Re: [OSList] European Open Space Technology training Sept 6-8 in the Netherlands

Dear Thomas, friends and colleagues in Open Space, this is a wonderful offer for a robust exploration that goes beyond the facilitation of an OST meeting, and into making the most out of the meeting in terms of harvest and action. I also had a chuckle because my computer security software

[OSList] inviting you to share a funny OST story

Dear friends and colleagues, I cannot remember if I have shared this story on this list in the past. If I have, please forgive me for the repetition. Regardless, I felt today was a good day to invite humor. The story of the photocopier that wasn't a photocopier The setting was in Ohio, USA with a

Re: [OSList] Asynchronous voting

Hi Michael and Thomas, I hope that someone on this list has a good answer for the best software to use for the voting process. In the 1990's when I had the opportunity to work with Harrison a few times at OST meetings, he taught me about the importance of voting as a way to show in priority order

Re: [OSList] Open Source Blockchain Investment may boom 5, 400% Return On Investment

Hi Michael, thank you for posting lists of what you have realized that people prefer and what people appreciate and using the term 'generally' as in no fixed rules about conversation. As I read your post, I reflected on what I prefer and why I have participated on this list almost from the

Re: [OSList] Online Open Space with more than 1000 people?

2409 > Fax: 614-237-2347 > Email: chris.kl...@got2change.com > Web: www.got2change.com > > Pronouns: he, him, his > > White Silence is Violence > > Think Globally, Act Locally > > On 4/21/2022 3:40 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList wrote: > > Hi Lucas, > First, I w

Re: [OSList] Online Open Space with more than 1000 people?

Hi Lucas, First, I was excited to see that the topic was child welfare, a very important topic with a decision time of yesterdayin other words, long overdue as our child welfare systems have many problems leaving vulnerable children at risk. Then, when I saw it was only six hours, I went into

[OSList] My Musings about time/space and OST

Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space, It seems to me that the person who participates within an OST gathering is the one who opens space for themselves to participate within the OST. A person can choose to open very little space for their personal participation, or a very expansive space. No

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

t; > > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > Principal/Lead Consultant > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Columbus, OH 43209-1801 > Ph: 614-239-1336 > Cell: 614-907-2409 > Fax: 614-237-2347 > Email: chris.kl...@got2change.com > Web: www.got2change.com &

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

Dear friends and colleagues, this month I am celebrating 30 years of working with Open Space Technology. What a grand journey it has been, giving me a vehicle to be of help to leaders and their organizations...while simultaneously growing me. I benefited a lot from in depth four day trainings in

Re: [OSList] A Preface

Dear Harrison, as always, your writing is inspiring. You asked for feedback and here is what would make this preface writing work better for me. It is all of course fine as it is. However, if you were to take the beginning sentences and put them at the end in exactly the order that you wrote them.

Re: [OSList] Join our story sharing gathering!

Dear Thomas, More Than One Story seems to be fascinating as a tool. I liked the workshop description in the link you shared. What the description doesn't say so clearly is that you are a wonderful workshop facilitator  I love that you look for tools that support the work that engages people in

Re: [OSList] Where angels fear to tread

y happens when ost is part of the everyday life of an > organisation over a number of years with a special focus on the vast system > of that enterprise have a look here > > > https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Practicing-Open-Space-Our-First-Ten-Years-E-Book > > > in Engli

Re: [OSList] Where angels fear to tread

Jeff...thanks for sharing the article and for the discussion that emanated from the question you posed to the OS list. I have enjoyed the responses and look forward to more conversation showing up. You have added more great questions. You asked:Do we assume that the passion and responsibility of

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

24, 2021 at 6:00 PM Tova Averbuch via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > >> This is heart warming >> >> >> >> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Birgitt Williams via OSList >>

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

Dear friends and colleagues, The Evolve conference has a great line up of speakers and conveners, all committed to facilitating change in the world. The list of speakers/conveners includes a few people on our OS community, including Harrison Owen, Tova Averbuch, Peggy Holman. As well, four of us

[OSList] Fwd: Making Sense of Stories -- Getting ready for the final online book launch on Friday

Hi all, I am forwarding a post from Andrew Rixon who together with his friend Geof Hill have co-edited a great book "Making Sense of Stories: An Inquirers Compendium. Andrew and Geof have been hosting free online events with different authors in the book, in which attendees can add to their

