Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22

My observation: "authority in OS" soon rests with those who show "presence" as defined by Otto Scharmer et al. You can see this appear particularly in multi day OS sessions or when you use OS as a means of organizational governance as we did in Spirited Work (see my writeup in CollectiveWisdomIn

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 25

ken via OSList > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > > Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22 > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Heres the direct link to Anne's paper about Spirited Work the open space

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 44, Issue 29

Re Holding the space All great insights. AND i prefer "OPENing the space"period. It locates attention in the right place. In Process Work terms: disturbance is happening because a "secondary" or hidden process is demanding attention. New possibility is ready to emerge, and will ultimately

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 44, Issue 31

Groups and Will No question in my experience: groups have "purpose" and "Flow" in a particular direction. The two OS principles refer to Spirit: when IT starts... Etc. When IT'S over... Etc. The existence of the transfinite or Spirit is definitely palpable. We saw that in Spirited Work (an O

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22

Infrastructure in OS Yes! Peggy. I've observed that people always build infrastructure, tacit as well as formal. To me OS infrastructure serves flow. Flow happens when resonance within me (the participant) (what i care about/love) connects with resonance within you and innerly with the reso

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 16

Is OpenSpace a Meeting? Dear Daniel et al For me, open space is a condition of life. OST has many forms: a meeting or gathering is the most common collective form. However, it's also a way of life, a "technology" (tool) for living one's life. Do you find yourself (in your inner talk) applying

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 25

Re studying self-organization Thanks all. Yes HO all IS self-organization. However i'm not interested in just any kind of self organization. OST or Opening space is oriented to facilitating self authorization; ease of emergence; rapid achievement of flow state and high degree of coherence. T

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 45, Issue 28

Re self organization research: Wow! I just followed Harold's shouting. It took me a while to learn how to delete about 5 minutes worth of repetitive Digest material-- and i ended up deleting it all. So please bear with me if i don't accurately respond to your very articulate words, John B an

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 46, Issue 20

Re: facilitating more than 7 times Plus Lurking Hello lovlies: i have facilitated OST and open many forms of space for about 23 years. That's more than 7 times. And i lurk a lot. (Dont like to scroll thru all the Repeats.) Love to all! Anne ___ OS

[OSList] Children in OS

I' ve had many many experiences with children in OS. There were always children at Spirited Work. One family brought their one year old twins to the first one; and they continued to participate till SW ended, 7 years later. At the final session, i remember one of the twins took some responsibil

Re: [OSList] Requesting your urgent attention

Re Open Space Gathering at Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, WA > > Dears: There will be an Open Space on Valentine's Day weekend, Feb 12--15 at > the Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, Washington on this subject: > Reclaiming our Roots: The Essence of Leadership is Creativity and Learning.

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 79, Issue 4

Lisa Kimball Carlson Dear Lisa: what a beautiful person & pioneer she was- in so many respects! I met her for Part 2 of The Business of Business is Learning, Fall 1989. She was working with Metanet then. We had wonderful juicy conversations about the difference between communicating via video a

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 81, Issue 3

Re. Skye Hirst post Yes. And what if this is already happening, and we simply need to be IN it? Consciously participating and connecting? BEING this form of governance? Opening the flow within, AWAKE in the field itself? The particle & the wave in flow. Some of us had beginners taste of this

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 83, Issue 21

India Open Space I’ve worked in India with Anil Sachdev since 1991 using Open Space. Anil Sachdev anil.sach...@soilindia.net and some of the folks at SOILIndia.net facilitate Open Space Marketplace as well as open space via Appreciative Inquiry and dialogue & other ways. Arun Wakhlu in Pune at

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

Developing Open Space further: Yes. Spirited Work an Open Space learning community of practice at the Whidbey Institute for almost 7 full years. I wrote a short piece about it. Contact me if you want a link (I have to find it again.) Sent from my iPhone Anne M. Stadler 18464–47th Place NE

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

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

Re: [OSList] OS success stories in a business/corporate/startup environment

There’s a great chapter by Anil Sachdev in a book edited by Dinesh Chandra & someone else whose name I’m forgetting about his consistent use of Open Space in his business entrepreneur activities/organizations. And I have a chapter in that as well. I’m now in Holland. The book is home in my book

