OSO and chaordic commons

[Peggy Holman]

Ah, the need for real examples!  A while back, Sharon Quarrington said:

> I would love to hear how a group that uses OST as
> part of a chaordic design goes.

Jeff Aitken recently offered:

Over the last 4 years, Spirited Work has been growing a learning
community...
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Aitken" <ja at svn.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: OSO and chaordic commons


> Thanks all for your thoughts. And thanks Christine for the phone call!
Lots
> of percolating among activists out here.
>
> I'm finding the six distinctions of the chaordic process helpful. I think
> of the way Birgitt and Larry write about the "medicine wheel" model -- as
a
> model to guide the work of the organization AFTER the open space becomes
> visible during their first event. What's the learning that the open space
> now requires of this organization?
>
> It seems worth devoting time to a clear and powerful new Purpose statement
> -- we have just crossed the open space, haven't we? And then a set of
> guiding Principles, around which conscious and inspired self-organizing
can
> flourish and be rewarded. Is it more useful to discern "givens" or
> (appreciative inquiry) the provocative "ideal organization" based on the
> best stories of the past, as guidance for that self-organizing? Could be.
>
> Over time, the Participants (whoever cares?) and appropriate Design become
> more clear. I love Birgitt's metaphor of "manager as gardener", growing
> appropriate structure, removing barriers, fertilizing...
>
> Eventually the most salient points might be written into a Constitution,
> but let it be as lean and dynamic as that of the U.S. or the Haudenosaunee
> confederation who inspired it. And let the sixth distinction, Practices,
> continue unabated.
>
> I actually appreciate the care and patience I see in the chaordic
> literature, as they get experience... YET it's SO much easier to let the
> open space become visible FIRST, and THEN learn how to get out of its way.
>
> Jeff
>
> -
> Jeff Aitken
> NEW PHONE: 707-829-8256
> Sebastopol, California
>
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