Point of crisis... Changing the rules...
Elwin and Joan
elwinandjoan at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 28 10:55:58 PDT 2002
> It's become clear by now the fall of the Berlin
> Wall and the collapse of communism in most
> places around the globe hasn't ushered in an
> unequivocal flowering of capitalism in the
> developing and postcommunist world. Western
> thinkers have blamed this on everything from
> these countries' lack of sellable assets to
> their inherently non-entrepreneurial
> "mindset."
> Hernando de Soto proposesand argues another
reason...
> the real problem is that such countries
> have yet to establish and normalize the
> invisible network of laws that turns assets
> from "dead" into "liquid" capital.
Having been engaged in economic development
project work in the former USSR since 1997, I
totally agree with this view! Even the more
progressive countries e.g., Bulgaria, have only
scratched the surface in establishing clear land
title and the banking system does not yet support
asset management via checking accounts so folks
are still carrying suitcases full of money to
purchase a refrigerator or TV.
eg
Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore
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>From Fri Jun 28 16:16:14 2002
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:16:14 -0400
Reply-To: mcooper at integralvisions.com
To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
From: Michelle Cooper <mcooper at integralvisions.com>
Subject: Re: Education Healing (long)
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Still catching up on back e-mails Larry. Thanks for sharing this story. The
infighting, finger pointing and toxicity created in our publicly funded
systems sure need a lot of healing. It sounds like a good start.
Congratulations.
Michelle
-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Larry
Peterson
Sent: 9-Jun-02 10:35
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Education Healing (long)
I have to share a story while I'm still vibrating with the excitement and
energy. (I'll improve the writing and detail for the next OSI Canada
Newsletter coming out soon).
I just finished leading a 2.5 day 350 person Open Space event on
"Realizing the Promise of Public Education" that was wonderful. Judy Gast
and Audrey Coward volunteered to give super help for a topic they cared
about. Some other folks who have taken OS workshops and facilitate events
were there, Eric Lillis and Louise Pinet as participants and Susan Langley
and Ruth Baumann, both trained facilitators, were also the sponsors.
For the past 10 years Public Education has been under substantial threat
in Ontario, like in many places. What was touted as one of the best systems
in the world has been cut to the bone and teachers have been taken on buy a
government with strong leaning toward a private system. During that time
the Teacher's Federations have fought among themselves and the umbrella
Ontario Teachers' Federation has had to substantially downsize (in the last
6 months).
In the face of all this there has been a poisoned, confrontational climate
among the stakeholders. To begin to address this, the Ontario Teachers
Federation initiated a series of 2.5 hour community forums in 1999. I was
asked to design them and to train teacher-facilitators to use a process of
small group discussions where teachers listened with no presentations. The
38 communities that have held the forums across the province recruited a
diversity of participants to the dialogue - and dialogue not outcome was the
focus. As you might expect, the "outcomes" of those forums, what people
have done as a result of the conversations and networking have been
exciting both for the communities and for the participants, including the
teachers.
These past few days, OTF held a Provincial Forum. Because of the
downsizing, they cut the expectation to 200 participants. Because of great
recruiting 320 people from across the province came.
The event began with some presentations, not my preference but what was
necessary for the sponsors. I then opened and held the space and the
participants self-organized some amazing, healing, joyful, strategic and
momentum building conversations. The participants were from across Ontario:
parents, teachers, administrators, trustees, provincial activists,
federation activists with education, food banks, healthy schools, small
business people, aboriginal education leaders, a few Ministry of Education
folks, black activists, etc.
For most it was their first experience of Open Space but they carried with
them some of the values and skills from the Community Forums. There was
some attrition by the closing on Saturday morning, as expected, but those
who stayed told of life affirming and changing experiences: healing
conversations between parents and teachers, between those working from
different perspectives on how to move forward, between local union leaders
and business people. One woman was moved by here community forum a couple
of years ago to run for trustee, and won. She described how she was moved
by the Open Space to stand up for her community in ways she could not have
imagined. Students loved it.
It was a delight and another step down a path. More community forums are
planned in areas that have not held them or to take the conversations to a
new level where they have been held. The next Provincial Forum in Open
Space will be held in a year with a hope to double the size and it will be
right before Provincial Elections.
It's a story I needed to tell my friends this morning. Thanks.