Re: [OSList] This list serve is antiquated big time

Thank you Harold, I love the simplicity that has been maintained for our email list, and the independence to the extent possible for us to be in a platform that supports us. Thank you for your work on this over many years, and also to those who preceded you. A super super simple way to pay

Re: [OSList] Questions on continuous Open Space

Hi Jake, That short article is about 25 years old and was written near the start of my almost 30 year investigation and application of organizational transformation. Our process is inclusive of the enormous value of using a single multi-day OST meeting as the catalyst for leaders choosing a path

Re: [OSList] Crowdsourcing Amazing Templates for Online Facilitation

Hi Lucas, I would find it helpful if you could provide your concept of what a template is. I looked the form you have and it didn't provide sufficient info for me. I would also appreciate your thoughts behind your concept that with the templates, "any facilitator can copy, remix and reuse the

Re: [OSList] Sad news

Hi Viv, thank you for posting about Rob, and also mentioning about Brian. I like that in your description of Rob you said he always had an opinion to share...this brought a smile to me despite the sad news of Rob's passing. adding myself to the circle of people sitting in memories and

[OSList] an upcoming learning opportunity for those interested in the greatest potential of using Open Space Technology elements and essence in the daily life of an organization

Dear friends and colleagues, This post is intended for those of you who feel the heart felt desire to work with the elements and essence of Open Space Technology in the daily life of an organization. My own desire to do so, inspired by my first training with Harrison Owen in Open Space Technology

[OSList] Learning to be the 'holder of space' via Reiki

Dear friends and colleagues in OST, When I embraced Open Space Technology, I probed deeply into circle work and into the essence of 'holding space'. A significant part of that journey was learning Reiki. For me, the energy work through me, in me, of me that I do using Reiki and working with OST

Re: [OSList] How do you "hold space?"

hink you > consider this important. Whereas you, Michael, wrote that you might wait a > moment and then sometimes the participants themselves deal with it. > > Will you tell me from your viewpoints what you consider beneficial with > your approach? > > Kind regards,

Re: [OSList] How do you "hold space?"

The sponsor opens the space in their organization. The facilitator has the privilege of opening the space for people to get in touch with what they are passionate about. The facilitator is very controlling when doing so, not allowing any space invaders to sabotage the creation of the container.

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

Hi Jake, i believe it is helpful to conceptualize that the OST meeting is what takes place, and it supports divergent, innovative thinking, creativity, play. Then, when you get to the balance of what you are setting out to do which I am assuming is on the .5 day following the full OST day, you are

Re: [OSList] My Journey with Open Space and Genuine Contact // Podcast GC 2020

Dear Anna Caroline, I so enjoyed the podcast that you and Doris did...and I look forward to listening in throughout this year. I appreciate that your focus in what you will share throughout this year includes how we are supported as leaders, consultants, parents, lovers, friends. The principles of

Re: [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants

mportant. >> >> Do you have interest to both sponsor and facilitate an open space >> meeting? Any concerns about it? >> >> Jeff >> San Francisco >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 7:56 AM Birgitt Williams via OSList < >> osli

Re: [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants

Hi all, during the OST, what makes a difference are decisions about the theme, length of the OST, length of sessions, who gets invited and how, reports or no reports, and whether there is an intention for prioritizing/action post the OST. The biggest reason for good prep with many things to

[OSList] Leadership Competencies for Thriving in a Culture of Constant Change

Dear friends and colleagues, I love supporting leaders who have a desire to shift their organizational culture to value leadership in everyone, to nourish a culture of leadership. They understand the importance of a liberating structure and a participatory architecture to engage and support a

Re: [OSList] Urgency criterion?

gt; > Kindly, > Thomas > > ___ > > All is possible together > > On 10 Oct 2019, at 17.55, Birgitt Williams via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Hi Jake, > I agree with Barry about the word urgency and it being subject to > interpret

Re: [OSList] [GC] Getting ready - Working with Open Space Technology in Washington Oct 22-24

Dear Thomas and Anna Caroline, I hold a picture of you and your participants having joy and fulfillment of hopes with this workshopand that a few more people sign up so that they also can benefit from your exquisite and unique way of offering this Working with OST module of the Genuine Contact

Re: [OSList] Urgency criterion?

Hi Jake, I agree with Barry about the word urgency and it being subject to interpretation. When I read your question, my thoughts took me to an Open Space Technology meeting sponsored by Fast Company magazine. The theme we went with was 'issues and opportunities to create the life you love'.

