Re: [OSList] Open Space undermined?

[HENRI LIPMANOWICZ via OSList]

I am surprised that the author of this research considers that unconferences 
are characterized by a “distinct lack of structure”!
OST has a very clear and precise structure; it may be minimal but it is 
exquisitely minimal which is why it is so powerful and effective.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and my music teacher considered that jazz was 
not “real music" 

Henri  

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On Dec 1, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList 
 wrote:

Hi Andi,
source paper would be very much appreciated. Thank you for digging to find it 
and for sharing this. I very much hope she cites OST particularly.
Warmly,
Birgitt

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:12 PM Andi Roberts via OSList 
> wrote:
The following popped up on an email today at a University I work with and I 
thought that the research might be of interest to this group. I am unable to 
attend the session, due to prior work commitments, but will try and dig up the 
source paper.

Unstructured Meeting Organisation in Open Source Communities
Professor Emma Bell, Professor of Management and Organisation Studies, Keele 
University, will be presenting at the next DPO seminar on Wednesday, 7 
December, at 14:00, in Meeting Rooms 3 - 4 in the Michael Young Building. 

Abstract:

In this paper we focus on the organisation of ‘unconferences’, an umbrella term 
that refers to a range of off-site meeting formats where there an explicit 
attempt to break down social hierarchies and develop organic forms of 
organization (Burns and Stalker, 1961).  Also referred to as ‘camps’, 
unconferences have no pre-set agenda, are designed to be participant driven 
(Wolf et al., 2011), and are characterised by a ‘distinct lack of structure’ 
(Boule, 2011: 17).  Drawing on a qualitative study of unconferences aimed at 
managers and management consultants, we assess the extent to which 
unconferencing enables the hierarchical power relations that characterise 
conventional off-site meeting organisation to be overcome (Bell and King, 2010; 
Ford and Harding, 2008).  We find that unconferences go some way towards 
addressing interactional and performative dynamics that contribute towards 
unequal participation and exclusion in off-site meeting encounters. However, 
our analysis also highlights the powerful behavioural norms and group dynamics 
associated with off-site meetings which can result in these attempts at 
openness and sharing being undermined.



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[OSList] There is now an App for Liberating Structures

[HENRI LIPMANOWICZ via OSList]

I have a favor to ask: please spread the word that there is now an App for 
Liberating Structures. Tell friends and colleagues that the App is free and can 
be downloaded from the Apple App Store 

 or Google Play 

 by searching for Liberating Structures. 

The App makes it even easier to learn and use the structures.
More information is available on the website:  
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In advance thank you and enjoy the new LS App,

Henri





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Re: [OSList] Lisa Kimball Carlson

[HENRI LIPMANOWICZ via OSList]

Yes Alan, Lisa was a joy to know and a fantastic network weaver. She had a rare 
talent for bringing people together and suggesting “why don’t you come; I think 
you will like them, they are your kind of people..."
It was that kind of suggestion that brought me down to Australia where I met 
you and other members of the OS community. She was right! What a treat it was! 
And it started right after landing. Lisa and I picked up Peggy at the airport 
and we drove together to Marysville. That is how I met Peggy for the first 
time. I don’t remember what we talked about but I definitely remember that it 
was one non-stop animated conversation all the way to Marysville.
Some years later I used with Lisa her own method of suggestion to sweet talk 
her into joining the board of Plexus Institute, “why don’t you join …your kind 
of people...”. Lisa brought endless energy and her network weaving talent to 
the Institute. She was always full of ideas. She never quit.

Yes Peggy, Lisa will be missed but she left a piece of her in many of us and 
enduring memories.

Thank you Lisa it has been a privilege to know you,

Henri Lipmanowicz

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On Nov 5, 2017, at 7:23 AM, Alan Stewart via OSList 
 wrote:

G'day All

The note from Anne Stadler brought to my mind that it was Lisa Kimball who has 
died recently. 

I have lovely memories of Lisa from our personal connecting when she and Henri 
Lipmanowicz - both closely associated with the Plexus Institute - participated 
in OSonOS OZ in Marysville, near Melbourne in 2002. Such fun we had 
at that wondrous gathering. And when I was on a PhD panel which met near 
Washington, DC. After which she invited me to visit with her and her husband at 
their home there for a few days. 

Our online connecting began in about 1997 with what she pioneered with Civic 
Net. Which morphed into Group Jazz,  one component of 
which was virtual online conferences which she called Chautauqua. On which I 
was privileged to present 
on 'The Conversing Company' . Harrison 
was one of her previous presenters.

Lisa was a joy to know.


Al (aka Alan) Stewart
Adelaide  

On 4 November 2017 at 06:04, Peggy Holman via OSList 
> wrote:
Oh. Lisa Kimball. I’m so sad to hear of her passing. She wasn’t that old!

Lisa was smart, creative and a trail blazer in so many ways. She supported 
early experiments with technology that connects like Metanet and later with 
Group Jazz. She’s also been a a leader around liberating structures. And part 
of the Plexus Institute.

I found a picture of her online. Naturally, she’s with a computer!

I can’t believe she’s gone.

She will be missed,
Peggy

> 




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> On Nov 3, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
> > 
> wrote:
> 
> Yes - I remember her as Lisa Kimball. Wrote and practiced in "Group Jazz" I 
> recall. May her memory be a blessing.
> 
> Jeff
> San Francisco
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> On Nov 3, 2017 11:45 AM, "Harrison Owen via OSList" 
> > 
> wrote:
> Old timers among you will remember Lisa Carlson. She reportedly died this 
> morning. Lisa had been less than well for a long time. She was an old friend 
> of mine and a founding partner of TMN (The MetaNetwork). A path maker in 
> electronic networking and an early openspacer. She will be missed.
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Re: [OSList] Good OS questions

[HENRI LIPMANOWICZ via OSList]

Hi Craig,

Check out http://www.liberatingstructures.com/4-wicked-questions/ 
 
You will also find many useful questions inside the invitations of many of the 
Structures.

Henri  

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On Jun 11, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Craig Gilliam via OSList 
 wrote:

Another request along with my last about good questions is:

Do you or can you give me examples of some effective/good questions you have 
used/experienced in OS?

Thanks again,
Craig



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