OSO and chaordic commons

Richard Norris norr3888 at bellsouth.net
Mon Mar 18 09:08:38 PST 2002


If memory serves me correctly I think the internet is one example of a
chaordic org.  Maybe some examples or experiences could be drawn from the
use of the internet in conjunction with Open Space.......help, hinder,
comfortable fit, dysfunctional etc....?

Rich Norris



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Holman" <peggy at opencirclecompany.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: OSO and chaordic commons


> 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>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> 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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