[OSList] occasional paper Endings and Beginnings by HO

Dear Harrison, I hope that the name of the occasional paper is correct Endings and Beginnings. I remember that as a valuable paper that I used to hand out to clients. I just looked for it among the many and wonderful papers you have on https://www.openspaceworld.com/ and couldn't find this

Re: [OSList] Additional Organizational Open Space Case Studies?

Hi Jake, thanks for digging this old case study up. It was published by the Open Space Institute of Canada but the correct name of the study doesn't have the word 'institute' in it. My quest path from that first great experience was to find out if the same experience and results could be created

Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

goat. When things work and we have outstanding > outcomes we must include OST as part of the fabric of success. How much we > include it is dependent on the faith of the decision makers and their > openness to the power of good process. > > Much longer than I wished. Th

Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

ways ready to blame things like OST for > poor outputs, a scapegoat. When things work and we have outstanding > outcomes we must include OST as part of the fabric of success. How much we > include it is dependent on the faith of the decision makers and their > openness to the

[OSList] genuine contact

Dear friends and colleagues, the Genuine Contact program was developed throughout the 1990's, with one of its primary roots in Open Space Technology. In those early years of working with OST, studying with Harrison, participating in great conversations with wonderful people, I was fascinated with

Re: [OSList] Possible Relationship between Clean Language and Open Space

Hi Jake, Something more to think about relates to your sentence "But, I now see how Open Space also encourages introspection. In Open Space, participants have no recourse to authority; instead, they must rely on themselves." From my perspective, every individual has recourse to authority...the

Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

Thank you for your generosity Harrison. Your early books are the ones that I so loved, the ones self published. When I went to the link to openspaceworld.com to get Tales from Open Space, I had a moment of even more delightyou have several of those early books available as a pdf for download.

Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

Hi Jake, I appreciated the way that you organized this case study data. I appreciated a lot that the way that you reported the data gives OST its due credit while simultaneously not claiming that it does more than it does in a given business situation. Mostly it is presented a a chosen tool/method

Re: [OSList] OST for Org Design? - Hugh Huntington?

Hi Jake, Hugh Huntington moved to Marshall, NC and can be found via a search on facebook. I don't have other contact info for him as I lost touch over the years although thanks to fb we are 'friends'. It was great to see his name pop up in your mail, and great to see you referring to Tales of Open

Re: [OSList] Large Open Space with Anglican Church Australia

Congratulations Michael and Brendan , Among the many aspects of this story that are just great, the one I am appreciating the most is that you did your OST design so that all sessions were given 90 minutes, using the gift of time within the space, time for meaningful conversations. in genuine

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 100, Issue 29

y Owen via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Greetings Anne and Birgitt! > > The website with the full invitation and registration is here > https://osius.org/wosonos2019 > > I would LOVE to see you both there. > > b > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 7:

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 100, Issue 29

Dear Anne, how wonderful that you will join WOSONOS this year. I have so many happy memories of our times at what was then OSONOS and of my times joining you in Seattle and your visit to us in Ontario. We certainly got up to a lot of creativity, high spirits, high play, and more. As much as we

Re: [OSList] Open Space training before WOSonOS

Dear friends and colleagues, I have a little story to share about the development of the module *Working *with Open Space Technology. I fell in love with OST in 1992 when Harrison came to Ontario, Canada to offer his first four day Canadian OST training. The setting was the Five Oaks Conference

[OSList] sacred space

Dear friends and colleagues, Over the years, I have given considerable thought and reflection to the concept of open space, including what Open Space Technology is, what it does. I have considered why it is a life nurturing strategy to use Open Space Technology as often as possible, everywhere in

Re: [OSList] action reflection learning track for leaders who have experienced OST in their organizations

bility for their share of governance and > action then we have the whole organism working together for success. The > best part is that the “local networks” are primed to support collaboration > and synergy based on success for all. > > Regards > Rob > > On 21 Jul 2019, at 1

Re: [OSList] action reflection learning track for leaders who have experienced OST in their organizations

> I am fascinated by accountability/responsibility and how things shift with > it. > > One question came up there: I’m not sure about the difference between > accountability and responsibility – will you tell me how you see it? > > Kind regards, > Thomas > > > &g

Re: [OSList] action reflection learning track for leaders who have experienced OST in their organizations

, will you say something > about it? > > Kindly, > Thomas Perret > > > > The answer has consistently been about the leadership capacity of the > leadership team to lead an organization of people who are engaged in the > ways that were visible in the OST meeting. This is a

