OS and OST, a poetic reflection
Chris Corrigan
corcom at interchange.ubc.ca
Sat Aug 19 03:11:29 PDT 2000
I stumbled over these words, from American poet Robert Duncan,
discussing his poetics. He says "Poems are for me only occaisions of
Poetry, of coming into this consciousness of things as potentials for
making a universe real -- celebrating, is it? or evoking? Of singing and
dancing What Is."
For me, OST meetings are occaisions of Open Space, where Open Space
comes into a collective consciousness and is rendered real. And it is
celebration, and evociation, a song and a dance of "What Is."
i use the term "technology" but I suppose I could equally use
"teleology" in that OST renders clear the natural design of the Open
Space of the universe. In understand the need to differentiate the two,
although I am at the same time sympathetic to both those who find the
line so blurry as to be useless, as well as those who find the words
downright cumbersome.
Harrison warns people in the User's Guide, that if one gets more than a
few OST meetings under one's belt, one begins to feel the need to change
one's life. I think this is because in doing OST we become aware that
we are simply manifesting something else, a set of values and laws and
principles that underlie everything. The more OST ones does, the more
aware one becomes of living in OS.
And beofre I end this message, I would just like to say that anyone who
is still confused, or perhaps more confused, should go and visit Michael
Hermann's website and read through his online journal of living in OS.
I don't have the URL handy, but there's a link to it on my webpage below
my signature. Michael is showing us that OST meetings are indeed
occasions of OS, and that OS manifests itself in many many other ways.
Chris
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Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology
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Fax: 604.683.3036
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>From Sun Aug 20 12:53:39 2000
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:53:39 -0400
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From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: The "T" in OST
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Hi Jimbo,
thank you for your list of technology ideas. I wonder if you and others who
are more computer savy than me also have suggestions for how to include
reports in "non-verbal" form in the most efficient and inexpensive way.
Increasingly, groups are doing their reports using pictures, mindmaps and so
on. A well set up digital camera may work. Any recommendations would be
appreciated. Even about adding video clips etc. I have had many people
annoyed at the loss of richness by focusing on reports in written form.
Kindest regards,
Birgitt
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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim
Clark
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:49 AM
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Subject: The "T" in OST
I have been trying to think of ways of adding to the "Technology" side of
Open Space.
I see the following trends as something that might be levereged to make
Open Space meetings more effecient and perhaps, marketable.
1. People I deal with are becoming more computer literate.
2. The price of wireless networks is coming down while they are becoming
more powerful and transportable.
3. The availability of notebook computers is rising (in the company I work
for, all the Department Heads have had their desktops replaced with
notebooks to help us "take the work with you").
4. Computer assisted collaboration tools are becoming more powerful (i.e.
Microsoft "Net Meeting" has an electronic white board that people can
manipulate remotely from their computers).
I am playing with the idea of setting up a wireless network for an Open
Space event.
There would be a computer available for each expected break out group
(with a couple more to spare in case).
Initiators could choose to either type in notes as things go along, or
could take the notebook anywhere in the room to input.
You could have the hub computer connected to a projector screen and list
files that have been input, people could then call that up. Of course, any
computer on the wireless LAN would also have read access to any file.
I'm sure there are many caveats to this idea, and perhaps there are those
out there that are more familiar with these things than I am (I have only
talked to my techie friends to confirm that the above is indeed possible,
but am not competent to do it now). It could also be that the cost of this
is still prohibitive.
On the other hand, if we were doing Open Space 20 years ago, we wouldn't
have "post-its." So how will the convergence of technology affect the
running of an Open Space (Technology) meeting?
I find the question stimulating.
With respect from Afar,
bo
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>From Sun Aug 20 12:53:55 2000
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Subject: Re: Terminology and the universe
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Ralph,
I am not defending a word--and I wish it were something other than
"technology". "Spagetti" is a bit too sticky (at least the way I cook
t:-( and a word like soup or casserole might just suit this meeting process
better, hmm Open Space Casserole. Hot and heavy or light and fluffy. It has
potential. However, unfortunately, the name given by Harrison in his book is
"Open Space Technology". Even Harrison has a disclaimer about it.
However, I do like to bring attention to what we are really doing here so
that we can wrestle with the notion that Open Space exists with or without
us. Within that large and beautiful Open Space, we have the privilege of
bringing attention to what is already present: nutrient ground for our
spirits to flourish, experience joy, and evolve and create. We bring
attention to what is already present when a group comes together using the
gift of Open Space Technology. And we have the privilege of bringing
attention to what is already present as the natural way of organizations
when we assist in the evolution (or maybe devolution) to an Open Space
Organization. Both are windows into All that is.
Blessings,
Birgitt
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Nagasundaram
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:37 AM
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Subject: Terminology and the universe
Hi,
If someone wants to call it "open space" and someone else wants to append
the word "technology", that's fine. I choose not to do it.
(Here we go again.)
My discomfort with using the "T" word is that I'm embarrassed by it. I
personally find it difficult to apply it to a process that is so clearly
un-technological! I think clients are confused by the term, especially
after they've seen how the meeting actually goes.
Personally, I find it a completely un-useful distinction. I also think, in
the long run, you can call it spaghetti with marinara sauce and porcini
mushrooms as long as people bring their passions to the theme in question,
and as long as you open it, hold it, and close it well.
BUT, Birgitt has raised another of her ground-breaking points with
interesting implications for what we do.
What is the nature of the universe? Is it truly open space? Time that is
genuinely free?
And if the universe is, in fact open space, and we seek a meeting process
that most clearly and cleanly reflects the way of the natural universe, are
we there yet?
--
Ralph Copleman
www.earthdreams.net
609-895-1629
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