps looking into the travel preparation that is if you are interested in 
attending.

I will send more information to the list here when it is ready

https://www.facebook.com/events/2038077643137845/

I just created this facebook event for the Wosonos 2018 in Iceland, where I 
will post news and announcements more frequently.

There is much interest in this event, and some people are even planning to come 
as a group a few days before for begin better prepared and stay a few days 
after to digest the next steps. There are also a few events in Reykjavík around 
that time that can be of interest for many of you, I will post about them also.

With love and play from Iceland
Kári

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[OSList] I invite the unexpected to help us grow as a body of practice for planning the next intervention for World Open Space on Open Space

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Dear friends

I have been around and part of our Open Space Community for a bit more than
a decade now. There has been chatter and wishers at the water fountain in
our community events that we could have much more presence in our world.
Many of us are doing magnificent work but there are many opportunities that
go unexplored to make use of what we have to offer. We find ourselves in
parallel communities of practice that are founded on the same philosophy
and way of knowing how to act in this world of ours. I hope to invite the
lesson learned about what we do to come to the Wosonos 2018 and put the
whole system idea to the test and see what our purposefull intervention
will lead us as a quantum leap forward.

I came to the Wosonos in Taiwan last year and we conversed about my offer
to host the World Open Space on Open Space in the small airport hub midway
from America to Europe, easily connect to the whole of our world. Where we
can invite with a strong purposefull theme and invite the whole system of
our practice, what ever the name each of us use for branding and marketing
that we have to offer.

Reykjavik and Iceland have many other attractions that can motivate people
to stay a few extra days before and after our Wosonos. There is the nature,
culture, food, resilience of the community, Auroras Borealis, Wikings, and
much more. But that is not why we gather. We are seeking to be surprised on
what we can accomplish together.

I would like each of us to think about who would need to be at one of the
planning in effort to bring our whole system together and figure out how we
can really build a strong invitation for something that is real and urgent,
not to service our needs as individual facilitators but to seek the sponsor
or the calling within each of us to be of service where there is need for
our presence and invitation.

I like you to be part of the whole system representation and invite
alongside you someone that you feel would represent an overlooked aspect of
our system. I feel that is the way forward for our planning meetings this
weekend.

Check out the links below, register to one or both of them, then think who
else should be there and forward this invitation to her/him with a personal
message why.

I am hopeful that what we can achieve will leave a shift in our way of
connecting with the World and the powers that be. Bringing more clarity and
agency for prosperity and lasting peace.

Let's do this, bring the whole community together, including the distant
and the different parts of our system.

Earlier 1: (register at https://bpt.me/3319413) (Enter the password:
PLAN2018)

Later 2: (register at https://bpt.me/3325541)  (Enter the password:
PLAN2018)


With love from Reykjavik Iceland

Kári


P.s. It's the 17-18 of February, timezoning should be doable for east and
west part of our little planet. Sign up now!
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[OSList] Help us write an invitation to cross the chasm

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

We start an online meeting in 6 hours, register now  at
https://bpt.me/3325541 (with the password: PLAN2018), or continue reading a
message infused with yesterday's meeting inspirations.

I am inviting you today to help us crossing the chasm to a new way of begin
in our community of open space practice. We want to grow as a community and
move over the chasm from our place of the early adopters throughout over
130 countries. Towards a new place of practice where our valued ways of
working are much better accessable to many more of the 130.000.000 people
born every year in our world. People that need to take on the lurking
themes that are on the horizon of the future and we sometimes can see
glimpse of. Themes of much higher urgency than we have experienced in our
lifetime for people we don't even know or aren't even born yet. There is
much more changes in our world than ever before in our history, and it is
happening at ever quickening phase and increasing stakes.

I experience value in our way of working (overlooking  the different names
we each use for our branch of the family tree that has sprouted from the
root of Open Space Technology way of working). I invite us to come together
at this pivotal time for the future of our world and be prepared for the
unexpected and ready to engage in a meaningful way, a way that has both the
personal and professional alignment. I am looking forward to seeing what we
can accomplish.

The OST work with the Agile community is a good example of reaching out
with value to an urgent need. There are many more examples of leadership
bringing our truth to the power of practice in different fields and grow
communities of experience in the spirit of Open Space. I invite leadership
to come today to our meeting and to manifest more in our community.

What would our community look like when it reaches the next level? Would
the value of our way of working be communicated more clearly and access to
our learnings and experience be much easier than it is today, what would
that look like?

We are crafting a theme for an intervention in our community to better meet
the needs of the world and calling in our hearts, a theme for our world
wide meeting WOSonOS 2018, October 22-24, in Reykjavik Iceland.

Join us this afternoon (Europe, Africa, middle East) / morning (America,
Australia, far East)

See our little effort for a timezon conversation:

NOON - 2:00pm (NEW YORK GMT -5:00) Sunday February 18

5:00pm - 7:00pm (ICELAND GMT +0:00) Sunday February 18

6:00pm - 8:00pm (GERMAANY GMT +1:00) Sunday February 18

Now come and join our efforts!