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 92, Issue 2

Harrison birthday Happy birth dear HO HO! Wish I were there celebrating with you! Hope you ARE a happy fellow realizing how delighted I am that you’re alive & kicking up your cowboy boots! Love!! Sent from my iPhone Anne M. Stadler 18464–47th Place NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 206-459-0227 S

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 100, Issue 4

Re sacred space Hi. I’ve written fairly extensively on this: both in my longer piece: “A Way Home: Field Notes Living in Open Space” which is somewhere in the worldwide OS archives (I sent it to Michael Herman for that purpose). And in an article I wrote about Spirited Work, a seven year long Open

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

WOSonOS: Ah!! It’s in Washington DC in November?? When? where? I’ve decided to join the golden oldies and come! Might as well have the entire history present.😍. Actually, dear Birgitt, I have an email version of the 1997 Barrett Koehler OST At Work series you mention. I edited it. There wer

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 101, Issue 5

Law of Two feet: Stand up and move to wherever you can act on what you love & care about. If you find you’re not contributing there, use your two feet to move on. On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 9:54 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subs

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 101, Issue 5

Oops. Left out a word in my earlier statement. This is what I really mean: Stand up for, and move to wherever you can act on what you love & care about. If you find you’re not contributing there, use your two feet to move on. On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 11:00 PM anne stadler wrote: > Law of Two fe

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 102, Issue 5

World wide OS events re Climate Change Hello everyone: Please check out (learn from & support) the Kapu Aloha non-violent movement on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It is blocking the access road to the land on which people want to build another large telescope. Look up Kapu Aloha movement on Mauna Kea on F

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 102, Issue 11

Vol. Seattle facilitator: I have some folks I’ve been working with. One of them might be interested. Call me, Susan. On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:29 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 102, Issue 15

Video Please upload to Vimeo Phelim. Then anyone can see it. Is there an OST Channel on which to load it—on Vimeo or somewhere, Harold? Thanks! On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 2:19 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscri

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 107, Issue 2

Open Space Producer: What a dream job!! The whole operation sounds fabulous! Wish I were younger...I’d apply!! Love to all of you!! On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 8:39 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Wo

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 107, Issue 8

Virtual OS experiment: We’re IN one! Now At the Chaos period of complex self-Organization. As an entity in the system, you need to ask what has heart & meaning for you & DO IT. Give your support to something already attracting energy (a Strange Attractor) and/or initiate a “session”!! Right now. R

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 2

Meeting of Tribes At Spirited Work, a 7 year experience of OST as a learning community of practice, that met every season for 3&1/2 days and were linked in-line...our circle was permeable, open to everyone. And we had amazing appearances of “strangers” who contributed deeply to the well being of t

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 9

Re. Our son coming home: Safety, love surrounding, and optimal health for him & you, ALL the way! On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:40 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lis

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 11

Re 1. Good talk sparring partner: I’m interested in Christine’s idea, & Lucas’s offer of a place to assemble (garden) on Qiqo. Can’t come this Friday. Have conflicting Zoom calls. But would like to join in future. Jordan Lyons’ article (that Peggy linked to) and another initiative here have demons

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 15

Christine’s invitation: I plan to attend on Thursday at 9:00AM PDT. Is that the correct time (9 hours earlier than European?) Thank you! Anne On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:50 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscr

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 15

Covid-19 wisdom: Passing on a love offering! https://youtu.be/kFCzvGyYJP4 On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:50 PM wrote: > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.openspacetech.org/lis

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 108, Issue 18

The new Space Race: Thank you Michael. For offering the perfect invitation! What I’m noticing is that the words “I Care“ are absolutely crucial today in the self organizing that is happening: happening to benefit others as well as self-as you pointed out. The Law of Two Feet is take responsibili

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 109, Issue 13

Lucas’s suggestion: 1. I’m happy to offer my (Family) Zoom account , the one accommodating 100 people with breakouts etc. 2. I’m happy to help in whatever way I can. Possibly Peggy can keep me clued in re what is optimal. Will invite my peeps, etc. And send messages out to all the folks from Wo

