open space technology as an event or as anintervention--learn more with us in our Advancedworkshops

[Laurel and Rick]

I guess the underlying message here is that by opening the space, you are
not claiming any special expertise, Harrison.  At least, not any expertise
that isn't available to everyone else.  That is the appeal of OST for me and
one of many reasons that I admire you and your work so deeply.  When you say
that you believe the wisdom is in the room, your walk matches your talk.  In
my practice of OST (which, admittedly, is pretty rusty at the moment), I try
to emulate that sincere belief that the people in the circle already have
the tools they need to accomplish their goals, and that it isn't anything in
me that acts as the catalyst.  By following the process, and believing in
the inherent "rightness" of the process, I am merely setting the stage for
the participants to do their work, independant of any contribution I might
be tempted to make.

Laurel.
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From: "Harrison Owen" <owenhh at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: open space technology as an event or as anintervention--learn
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> Monica Stewart wrote:If you think you aren't intervening, you are fooling
yourself.
> About the commercialization of Open Space Technology - I have paid to
attend
> OST meetings, I have paid consultants to conduct them in my organization,
I
> have paid for training, and I now charge my clients when I conduct OST
> meetings. Althought the above may happen for free sometimes, OST has
always
> been a commercial transaction.
> Monica Stewart
> Educator and Organizational Learning Consultant
> 271 Gilmour Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6P 3B6
> phone: 416-762-9946, fax:416-762-4351
> email: mstewart at ionsys.com
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> Always did believe that the worker was worthy of his/her hire. Besides it
is nice to eat. At the same time I know that Open Space is free -- nobody
owns it -- we all do. Sometimes with a client I will tell them they have a
choice. Pay a lot of money and I will open the space. Or buy the book, and
do it themselves. So I guess there is always some cost for Open Space, but
24.95 is pretty close to zero.
>
> Harrison
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