Register at https://bpt.me/3325541 (Enter the password: PLAN2018)

With best regards and lots of love,
Kári in Reykjavik Iceland,
the host for the Wosonos 2018 (October 22-24)
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[OSList] WOSonOS 2018 Registration

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Dear OST-community,

WOSonOS 2018 Bridging the Divide: How are we meeting the challenges of a
changing world?

Place & Date: Reykjvík Iceland, October 22-24

Please head over to the registration page to read more and sign up:
https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018

We reserved a few hotel rooms in a hotel nearby and these are available on
the registration site, but many of us are renting an Airbnb or staying in
other accommodations close by.

Gamla-Bíó is our venue: https://goo.gl/maps/dDPdoV2jcZE2 ... The original
plan was to have the event in Harpa, looking at the price led to the idea
of moving the event to the close-by Gamla-Bíó. I am particularly happy that
we manage to do that and lower the registration fee in the process.

The local currency is ISK (Icelandic Króna), you will get about 105 ISK for
each USD $ dollar, or about 125 ISK for each € Euro.

The flight time to here from New York is about 6 hours, and from London it
is about 3 hours. Flights to Iceland are cheap.

With best regards,
The Wosonos 2018 Team
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[OSList] Challenging times (Wosonos)

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

 Hi Oslist

 I am exited about the Wosonos 2018 in Reykjavík this October (22. - 24.)

 My aspiration for this event is that we can, together, with our difference
in practice, look towards the future and make what we have to offer better
availability to tows that are looking. There are challenging times ahead
for many people and organizations and I understand that the need for ways
of peace and prosperity are urgently felt.

 So, what do you say?
 Are you ready to register?

 with best regards
 Kári

 p.s.
 I have been dealing with a health problem for a few months, but I
recovered two weeks ago by changed diet.

 I am now going on a hike in the mountains for a week and might not be
reachable while I am there.

 Feel free to contact Hjördís is on our support team in Iceland Travel are
taking care of the registration and food at the venue and will help with
hotels and suchlike. her email is conferen...@icelandtravel.is

 The registration page is here:
https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018


-- 


*Kári Gunnarsson *
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[OSList] Is there experience in developing Open Space further in organizations and networks after the initial intervention

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi my dear open space family

I wonder if there is experience in developing Open Space further in
organizations and networks after the initial intervention and how we could,
each of us, go about inviting this experience to participating in the next
and future Wosonos events.

Who are the people that want to explor how to develop the OST approach
further in their organizations and networks? I think we usually call them
sponsors!

With love
Kári
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[OSList] Wosonos 2018 program plan

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I like to present the program plan for the Wosonos 2018, see below

We are already having registrations from at least China, Sir Lanka, Israel,
The European Countries, USA, Canada and inquiries from a few other
countries. It will be an exciting event where talent and experience are
faced with the tasks of the urgent challenges we are working with and
deliberations on how we can share our learnings on meeting them. Join us in
Iceland 2018 for October 22-24 with a registration at
https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018

Our schedule is as follows:

October 21. The day before:
17:00 Unofficial get together in Reykjavik before the Wosonos

October 22. Day one:
09:00 am - morning coffee and arrival (whoever comes)
09:30 am - opening circle
- Session
- Lunch
- Sessions
17:00 Evening news
18:00 End of day one (if it is over)
- Self-organized evening

October 23. Day two:
9:00 am - morning coffee
9:30 am - morning news
- Sessions
- Lunch
- Sessions
16:30 Evening circle
17:00 End of day two
- Evening program: Dinner at 20:00

October 24. Day 3:
09:30 am - morning coffee
10:00 am - morning circle
- Convergence and initiatives
- Lunch
14:00 Where is the next Wosonos?
- Evening news and deliberations
- Closing circle
17:00 End of day 3
- Self-organized evening
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Re: [OSList] List of some participants for this years WOSonOS in Iceland

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hey from Iceland

We already have 46 registration for the conference, 11 registration from
Iceland and 35 from other places, registration is still open!

Join us in Iceland 2018 for October 22-24 with a registration at
https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018

Looking forward to seeing you all!