[OSList] action reflection learning track for leaders who have experienced OST in their organizations

Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space, When you facilitate an OST meeting in an organization, it is the formal leader who opens the space inside his/her organization for this meeting to take place. Whether the leader feels well versed in what OST is or is simply going along with something that

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 99, Issue 10

ve from a distance. I >> noticed the pre-OSONOS session is from a module in your Genuine >> Contact program. I am wondering, as someone who still uses OST, if >> there is something in particular your approach might be distinct... >> something to add to my learning. At the s

[OSList] avoid the traps of promising safety or comfort

Dear friends and colleagues in OST, My blog today may be of interest to you. We promise engagement...but never safety or comfort in genuine contact, Birgitt *Birgitt

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2019 registrations open

Dear Harold, I love the theme and recognizing the spirit of OST. I became a fan of OST when it was very much focused on opening space for spirit to do the work of spirit...always life nurturing and working with what is present. I love that before the WOSONOS there is a training in Working with

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

t of every creature on the planet. It's who we are, how we are, > what we do ... rather like breathing. Can't patent, can't copy write, Of > course you could just STOP (breathing). > > Harrison > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Birgitt Williams via OSLi

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

Hi all, I would appreciate some clarification please. 1.I remember taking/sponsoring OST training with Harrison as the trainer, seven times, in those early days of helping OST get better understood to those interested in better understanding it. I see on this list frequently comments about

Re: [OSList] Current Success with OST in K-12?

Jakesuggest you/your wife go through the archives. There was great and groundbreaking work done by the late Chris Weaver using OS in schools and he wrote to us all about it as he went. Birgitt *Birgitt Williams* *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"* Author, Senior

Re: [OSList] Government community engagement

Hi Eric, It seems that you have a longer term consulting assignment with pre-determined outcomes asked of you. The County Recovery Manager probably reports to some type of Council, and thus has a particular mandate and pre-determined outcomes. During the year, meetings have taken place. The

Re: [OSList] number of breakout groups

There are considerations regarding break-out spaces and the main space that go beyond the metrics presented so far. Clients, over time have helped me to understand 1.I need to pay attention to sound so that the break out circles are not all clustered in the main room, near each other, making it

Re: [OSList] great learning opportunity for learning more about thriving in change...Summer Academy June 22-28 in Ontario, Canada

Hi all, I have been passionate for over three decades now about how to succeed with organizational transformation. In 1992 I had my first (of seven) trainings in OST with Harrison Owen. I was mesmerized and have been in love with OST ever since. OST became an essential ingredient every time I led

[OSList] great learning opportunity for learning more about thriving in change...Summer Academy June 22-28 in Ontario, Canada

Dear friends and colleagues, this note is for those who make use of an OST meeting (or more than one) as part of an intentional change process in an organization. I and my partners are hosting a seven day learning intensive referred to as the Summer Academy. The theme for the days is Genuine

Re: [OSList] [GC] Who Opens the Space

Dear friends and colleagues, I have been enjoying the contributions, the variety of viewpoints. I look forward to more. Today, I was thinking about a different angle for going into this topic of 'who opens the space?'. The different angle is 'who closes the space?'. In my OST training with

[OSList] Who Opens the Space?

Dear friends and colleagues, "Who Opens the Space" I believe that I open the space for myself. I show up. I make a conscious choice about how much space I choose to open for myself, for myself as a whole person to participate. Sometimes the space feels safer to me than other times. Regardless,

Re: [OSList] Companies using OST regularly

Hi François, The initial reason that I created the prototype that became the Genuine Contact program (international Genuine Contact Organization at www.genuinecontact.net) was based on my experience of multiple OST meetings in the same organization. Among the modules that we would teach in house

Re: [OSList] OST as a way to go in addressing climate change and other perils

Dear Al, My perspective is that the more that there is focus on what is not wanted, the more that the 'not wanted' gets energized. Within this perspective, I would not focus on a 'peril'. Earth has her own frequency, and is a beautiful living being whom I trust to look after herself. Humans are

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2019 Invocations

On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 5:35 AM Juliane Martina Roell (Structure & Process) via OSList wrote: > Birgitt Williams via OSList schrieb am 02.04.19 um 18:49: > > Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space, > > out of a beautiful sea of possibilities, the one that I choose to p