[OSList] OS in Zoom times

Dears: How wonderful to hear your plans to meet on Monday the 18th! Was hoping I could join too; but that’s a time when I’ll already be in an OS on Zoom. So I’ll just report that I’ve done quite a lot of virtual OS since Covid, both using the Marketplace format and also using what I call “radical

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 117, Issue 25

OST Report by Romy Dear Open Spacers: Romy, thanks for the well-organized & lucid report of last Monday‘s (1/18)session. I was particularly taken with Chris Corrigan’s beautiful story of the essence of opening space! I’m not sure I’ll be with you F2F for the weekend OST on Peace & High Performance

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 117, Issue 32

Re: to Harold: Managing how my OSList is configured Thank you, dear Harold for your kind attention and education. I think I’ll just wait for your update, and stick with receiving what the GNUMailMan is sending to me. I’ve managed so far, grumbling at times. But I realize I’m not an avid writer so

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 117, Issue 32

Harold Shinsato: Harrison’s challenge: what are the questions we haven’t answered yet? Here are two that stir me: 1. What is “radical”opening space? 2. Sharing Lived experience: Documenting the essential elements and patterns of behavior in an open space organization? On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 5:21

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 49, Issue 15

Re:Agile adoption Thanks so much Dan for the meticulous parsing and development of OST that OS Agile Adoption represents! I wonder if the patterns you've identified are simply "natural" patterns for group Self-Realization, encoded in our DNA? Does that perhaps account for the fact that peop

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 49, Issue 21

Archives etc: Dear Harold: a deep bow and tremendous gratitude for the meticulous way you've stewarded OST and helped it "open" to its "calling". You are truly a gift from "beyond"!! I hope you and Daniel (and all of those who are so inspired) will pursue your inklings re whether the self or

[OSList] Reflections on Paul L. HHO and Daniel's offerings

Hello all: I have troubles with this ListServe business...too iterative and sequential. So bear with me please. Re. Paul's offering: YES! If you mean we need to BE emergent and experimental...I agree... totally. Let's BE experimental: expand on "what works"? As well as re-member our roots/linea

[OSList] Suzanne and Lucas opening space

Wow! Both of you!! YES!! Keep on opening space! Keep on experimenting! Keep on sharing stories!!! Thank you! Thank you! Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 49, Issue 30

Ho ho ! Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org www.ProtecttheSacred.org > On Mar 31, 2015, at 1:04 PM, via OSList > wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list su

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1

Agile OS with Harold!! Yay!! Go to it!! Thank you Harold!! Xxooo! Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org www.ProtecttheSacred.org > On Jun 1, 2015, at 1:05

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5

Re 30 year anniversary: Hi folks: i've been wondering what i could offer. I've been wandering a slightly different path: living open space since 1989 in Goa-- when Open Space Technology was named by V.S.Mahesh and OS came out of the OT closet to the whole world at the "Business of Business

[OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

How much silence depends on your intention: Are you opening space for the transfinite AND finite fields to emerge? Or only the finite? Are you opening inner space so people will access their capacity for being guided by the resonating field in their heart/mind/body awareness? (In order to reall

Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

gt; enough space for participants so they didn't need silent reflection time with > their papers and markers to gather their thoughts? Do you offer anything > before letting the participants make their offerings to help invite in the > "transfinite"? > > Thanks!

Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning?

pants make their offerings to help invite in the > "transfinite"? > > Thanks! > Harold > > >> On 6/17/15 12:35 PM, Anne Stadler via OSList wrote: >> How much silence depends on your intention: >> Are you opening space for the transfinite AND fin

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 50, Issue 20

t; > And at the same time, this doesn't specifically addresses the comment from a > participant of a need for some silent reflection time just before people > were invited to generate, announce, and post their sessions. > > Would 8 minutes of grounding silence after the welcome and

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 50, Issue 24

HHO 30th Anniversary: Hear! Hear!! Right on dear fellow traveller! Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org www.ProtecttheSacred.org > On Jun 24, 2015, at 1:

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 52, Issue 3

OST in India. I've done it there almost every year since 1991. Contact Anil Sachdev at anil.sach...@soilindia.net They might have some video. Shailendra Kumar was the Director of The National Dairy Development Board, a partner of AMUL, the milk cooperative. I did a number of Open Spaces for ND

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 55, Issue 6

The tao: Absolutely. For all you writers and storytellers: The "book" needs only one line: "The tao that can be told is not the tao." Xx Anne Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com

Re: [OSList] Opening space matters

LOVE YOU!! Thank you dear Alan! Et al. Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org www.ProtecttheSacred.org > On Dec 19, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Alan Stewart wrote: >

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 58, Issue 14

Thomas Hermann's question: I love what you're doing, Thomas! And i encourage you to treat any meeting as a "real open space". By that i mean, open the space within yourself to welcome everyone. Open up the room so people can easily take responsibility (tools etc easily at hand in same place e

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 64, Issue 17

OST Self Organizing Masters Program: A super question! Here's a Short and sweet response: i heartily agree with HHO. Please follow his lead-- and HHO take responsibility for your intuition!! Love! Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Address: 18

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 65, Issue 16

Safety: Thanks for the question Harold, and the responses from Peggy & Birgit. I want to go deeper into your second point Harold. In my experience, many of the situations where we're opening space (especially multicultural and with people from divergent races, mixtures & backgrounds) -- and

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 66, Issue 14

Re John Engle: In same FB post John described being immediately helped by a stranger who took him and his companion to his nearby home; stuck with them all day, helping them wash up, clean their wounds, take car to get it fixed. Incredible unstinting compassionate action by this gentleman, who

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7

Planning and OS Lovely to see you two rocking on your front porch sharing stories! Like the old days... (only then it was more like butting heads at times!). My 2 cents: you can open space to do anything. Just have to focus on the question you need to ask (that has heart and meaning for you),

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 71, Issue 11

Case studies re"after OST" There's one wanting to happen re Boeing Company: using OST horizontally to integrate functional relationships across companies (such as IT) and vertically to streamline making airplane doors. Paul Gleiberman (gleiber...@icloud.com ) is one resource; Michael Lindfield

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3

Same basic elements: Circle (preferably in shade!!) Agenda Wall (either constructed; or outside building wall; or fence) Colored Mr Sketchy pens and 8 1/2" paper for posting offerings Numbered Post-it notes to put on offerings. I usually color code: Different color for each breakout start tim

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

One thing i notice about the info I posted below, it's not "remote location". It's in places where you can use tables chairs etc. And it's ALL based on the experiences of doing OS outdoors here in US and in India. AND you could do this in remote place. Just bring writing materials and a roll

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 121, Issue 6

Re classic OS & online OS & holding cf to opening space. Just wanting to dip my paddle in... Hi folks: I guess I’m an “outlier”. To me “classic OS” is simply living the law & the principles all the time. The OST Marketplace is a wonderful form for facilitating large group meetings. It’s based on

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 123, Issue 3

Opening the circle: Remember you are welcoming them, and assuring them they each have a gift that the whole circle needs, or else they wouldn’t be there. That is why you walk the circle, clockwise to form the collective organism, looking at each person you pass— not across the circle but on your le

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 123, Issue 3

Opening the circle 2. Like any good host, I do not give them instructions until after I’ve welcomed them. When I’ve returned to where I started walking, I stand still & tell them the things they need to pay attention to: Law of 2Feet, 4 Principles; move & follow what you really care about; where

[OSList] Phelim’s post

Thank you Phelim: what you say is really living opening space! Wish I was young enough to apply for your poem position! Xx anne -- Anne M. Stadler 18464--47th Pl.NE Lake Forest Park, WA. 98155, USA 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler Your Self: Occupy 100%! www.

[OSList] Harrison birth day

Happy birthday, dear HO! Thank you, youngster! Every day. Love, Anne -- Anne M. Stadler 18464--47th Pl.NE Lake Forest Park, WA. 98155, USA 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler Your Self: Occupy 100%! www. sourcingtheway.com www.CharterforCompassion.org https://