On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:10 AM Hulu Chen via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> I hope this message finds you well!
>
> Folks from China don’t want to be missed out - Just so you know Ms Song
> Qinghua and I (Hulu Chen) are going as well :)
>
> Look forward to seeing some of you soon in Iceland.
>
> Cheers,
> Hulu
>
> > On 1 Oct 2018, at 08:40, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Harold,
> >
> > grand!
> >
> > The current status of this growing list at this point shows 20 folks
> >
> > Iceland (3)
> > Kari Gunnarson
> > Ingibjörg Gísladóttir
> > Hróbjartur Árnason
> >
> > Sweden (3)
> > Thomas Herrmann
> > Eva P Svensson
> > Ulrika Eklund
> >
> > Netherlands (8)
> > Leandra Gouw
> > Lois van der Hoeven
> > Jane de Bakker
> > Dere van Velzen
> > Jody van der Jagt
> > Camiel Naus
> > Rick Bastiaanssen
> > Tonnie van der Zouwen
> >
> > Germany (4)
> > Anna Caroline Türk
> > Bettina Lobenberg
> > Eda Ursula Maurer
> > Bianca Sukrow
> >
> > Canada (1)
> > Doug Marteinson
> >
> > United States of America (1)
> > Harold Shinsanto
> >
> > Those others going and wanting to be on this "semipublic" list, just let
> me know (via OSLIST or directly).
> > May it help you to be in touch even before the event... for whatever
> reason (many of those on the list can also be seen in the World Map with
> lots of contact data).
> >
> > Have a great week
> > Greetings from Berlin
> > mmp
> >
> >
> >> Am 01.10.2018 um 03:48 schrieb Harold Shinsato via OSList:
> >> Just got my flight last night. I’ll be there too.
> >> -Harold
> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:13 PM doug via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >
> wrote:
> >>Michael--
> >>I'll be there.
> >>Doug. Germann
> >>On 09/28/2018 04:28 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList wrote:
> >> > coming to the WOSonOS in Iceland is growing.
> >> > Found 15 folks from 4 countries so far.
> >> > The list shows the names sorted by country.
> >> > There are 8 from Netherlands, 1 from Sweden, 3 from Germany, 3
> from
> >> > Iceland.
> >> > Please drop me a note if you are going to Iceland and want to be
> >>on this
> >> > list.
> >> > Right now would be perfect so that it would be complete next week.
> >> >
> >> > Have a great weekend wherever you are
> >> > mmp
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Re: [OSList] List of some participants for this years WOSonOS in Iceland

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

hi all
Now it is less then 2 weeks until our Wosonos gathering in Iceland
Michal Szpor from Poland sends his greetings, he will be at Wosonos in
Iceland. I am looking forward to meet him and you all.

There were amazing northern lights displaces (Aurora borealis) yesterday
night as i was going out of my car at home in Reykjavik city. I hope that
the ones we have while Wosonos will also be as amazing.

I looked it up at the national aurora forecast, and it was very stron,
figure 6! that is amazing display.
https://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/

Winter is upon us in Iceland now, so bring out the winter clothing! You
don't want to catch cold staring at the green lights in the sky

with love from Iceland
Kári


On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:22 PM Kári Gunnarsson  wrote:

>
> Hey from Iceland
>
> We already have 46 registration for the conference, 11 registration from
> Iceland and 35 from other places, registration is still open!
>
> Join us in Iceland 2018 for October 22-24 with a registration at
> https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018
>
> Looking forward to seeing you all!
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:10 AM Hulu Chen via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well!
>>
>> Folks from China don’t want to be missed out - Just so you know Ms Song
>> Qinghua and I (Hulu Chen) are going as well :)
>>
>> Look forward to seeing some of you soon in Iceland.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hulu
>>
>> > On 1 Oct 2018, at 08:40, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Harold,
>> >
>> > grand!
>> >
>> > The current status of this growing list at this point shows 20 folks
>> >
>> > Iceland (3)
>> > Kari Gunnarson
>> > Ingibjörg Gísladóttir
>> > Hróbjartur Árnason
>> >
>> > Sweden (3)
>> > Thomas Herrmann
>> > Eva P Svensson
>> > Ulrika Eklund
>> >
>> > Netherlands (8)
>> > Leandra Gouw
>> > Lois van der Hoeven
>> > Jane de Bakker
>> > Dere van Velzen
>> > Jody van der Jagt
>> > Camiel Naus
>> > Rick Bastiaanssen
>> > Tonnie van der Zouwen
>> >
>> > Germany (4)
>> > Anna Caroline Türk
>> > Bettina Lobenberg
>> > Eda Ursula Maurer
>> > Bianca Sukrow
>> >
>> > Canada (1)
>> > Doug Marteinson
>> >
>> > United States of America (1)
>> > Harold Shinsanto
>> >
>> > Those others going and wanting to be on this "semipublic" list, just
>> let me know (via OSLIST or directly).
>> > May it help you to be in touch even before the event... for whatever
>> reason (many of those on the list can also be seen in the World Map with
>> lots of contact data).
>> >
>> > Have a great week
>> > Greetings from Berlin
>> > mmp
>> >
>> >
>> >> Am 01.10.2018 um 03:48 schrieb Harold Shinsato via OSList:
>> >> Just got my flight last night. I’ll be there too.
>> >> -Harold
>> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:13 PM doug via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >
>> wrote:
>> >>Michael--
>> >>I'll be there.
>> >>Doug. Germann
>> >>On 09/28/2018 04:28 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList wrote:
>> >> > coming to the WOSonOS in Iceland is growing.
>> >> > Found 15 folks from 4 countries so far.
>> >> > The list shows the names sorted by country.
>> >> > There are 8 from Netherlands, 1 from Sweden, 3 from Germany, 3
>> from
>> >> > Iceland.
>> >> > Please drop me a note if you are going to Iceland and want to be
>> >>on this
>> >> > list.
>> >> > Right now would be perfect so that it would be complete next
>> week.
>> >> >
>> >> > Have a great weekend wherever you are
>> >> > mmp
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Michael M Pannwitz
>> > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
>> > ++49 - 30-772 8000
>> > mmpannw...@gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 468 resident Open
>> Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 145 countries worldwide
>> > www.openspaceworldmap.org
>> >
>> > At my publisher you find

Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi

After many discussions and sessions about inviting: minoritie, people of
less status compared to the main group of participants, vulnerable groups,
outsiders, or people who would not feel empowered to accept the invitation.
I have now a vision in my heart that my job as host or sponsorship coach is
to reach out to these groups that we want present for the open space.
Invite a representative delegation to be part of the planning process and
the wording of the theme and support them in their task to invite their
group to join with them in the event, using their own words in harmony with
the theme and purpose of the event.

I hope that brings some ideas for deliberation in reaching out to make a
solid invitation to different groups.

/Kári

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, 21:30 Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:

> Dear OS community
>
> Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of
> Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?
>
> I think it is important to invite children, teenagers,
> highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of
> school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there?
>
> Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the
> possibility to share it with me.
>
> All the best
>
> Ingibjorg (Inga)
>
> ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com
> Reykjavik, Iceland
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Re: [OSList] Okay...Forget Certification then...How about Co-Creating a NEW OST ASSOCIATION? Such as...THE International Association for Peace and Human Understanding...?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Sure, no problem at all

It's always good to have a few more flowers blooming, then there is more
food for the bees. And we need the bees.

I also think any activity can help reach out and engaging new people.

I would be happy to help set it up. But it will only be one more flower in
the grand open space of the many institutions supporting the open space
around the world.


/Kári

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019, 22:38 Mark Carmel via OSList, <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> 1st of all thank you for everyone who gave me feedback on my big idea for
> certification. It was sincerely appreciated. However I can see it was
> something that did not  Resonate well.
>
> Open space technology has clearly set the standard for the facilitation of
> peace and human understanding. It is such a powerful and simple tool but
> highly complex. As Harrison says..  chaos plows the fields of the mind so
> that new ideas can grow... I think there is ample chaos for us to tackle
> right now.
>
> I think it is highly important for the leadership of our open space world
> to make a decision now while we still have Harrison among us as a living
> spirit. Because we have already set the standards why not cement the
> standards and turn it into an everlasting association that could be
> organized to deliver training, etc. To advance the mission of human peace
> and understanding in a more organized way?
>
> If you want to be a beautician or a mechanic or a rocket scientist or a
> city manager there are associations for that .
>
> Why not an association for open space technology practitioners to define
> the standards, the ethics, code of conduct, the way that Harrison has
> already articulated them, but to formalize them and help us get organized
> and stay organized until we get the job done?
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Mark Carmel
>
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[OSList] Being present and listen

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Dear community

Thank you all for all the wonderful moments that we have shared over the
years.

I am following up on an action I felt inspired to call at the Peace and
High Performance event.

If you are interested in the following, then I Invite you to send me a
message and let me know, If you want to be added to a public list of group
members, I will do so, otherwise I can keep your participation private. I
will send an email to people who have asked to be signed up before February
1st looking for a time to open discussion on zoom or similar platform.

A story from the event: I posted a Question on youth and we discussed how
people open space for their peers, it's not really the job of the outsider
to come in and tell the Others what to do. After many other discussions an
emerging theme was apparent to me, it was the theme of listening. Authentic
listening, Deep listening, Appreciative inquiry and listening, Celan
Language and listening, Open Space and listening, Presence and
listening there were some more conversations, reaching out to people in
bubbles. crossing divides, being present for the inexperienced, the young.
I posted a question on structure. Sociocracy as a structure was proposed.
Well, some of us want to continue this conversation. We want to see a
structure that is there for people reaching out to people in the many
fragmented communities and listen, be it online in one form or another or
even in the meat space whan that is safe.

Anyhow, we are now putting together a group to build an embracing structure
of presence for people who go to different communities for appreciative
listening and being present for them to open space in their circle!

I am looking forward to your reply, my email address is kortleg...@gmail.com

*Best regards*
*Kári Gunnarsson*

*Iceland / Taiwan*
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[OSList] Being present and listen - Juan

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Thank you for registering Juan

I am excited about this




On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 18:06 ,  wrote:

> Register me my friend. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Hugs,
>
>
>
> Juan Luis
>
>
>
> *De:* OSList  *En nombre de *Kári
> Gunnarsson via OSList
> *Enviado el:* domingo, 24 de enero de 2021 22:59
> *Para:* World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>
> *CC:* Kári Gunnarsson 
> *Asunto:* [OSList] Being present and listen
>
>
>
> Dear community
>
>
>
> Thank you all for all the wonderful moments that we have shared over the
> years.
>
>
>
> I am following up on an action I felt inspired to call at the Peace and
> High Performance event.
>
>
>
> If you are interested in the following, then I Invite you to send me a
> message and let me know, If you want to be added to a public list of group
> members, I will do so, otherwise I can keep your participation private. I
> will send an email to people who have asked to be signed up before February
> 1st looking for a time to open discussion on zoom or similar platform.
>
>
>
> A story from the event: I posted a Question on youth and we discussed how
> people open space for their peers, it's not really the job of the outsider
> to come in and tell the Others what to do. After many other discussions an
> emerging theme was apparent to me, it was the theme of listening. Authentic
> listening, Deep listening, Appreciative inquiry and listening, Celan
> Language and listening, Open Space and listening, Presence and
> listening there were some more conversations, reaching out to people in
> bubbles. crossing divides, being present for the inexperienced, the young.
> I posted a question on structure. Sociocracy as a structure was proposed.
> Well, some of us want to continue this conversation. We want to see a
> structure that is there for people reaching out to people in the many
> fragmented communities and listen, be it online in one form or another or
> even in the meat space whan that is safe.
>
>
>
> Anyhow, we are now putting together a group to build an embracing
> structure of presence for people who go to different communities for
> appreciative listening and being present for them to open space in their
> circle!
>
>
>
> I am looking forward to your reply, my email address is
> kortleg...@gmail.com
>
>
>
> *Best regards*
>
> *Kári Gunnarsson*
>
> *Iceland / Taiwan*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] NOSonOS 2015

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

We can still accept more participants to our Nosonos meeting in Iceland.
Send me a message saying that you are coming and I will give you a space.

Also good news ! ! ! the strike has been called off. I was worried that
there would be a problem, but there is none now as the union leaders are
eating waffles. There has been a labour unrest and the unions have been
talking about going on strike that would disrupt air traffic if a new
contract is not made. The air transit is save, for the unions have signed a
new labour contract and yesterday it was ratified by there leadership to be
ratified by the members. All strike action have been suspended until after
the ratification of these contracts with the union members and it is sure
to pass, or so say my sources (to be on the save side, I did call the union
and they told be that there counting of votes will be completed on the 22nd
of June, Nosonos will be over by that time, so no worries) This news will
not affect our plans for Nosonos 2015. But it could have disrupted all our
plans if no agreement had been made.

see more at:
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2015/05/29/strike_called_off_waffles_time/



On 28 May 2015 at 16:43, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Great stuuuff – looking forward to seeing you there and experience some of
> Iceland too!
>
> Until soon
>
> Thomas Herrmann in Sweden
>
>
>
> *Från:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *För *
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> *Skickat:* den 26 maj 2015 13:05
> *Till:* OSLIST
> *Ämne:* [OSList] NOSonOS 2015
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
> The NOSonOS will be in Iceland in few a weeks June 12-14
>
> We put up a website for the event: www.openspace.is
>
>
>
> The Open Space people of North Europe will gather to share experiences and
> explore issues and opportunities of our Open Space practices, guests from
> other parts of the world are also most welcome.
>
>
>
> If there are any inquiries, then direct them to me.
> Kári Gunnarsson
>
> My mobile phone is (+354) 864 5189
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Re: [OSList] How big is a circle with 300 people?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Circle of Chairs!

Chairs, do we need them?

Well, if chairs are one less thing to do, what then?


On 8 June 2015 at 12:29, Robyn Williams ► 
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>
>
>
>
>
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>
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> Of *Harrison via OSList
> *Sent:* Monday, 8 June 2015 8:16 PM
> *To:* 'Koos de Heer'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] How big is a circle with 300 people?
>
>
>
> Good point Koos!  But I think you are forgetting the “secret sauce.”  When
> I get to the point of inviting everybody to go to the wall and sign up, I
> say there is one last thing that needs to be done. I ask all those people
> sitting chairs in front of the wall to pick up their chairs, coffee cups,
> books, computers, etc and move it all to the center of the circle.
> Marvelous pandemonium! In no time at all there is oodles of space in front
> of the wall, and I can sneak out in the chaos with nobody noticing. And you
> know what I am going to do...
>
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>
>
> Thanks Harrison.
>
>
>
> In my experience, two meters is fine to pass behind the rows on your way
> to the agenda wall, but it is not enough when you have 300 people in front
> of the agenda wall trying to figure out where they want to go. You don’t
> want people tripping over the empty chairs that are in the way.  So
> directly in front of the agenda wall, I would allow for at least 6 meters
> (20 feet) if you have 300 participants.
>
>
>
> Good luck Anna Carolina!
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>
> Koos
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> *Van:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org
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> *Verzonden:* maandag 8 juni 2015 3:10
> *Aan:* 'Anna Caroline Türk'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSList] How big is a circle with 300 people?
>
>
>
> I do love this! And Koos – your spread sheet is fabulous!! Frankly, I’ve
> found that the basic “rule of thumb” – take the rated room size and divide
> by 2  -- will get you started. (A room rated for 300 will work well for an
> Open Space of 150)... and from there on out you just have to go with the
> flow. Remembering: 1) Have as much space in the center as you can, so folks
> aren’t all crowed together. After all this is OPEN Space. And 2) Leave a
> meter or two (3-6 feet) between the last row and the Wall so that folks can
> easily post their issues. Congestion slows everything down. After that,
> anything will work. Or more to the point, the people will figure the way.
> And do have fun!
>
>
>
> Harrison
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Please help me do the math: How is the radius of concentric circles with
> 300 participants?
>
> How many rows do you think it will be?
>
>
>
> Thank you!
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>
> much Love
>
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Re: [OSList] The youngest OS convener?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