Larry
Larry Peterson
Associates in Transformation
Toronto, ON, Canada
416.653.4829
larry at spiritedorg.com
www.spiritedorg.com
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D619161420-28062002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2>Still=20
catching up on back e-mails Larry. Thanks for sharing this story. The=20
infighting, finger pointing and toxicity created in our publicly funded =
systems=20
sure need a lot of healing. It sounds like a good start.=20
Congratulations.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D619161420-28062002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2>Michelle</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST=20
[mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Larry=20
Peterson<BR><B>Sent:</B> 9-Jun-02 10:35<BR><B>To:</B>=20
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Education Healing=20
(long)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=3DSection1>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have to share a story while I’m =
still vibrating with=20
the excitement and energy.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>(I’ll=20
improve the writing and detail for the next OSI Canada Newsletter =
coming out=20
soon).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I just finished =
leading a=20
2.5 day 350 person Open Space event on “Realizing the Promise of =
Public=20
Education” that was wonderful. <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Judy=20
Gast</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> and=20
</SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Audrey=20
Coward</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> volunteered to =
give=20
super help for a topic they cared about.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Some other folks who have taken OS workshops and facilitate =
events were=20
there, Eric Lillis and Louise <SPAN class=3DSpellE>Pinet</SPAN> as =
participants=20
and </SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Susan=20
Langley</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> and <SPAN=20
class=3DGramE>Ruth<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Baumann</SPAN>,=20
both trained facilitators, were also the=20
sponsors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For the past 10 =
years=20
Public Education has been under substantial threat in=20
</SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial">Ontario</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,=20
like in many places.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>What was=20
touted as one of the best systems in the world has been cut to the =
bone and=20
teachers have been taken on buy a government with strong leaning =
toward a=20
private system.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>During =
that time=20
the Teacher’s Federations have fought among themselves and the =
umbrella=20
Ontario Teachers’ Federation has had to substantially downsize =
(in the last 6=20
months).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In the face of =
all this=20
there has been a poisoned, confrontational climate among the=20
stakeholders.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To begin =
to address=20
this, the Ontario Teachers Federation initiated a series of 2.5 hour =
community=20
forums in 1999.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was =
asked to=20
design them and to train teacher-facilitators to use a process of =
small group=20
discussions where teachers listened with no presentations.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 38 communities that have =
held the=20
forums across the province recruited a diversity of participants to =
the=20
dialogue – and dialogue not outcome was the focus.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As you might expect, the =
“outcomes” of=20
those forums, what people have done as a result of the conversations =
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and networking have been =
exciting both=20
for the communities and for the participants, including the=20
teachers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">These past few =
days, OTF=20
held a Provincial Forum.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Because=20
of the downsizing, they cut the expectation to 200 participants.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because of great recruiting =
320 people=20
from across the province came.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The event began =
with some=20
presentations, not my preference but what was necessary for the =
sponsors.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I then opened and held the =
space and=20
the participants self-organized some amazing, healing, joyful, =
strategic and=20
momentum building conversations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>The participants were from across=20
</SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial">Ontario</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">:=20
parents, teachers, administrators, trustees, provincial activists, =
federation=20
activists with education, food banks, healthy schools, small business =
people,=20
aboriginal education leaders, a few Ministry of Education folks, black =
activists, etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For most it was =
their=20
first experience of Open Space but they carried with them some of the =
values=20
and skills from the Community Forums.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>There was some attrition by the closing on Saturday morning, as =
expected, but those who stayed told of life affirming and changing=20
experiences: healing conversations between parents and teachers, =
between those=20
working from different perspectives on how to move forward, between =
local=20
union leaders and business people.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>One woman was moved by here community forum a couple of years =
ago to=20
run for trustee, and won.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>She=20
described how she was moved by the Open Space to stand up for her =
community in=20
ways she could not have imagined.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Students loved it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">It was a =
delight and=20
another step down a path.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>More=20
community forums are planned in areas that have not held them or to =
take the=20
conversations to a new level where they have been held.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The next Provincial Forum in =
Open=20
Space will be held in a year with a hope to double the size and it =
will be=20
right before Provincial Elections.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">It’s a =
story I needed to=20
tell my friends this morning.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial">Larry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><st1:PersonName><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">Larry=20
Peterson</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN lang=3DEN-CA =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">Associates in=20
Transformation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText><st1:place><st1:City><FONT face=3DArial =
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>From Fri Jun 28 16:50:59 2002
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:50:59 -0400
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From: Michelle Cooper <mcooper at integralvisions.com>
Subject: Re: Point of Crisis
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I am reminded of a concept in the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I can't find
the passage at this moment (but I am thinking that I will pick it up and
read it again)
...The earth will survive, it is humankind that may not. If we think we own
and control the world, if we think there is just one right way to do
things....
Ishmael's solution, not to blame and make change a negative (stop doing
this, don't do that is not inspiring), but to create a new vision for a
better world that inspires change...
Michelle
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Ralph
Copleman
Sent: 27-Jun-02 19:54
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Subject: Point of Crisis
Here we go again...
I'm about to head off to the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota for three
and one-half days of open space and reflection on "organization
transformation".
When Harrison and others started this particular show in 1983, they
understood (before anyone else) the world was in a condition that would push
or pull organizations into or through a transformation, a leap off a cliff
into the unknown. We all climbed onto that bus. It was danger and
opportunity, the classic paradox, all wrapped into one searing realization:
get with it or get lost.
Now the stakes seem to me so much larger, the bar so very much higher.
Forget the troubles of organizations. We've got bigger problems to face.
The fraudulent bookkeeping practices of a handful of corporations? There
are over 10,000 publicly-held corporations in the US. Some very small
number of them have been caught screwing up (and screwing everyone around
them, too). Is this a trend? Or is it just the loud noise of headlines? I
certainly don't know. Are there others who haven't been caught yet?
Probably.
It matters, yes. But it isn't the crisis we need to have our eye on. It
isn't the transformation that could be insistently, hotly breathing down our
necks. I think that's perhaps what Ethelynn Owen had in mind when she made
her comment. (Does she care to elaborate? Did I even spell her name
right?)
My opinion? We humans are messing up the planet something awful. We are a
frog drinking up the pond in which we live. We will not get away with it
for very long. So, can we open some space for the really BIG picture? Or
shall we only be moved by what is close at hand?
Ralph Copleman
(Recovering History Major)
P.S. As someone pointed out at one of those OT events years ago. There's
nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
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