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2019 Invocations

Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space, out of a beautiful sea of possibilities, the one that I choose to put forward for the theme of the WOSONOS 2019 is "Take Up Space. YOU are meant to be here with your whole being". in genuine contact, Birgitt *Birgitt Williams* *Supporting Next Level

[OSList] Carol Hiltner

I received a message from our friend Raffi Aftandelian with a request to post the following to this list. Carol has promoted OST in all of the ways she can, opening space in all sorts of ways. If you know Carol or don't, you may wish to reach out to give her thanks. Birgitt Friends, I just

[OSList] Beyond an OST meeting...the inspired organization

As much as I love OST meetings, what I love even more is when the outcomes make a significant difference in an organization. For some, the excitement comes in sustaining the new paradigm after using an OST meeting or series of meetings to shift from one paradigm to another. For others, the

Re: [OSList] A Question About Safety

Hi Sara, For all sorts of reasons, people give up their leadership of their lives, allowing their lives to be led by someone else, something else. We ask a question within our work, which is dedicated to nourishing a culture of leadership, "are you leading your life and if not, who or what is?".

Re: [OSList] Dead Moose Society...just in case you don't know about it!

Here is one of my favorite Dead Moose stories from my archives. Twenty years later, I still know Monica and she is still opening space where and when she can...as is her friend. This story also is one of the early examples that touched me deeply of an OST meeting working...and having less than

[OSList] Dead Moose Society...just in case you don't know about it!

Dear friends and colleagues who work with Open Space Technology, Ever so long ago (1997) and not so far away (Ontario, Canada) a few of us came up with a new society that we named The Dead Moose Society. I came across the invitation again just now doing some researchand want to share the

Re: [OSList] Open Space as Yarning Space (long)

> Hi Brendan, > > Lovely story. Thank you. Here is where my sense of humor took me regarding 'yarning circles' For forever, women, especially in days when 'the woman's place was in the home, etc etc, had 'yarning circlies with the different meaning of the word 'yarning' as in spinning wool,

Re: [OSList] back full circle about 'planning meeting'

d a ‘next level’ in the spiral…  > > > > Thanks once again for your entertaining and informative workshop! > > > > Warm regards, > > Jeroen Vermeer > > > > *Van:* OSList <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> *Namens *Birgitt > Williams via OSList > *Ver

Re: [OSList] Hope Never Dies!

nsson > Facebook sida: EPS Human Invest AB > twitter:@EvaPSvensson > > *"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till > dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates* > > > > > > > > > 3 apr. 2018 kl. 21:30 skrev Birgit

Re: [OSList] Hope Never Dies!

Okay folks, how come y'all are not using your Law of Two Feet?? If you are not learning something or contributing, time to move on. I believe that we all learned that from a master. If it doesn't have heart and meaning to me, I am out of 'there'. Hugs all around, Birgitt On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at

Re: [OSList] OST in India

Hi Heidi, I have worked in India a lot in years 2007 to the present. OST was always part of the work as was capacity building so that I left behind people in every organization that I worked in who were taught the facilitation of OST, and also how to Work with OST within the institution for

[OSList] creating clarity so participants can make an informed choice when responding to an invitation to a participatory meeting (like OST)

Dear friends and colleagues, This note is for you if -if you would like to improve the harvest and actions from an OST meeting. -if you measure the success of an OST meeting two or more months after the OST meeting looking at the difference that the meeting made I have a workshop happening

Re: [OSList] What is y/our biggest vision for OST ?

Dear Marai, Thank you for your invitation to imagine. Just yesterday I wrote a blog post about the benefits from the power of imagination...and using meetings as a catalyst to soar. Within participative

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 82, Issue 3 re: conflict, conflict resolution, avoidance and Open Space

; degrees of freedom such that people need to encounter one another. >> >> For innovation work, testing, criticizing and breaking new ideas is an >> invaluable part of the creative process. Working away on one’s own without >> dissenting points of view can create something th

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 82, Issue 3 re: conflict, conflict resolution, avoidance and Open Space

Dear Colleagues, I am interested in questions, and how people get wrapped up in answering a question, without first giving some discernment to whether or not it is the right question. Oh...I miss Fr. Brian Bainbridge when I get to thinking like thishe would have been a great one to have this

Re: [OSList] a talking circle in memory of Chris Weaver

correction: we are using Zoom, not Blackboard. My apologies for causing confusion, Birgitt On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:47 PM Birgitt Williams < birg...@dalarinternational.com> wrote: > Dear friends and colleagues, > Chris Weaver, active in this OST community, was also active and beloved in > our