This post brings a smile to my face

/Kári

On 24 June 2015 at 19:21, Linda Stevenson via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Last week while facilitating an Open Space on "creating a
> vibrant parish community" which included 85 people ages 3 to 93, the
> youngest took some markers and paper just to color, so I thought, but
> she reappeared to hold up her drawing and with her older sister by her side
> who announced that the drawing was the playground she wanted.
>
> This adorable three year took everyone by surprise, myself included, and a
> session was convened around her drawing and the feasibility of creating a
> playground at the parish.
>
> Passion doesn't know age!
>
> As always, the community was surprised and amazed with the participation
> and the results.  One long-time parishioner said it was the first time she
> had had a voice in the parish, and another asked me to leave behind The
> Five Principles poster on the wall to remind them of what they had
> experienced.  More than a few said they were very skeptical before hand and
> delighted afterwards.  Some intended to leave after an hour but stayed
> until the closing.  Things that we all hear all the time when opening and
> closing space.
>
> Thank you, Harrison, for sharing your 30 year experiment with all of us,
>
> Linda
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Re: [OSList] Open Space funeral (Greg Rivera, in memoriam)

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Dear oslist

One of my dear friends has a disease and is preparing for the long journey
of the funeral
She is familiar with open space and has asked me to facilitate an opens
pace for her funeral

I wounder how I should approach this and if this is perhaps a wonderful
thing that I could offer as a part of the general funeral services.

with love
Kári



On 9 December 2015 at 14:50, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Eleder:
> Thank you for sharing this.
> I had a similar experience when my step father passed away. We made a
> circle and I asked the friends and family members who wanted to say
> something related with José Luis Gonzalez  it was very  impressive and
> moving and all listened to the person who had  like a talking stick it was
> inspired by my Open Space practice I loved to be able to listen to
> different stories, we shared tears, we  laughed and remembered many things
> about this great person who lived 91 years learning and contributing in so
> diferents ways to in our lives as relatives, friends...
>
> I felt  like if he was there with us a live !
> Adriana
> .
>
> 2015-12-09 7:24 GMT-06:00 Eleder_BuM via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:
>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> my mind comes back to a conversation invited by Pernilla last Wosonos in
>> Krakow, in which she asked us, more or less: "*what everyday situations
>> do you know in which the OS spirit is  present?". *These days I realized 
>> *funerals
>> can also be open space.*
>>
>> Last Sunday some friends of NY based scientartist Greg Rivera's met to
>> celebrate having had him as a friend, some days after his unexpected dead
>> (Nov 26th). Here you canenjoy some of his paintings
>> .
>>
>> He had been living in the Basque Country during the period 2007-2013 and
>> made a big impression on and built close relationships with plenty of
>> social innovators in the area (always a happy spirit, he coined terms suchs
>> as “underground mayor” =UM...:).
>>
>> So, deep in pain and far in the distance, I wrote a message to a bunch of
>> the ones that had related to him:
>>
>> *Hi, how are you? Next Sunday Dec6 (12:00) some friends of Greg´s will be
>> meeting in Mundaka, near La Bañera (the house they used to live in) to
>> celebrate the joy of having shared life with him. *
>>
>>
>>
>> *Feel free to bring something to eat and drink, as we plan to share
>> lunchtime, after a walk around the village. We´ll be bringing, as well, any
>> object, story, song, paint, idea,... that connects us with him and with
>> each other.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Please, forward the invitation to whoever that would like coming. *
>>
>> *Eleder  638733223*
>>
>> So, some days later, we met last Sunday (Dec 6th) on a beautiful field
>> over the sea and  shared some food and drinks around a table.
>>
>> The agenda was completely blank. There was nobody in charge and lots of
>> passion on the clear issue: saying goodbye to the big friend.
>>
>> As we ate and drank, last people arrived and joined the small groups that
>> formed and dissolved spontaneously now and again, people using their two
>> feet.
>>
>> Then, some time near the end (the end time, I realized, was fixed by the
>> amount of food and drink we served :) someone said he wanted to share a
>> poem inspired on Greg's last days, reflecting on the relationship between
>> life, dead and art.
>>
>> We listened standing in a circle the 20 folks of us. Then someone put the
>> issue; *“would you like to share the story on how you met Greg?”*.
>> People spoke from their heart and listened deeply,...
>>
>> Someone sang a verse following the long tradition os singing improvised
>> verses. Then he proposed to get close one to the other, hugged in a closer
>> circle now. Then he invited us: *“would you like to share the feature(s)
>> of Greg you liked and would like to see expanding in the world?”. *A
>> wise collective response emerged: playfulness, generosity, love, courage,
>> artfulness, open mind, social awareness, being a “hub”, simplicity,
>> peacefulness, humour, calmness,…
>>
>> We laughed, cried, chatted, projected, dreamed, hugged, loved (with) each
>> other...
>>
>> When people left there was a deep agreement: this was great!
>>
>> Simple, comfortable, enriching, participative, self-managed, joyful,
>> emotive,…
>>
>> And: it was for me very empowering and releasing to know that we
>> ourselves could manage the mourning in such an elegant way, in a region and
>> time where almost every funeral goes under a catholic tradition, completely
>> in another way.
>>
>> Many of  us were familiar with OS and familiar with what had just
>> happened: this was great and simple.
>>
>> This was just life just open space.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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Re: [OSList] not quite open space

