Re: [OSList] Beware of Bad Bosses... Take it From the Dilbert Cartoon

2021-12-12 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
So yes, my question wasn't fully formed until now: I am fascinated that folks who are passionate about Open Space can be in differing "poles" of the "polarity" in the USA, and also be able to show how OS is a kind of guide to understanding their own view. Which leads me to wonder if good old OS

[OSList] Open Space Hotline for Tuesday, 12/14 at Noon EST

2021-12-12 Thread CHARLES COLPITTS via OSList
Hi all! Here’s your invitation to the Open Space Hotline convening on Tuesday, December 14th at 12pm EST. Are you involved in opening space? Are you interested in Open Space Technology? It's not quite an Open Space event, but it is a space open to receive whatever is alive for you right now.

Re: [OSList] Beware of Bad Bosses... Take it From the Dilbert Cartoon

2021-12-12 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Yes, it seems that the paradigm of authoritarian leadership is exactly what OST and other participatory methods are intended to remedy. The postwar work in social systems by folks like Kurt Levin and others were a response to the tragic origins of the second world war, along with the outdated

Re: [OSList] Beware of Bad Bosses... Take it From the Dilbert Cartoon

2021-12-12 Thread Marc C. Trudeau via OSList
Mark, check out Daniel Mezick’s A-1 Meeting, as a way to give the bosses a taste and help them test their own resolve. You could build the A-1 around the OST Principles and Law. Odds are, some of the bosses really are Open. Peace, Marc Marc Trudeau mobile 774-641-8302

[OSList] Beware of Bad Bosses... Take it From the Dilbert Cartoon

2021-12-12 Thread Mark Carmel via OSList
Greetings!! Bosses that SAY they are Open are perhaps ALL talk... THEREFORE, Beware of Bad Bosses. This is My New 1st Law of OST, unwritten and unspoken, of course. In my humble (or not so humble) opinion, All believers in and Facilitators of Open Space Technology must understand times have