[OSList] a talking circle in memory of Chris Weaver

Dear friends and colleagues, Chris Weaver, active in this OST community, was also active and beloved in our Genuine Contact community. In the Genuine Contact community, we are holding two talking circles so that we can do an online memorial for Chris Weaver. Why two? We couldn't get one common

[OSList] residential workshop coming up re organizational transformation based on OST

Dear friends and colleagues, Twenty three years ago my staff and I realized that we had created an organization that benefited from the same quality and quantity of high performance and high play that was experienced in an OST meeting. I remember writing a letter to Harrison about what was

[OSList] Fwd: Chris Weaver memorial

Dear friends and colleagues, Following is what is being circulated about the memorial service for Chris Weaver on Sunday. Chris once had a vision to develop a special school in the Olivette Community and wrote a book about it "Living School Design 1.0: Principles, Structures, Methodologies. Note

[OSList] Chris Weaver

dear friends and colleagues, I have not seen posts about the passing of our good friend Chris Weaver and so with deep respect and love for Chris, I note his passing here. Funeral will be Sunday in Asheville, North Carolina for this truly beautiful man who contributed so much to humanity,

Re: [OSList] Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution

Dear friends and colleagues, Doris and Anna Caroline are making a timely offer to join them in The Netherlands to learn about conflict, conflict resolution, and cross cultural conflict resolution. As Anna Caroline writes with her example, we teach that before assuming that the best first approach

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

CDD list too. > Thank you! > > Lucas Cioffi > Charlottesville, VA > Mobile: 917-528-1831 <(917)%20528-1831> > Lucas Cioffi > Founder, QiqoChat.com > Charlottesville, VA > Mobile: 917-528-1831 <(917)%20528-1831> > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Birgi

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

to be one of "loving >>> indifference"; >>> >>> - love for the beauty and eloquent simplicity of OST >>> - love for the - as yet to emerge - potential of the self organising >>> meeting >>> >>> The facilitator need not hope for the

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

eir hands high. Then >>> tell everyone that if you have a question about how things will work, ask >>> one of the people with their hands held up. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ___ >>> CHRIS CORRIGAN >>> www.chriscorrigan.com >>

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

Hi Lucas, I echo Michael's comments about 'safety'...it cannot be promised. I got into the start of your scripted intro and thought..."this is too small a space that Lucas is creating...this is such a great opportunity". I would not make definitive statements about the tarnished name of

Re: [OSList] OST training September 6-8 in Europe (X-posted GC/GCD/OS-lists)

Dear Thomas, Anna Caroline, and Doris, People choosing to go to your workshop whether they are new to working with OST or are well seasoned in their own facilitation/experience with OST will experience great learning, and the insights that are important to them at this time. In this module of the

Re: [OSList] Brett Wood Podcast

Dear friends and colleagues in open space, I am not sure if I picked up this point correctly or if my own filters brought me to a perception that is not what was talked about. I only wanted to add that from my perception of who we are, everything is spirit. The old perception of spirit and

Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

This reminds me of a moment of great laughter, The setting was Highland, North Carolina for the Organizational Transformation conference, I think 1997. It was a conference that was a turning point in my life in so many ways I cannot list them all. Of greatest note is I met Chandra Christianson

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 73, Issue 5

t; When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: OSList Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 (anne stadler v

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3 open space outdoors

I will just add a little story. The location was a 'hill station' in India...in other words quite high in the mountains but these mountains are dwarfed by the Himalaya's in the distance. About 80 people. The biggest challenge was the outdoor wall space we used for posting reports. The reports were

Re: [OSList] Research OST

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Re: [OSList] Research OST

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Re: [OSList] Research OST

lt;(207)%20763-3261> > > > > Websites > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com > > > > *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf > Of *Birgitt Williams via OSList > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:28 PM > &g

Re: [OSList] Research OST

Great summary Harrison of what is OST and what is not OST. it is a significant challenge to find what is actually an OST meeting. One of the reasons I created our workshop Working With OST is to make that distinction very clear to all who participate with us. OST facilitated well requires

Re: [OSList] OS and Planning

Michael's perspective that the planning ahead to have a really productive event is a conclusion I heartily agree with. Basically it is about getting the theme right, the right length of time for the meeting, and making implied 'givens' explicit. There are always implied givens on the part of the

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