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I like to argue that actually open the space in fact dose not take longer.
An the messy chaotic parallel working way where no one has the total
editorial control over the topics posted  is actually a faster way and dose
go smoother.  While the way of working with the facilitator Censorship of
the topic posted to fill the controlled spaces dose in fact take longer to
do and is questionable whether it will actually bring the deliverables of
the Open Space.

On 14 December 2015 at 00:06, Michael Herman via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> last week i discovered a kind of Not Quite Open Space.  (with my hat off
> and a forwards bow to paul levy, who posted here a Most Remarkable and
> totally unrelated Winnie-the-Pooh story last week.)
>
> i've always understood that the whole point of opening space is to get All
> The Issues That Matter up on the wall, so that everyone can see, understand
> and deal with them.  Last week I noticed that there's at least one other
> way to go through the usual motions, but really just go through the
> motions, to Not Quite Open the space.
>
> The alternative to inviting and making space for all the issues to be
> voiced and posted, is to choose what the facilitator or sponsor pre-decides
> is the right number of rounds and sessions and then, merely Seek To Fill
> all (or at least most) of the "spaces."  In their mind, they seem to be
> thinking *"We're going to have Open SpaceS, and we need about ___ many of
> them."*
>
> in 20 years, i don't think it ever occurred to me to do it this way.  and
> i'm not here recommending it.  i'm sure it limits what happens.  for me it
> also falls into the category of Trying To Get People To Do Stuff.  but it
> seems to actually happen in the world, sometimes.  maybe even often?
>
> so it seems a useful distinction to look out for:  am i trying to fill all
> the spaces or have a certain number of breakout conversations -- or am i
> really trying to invite ALL the issues and opportunities out of the circle
> and onto the wall?
>
> the latter is almost surely more messy, more uncertain, and takes
> longer... but it may well be that some of the most important work happens
> in the sorting of Too Many Issues for the spaces available.
>
> are there other subtle things have you noticed that seem to make the
> difference between Open Space and Not Quite Open Space?
>
> michael
>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] The Question

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I love the fact that the people that like to explore the cosmos find this
purpose-driven self-organisation leadership tool in there attempt to join
discussions on space exploration. I also remember some confusin on land
management and national parks when people wanted to find us.

I also did a google on this to day...

1. Open Space Technology (OST) is an approach to purpose-driven leadership

2. OST is a process that focuses on expanding time and space for the force
of self-organisation to do its thing.

3. Open Space Technology is a methodological tool that enables
self-organizing groups of all sizes to deal with hugely complex issues in a
very short period of time.

4. Open Space Technology is time and space for people to engage deeply and
creatively around issues of concern to them.

5. Open Space (Technology) is a simple way to run productive meetings, for
five to 2000+ people, and a powerful approach to leadership in any kind of
organization, in everyday practice and turbulent change.




On 28 January 2016 at 19:17, Chris Corrigan via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Beats me.  I’d try Googling it.
>
> Chris
>
> PS…one time a US Border Official asked me about my occupation.  When I
> said “Open Space Technology Facilitator” he said “I’m pretty sure our space
> technology isn’t open, so I have no idea what you’re facilitating…”
>
> That was a good answer.
>
> On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> What is Open Space Technology?
>
> --
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> Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.
> (203) 915 7248. Bio.  Blog.
>  Twitter.
> 
> Book: The Culture Game. 
> Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook.
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Re: [OSList] The Question

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I remember my first open space facilitation client, I was worrying a lot
about the paper sizes that we had offered for the participants for their
small groups sessions. I do not worry about paper sizes to day, on less
things to do. But as I have been playing around with documentation and
paper then it all boils down to what it is that supports the purpose of the
event and how can we support the overall purpose of the sponsor/s with
documentation or other resources for outcome initiatives.




On 1 February 2016 at 14:01, Koos de Heer via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Yes Michael, indeed. A written list of aspects that would make up the
> "essence" is not going to do that essence justice. The way I feel it, the
> only way to really grasp the essence of Open Space is get in there (or out
> there) and do it. Whoever has been in a great Open Space gathering, will
> have felt the essence. I think a debate about which items belong or do not
> belong on the "essence list" is no good, because that debate will itself
> close the space.
>
>
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] Namens
> Michael M
> Pannwitz via OSList
> Verzonden: maandag 1 februari 2016 14:52
> Aan: Daniel Mezick ; World wide Open Space Technology
> email list 
> Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] The Question
>
> I authorize anyone with a good heart and a clear head to speak on what is
> essential to OST and I also know about the delete button.
>
> And it is clear to me and at least three other people that while there is
> no
> posted or otherwise transmitted agenda, there are at least as many agendas
> in the space in question as there are folks present... and I have actually
> seen colleague facilitators to tell folks that this or that issue presented
> really does not fit the THEME... and being ignored or reprimanded or chased
> off the premises.
>
> Somehow I feel there is simply no traditional way to describe, define, etc.
> that which is perhaps understood by this or that person or all of us or not
> for matters not graspable with the traditional, logical, scientific or
> other
> stuff smelling of control... still it appears to be fruitful fun/work. So,
> lets keep at it.
>
> This morning 6 Syrian refugee girls aged 5 to 11 and the mother of one
> child
> followed the invitation of my wife to come to "Holiday School"
> (this week the schools are closed in Berlin for Winter Holidays) between
> 10 and 12:30 at our home. The THEME was Learning German. I sort of snugged
> into this in the role of caterer (tea, oranges, rolls, butter, jam and
> honey). It clearly did not look like "school" and none of the trappings of
> an "OST event" were there BUT much of that which we regularily experience
> in
> events we facilitate surfaced: laughter, high play, high learning, working
> like hell on stuff such as letters, numbers, writing, solving little
> puzzles,  pronunciation... small groups all over the house. I avoided to
> point out to my wife that this really felt like Open Space and that I
> smelled the force of selforganisation...
> she usually is ready to get on my throat when I do that...
>
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
>
>
> On 01.02.2016 14:06, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
> > Greetings to One and All,
> >
> > Koos strongly implies these items are essential to OST:
> >
> >   * Law of Two Feet
> >   * Absence of any agenda at start
> >
> >
> > ...note that I purposely do not say, I avoid saying:  "..at start of
> > Opening Circle" or "...at start of opening circle", or 
> >
> >  well, you get the idea (I think.)
> >
> > I wonder who joins with Koos on these two points. I wonder if there
> > are other essential items.
> >
> > I wonder if it is heresy for Koos to speak with authority on what is
> > essential to OST, and what is not.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regarding dogma, if there is a culturally enforced rule here
> > prohibiting dogma, this rule is "dogma about dogma,", or "dogma qua
> dogma."
> >
> > Savez-vous pourquoi? Est-ce pas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> > Koos says:
> >
> > And: there are gatherings I have seen and other gatherings that people
> > have talked to me about, that were called Open Space but did not open
> > the space very much. Because *there was **no Law of Two Feet*, and/or
> > because *there was a preset agenda*, that kind of thing.
> >
> > *There are a few things that make up the essence of Open Space* and if
> > you take those away, you can of course go ahead and have fun with your
> > meeting, but don't call it Open Space.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/31/16 2:54 PM, Koos de Heer via OSList wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, what Michael Herman said.
> >>
> >> And: there are gatherings I have seen and other gatherings that
> >> people have talked to me about, that were called Open Space but did
> >> not open the space very much. Because there was no Law of Two Feet,
> >> and/or because there was a preset agenda, that kind of thing. There
> >> are a few t

Re: [OSList] How many concurrent sessions?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

I remember a guideline for a single room Open space. We have no tables at
all except for the coffee and food buffet. And we have 2,5 - 3 square
meters per participant (~ 25 - 30 square feet), then we can have endless
number of concurrent breakout session. For ever session that is added then
the space can self organize to accommodate the extra topics, the bees will
then populate all the topics. So for a group of up to 30 people then you
will be fine with a single room of 75 - 90 square meters (~750 - 900 square
feet).

A guide on if you should select the smaller space of 75 or the larger space
of 90 or somewhere in the middle, then I would consider the familiarity of
the participants for the topic and each other, the urgency of the topic and
the rivalry in opinions. with more urgency then we can get away with the
smaller space and people will not mind because of the urgency. And if there
are heated opinions then people will appreciate the extra space to move
them self to safety from the heated opinions in order to process there own
feelings.

I do not like to restrict the opportunity for new topics to emerge for
sessions, we can always add more groups no mater how many people we have.



On 16 March 2016 at 12:26, Jean Richardson via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Robin, your question raised another one on the opposite end if the scale
> for me.  I'll be supporting a large Open Space event---500+.  Is there a
> guideline regarding number of sessions based on total attendance?
>
> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
> On Mar 16, 2016 5:16 AM, Robin E Brown via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> I am in the process of negotiatng a venue for what I expect will be a
> relatively small OS. If I have 20-30 people, how many breakout rooms do I
> need?
>
> Robin Brown, MLS, MA
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