everything i know about ost...

Michael Herman mherman at globalchicago.net
Tue Jun 17 23:13:20 PDT 2003 

well, everything i've managed to write down, cut and paste, or otherwise
gather into a loosely organized collection.  i've made a few references
to things posted there lately, but thought i might post the whole
contents page here (below) so you'd have a sense of what is available
there.  hopefully the formatting won't make a complete mess of things by
the time this reaches you.  all offered as supplement to what is in the
User's Guide as bible.  i started this little project about 5 years ago,
my own personal collection of stuff, separate from what has been cooked
at openspaceworld.ORG.  i'll continue to add to this as time and spirit
dictate.  enjoy as you care to and suggest fixes as you notice them.
 many thanks, michael


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  Open Space Technology (OST)

...has been called meeting methodology, organization transformation,
intentional self-organization and surfing the chaos. Since it's
discovery 20 years ago, it has enabled all kinds of people, in every
kind of organization and community, to create inspired meetings and
events - and post phenomenal business results. It has also become clear
that opening space, as an intentional leadership practice, can create
inspired organizations, where ordinary people work together to create
extraordinary results with regularity.

The list below is a brand new rendering of everything I have (in
writing) to share about how you can practice OpenSpaceTech
<http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech> in your
organization. It's also very much a work in progess, so please stay
tuned! --MichaelHerman
<http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?MichaelHerman>

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    What is Open Space Technology?

    * /ExecutiveSummary
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/ExecutiveSummary>

    * /TheBusinessCase
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TheBusinessCase>

    * /ElevatorSpeeches
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/ElevatorSpeeches>

    * /EssentialElements
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/EssentialElements>

    * /FrequentlyToldStories
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/FrequentlyToldStories>

    * /GuidedTour
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/GuidedTour>


    How to Practice Open Space?

    * /RoleOfTheFacilitator
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/RoleOfTheFacilitator>
      - a good contracting document
    * /InvitationWriting
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitationWriting>
      - key issues and copies of many real invitations
    * /PreparationChecklist
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/PreparationChecklist>
      - a good one-page, backpocket reference
    * /SampleOpeningScript
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/SampleOpeningScript>
      - based on Harrison Owen's /UsersGuide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/UsersGuide>
    * ...see also Ongoing Practice Notebook topics below


    Practice Community

    * MidwestOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?MidwestOpenSpace> -
      midwest USA practitioners group
    * /ColleaguesWorldwide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/ColleaguesWorldwide>
      - open space institutes and websites
    * /OSLIST
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/OSLIST>
      - worldwide email listserve serves as 24/7 helpline
    * /OSonOS
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/OSonOS>
      - annual international practitioner conference


    Training and Practice Workshops

    * /TrainingPracticeWorkshopsUpcoming
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeWorkshopsUpcoming>
      - join us!
    * /TrainingPracticeWorkshopNotes
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeWorkshopNotes>
      - outline of what happens in the workshop
    * /TrainingPracticeWorkshopPosters
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeWorkshopPosters>
      - workshop set-up notes
    * /TrainingPracticeWorkshopProceedings
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeWorkshopProceedings>
      - notes and news from workshops
    * /TrainingPracticeGuide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeGuide>
      - practice guide given to all participants /PracticeGuideAddendum
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/PracticeGuideAddendum>



    Books and Articles -- /DownloadPublications
    <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/DownloadPublications>

    * /UsersGuide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/UsersGuide>
      - the OST bible by Harrison Owen
    * /TrainingPracticeGuide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TrainingPracticeGuide>
      - from 2-day Workshop, more 'nuts-and-bolts' than
      /InvitingOrganization
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitingOrganization>

    * /InvitingOrganization
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitingOrganization>
      - broader, deeper, open space as ongoing, everyday, personal
      leadership practice
    * /UsersNonGuide
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/UsersNonGuide>
      - best of the OSLIST, 37 international authors in conversation
    * /BestBooks
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/BestBooks>
      - list of recommended reading

    * /NewLifeAtWork
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/NewLifeAtWork>
      - short magazine article, formal reprints available for download
    * InvitingOrganizationEmerges
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?InvitingOrganizationEmerges>
      - updated heart of /InvitingOrganization
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitingOrganization>,
      which integrated of wilber, arrien, fastcompany, open space and more
    * /InvitingOrganizationAddendum
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/InvitingOrganizationAddendum>
      - InvitingOrganizationEmerges
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?InvitingOrganizationEmerges>
      in territory of real organizations, fieldnotes and examples


    Artifacts from Real Events

    * /CollectedInvitations
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/CollectedInvitations>

    * /CollectedProceedings
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/CollectedProceedings>


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    Ongoing OST Practice Notebook

...variations, adaptations, innovations captured here as they come up
and then moved up into the 'how to practice' section as larger topics or
constellations emerge.

How To Notes

    * [OpenSpaceAsPracticeInvitation]
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/ost/stories/50invitations.html> -
      originally the introduction to /CollectedInvitations
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/CollectedInvitations>,
      includes a brief anatomy of invitation
    * TalkingAboutOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?TalkingAboutOpenSpace>
      - bullet-point answers to frequently asked questions, good
      language for new facilitators
    * PresentingOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?PresentingOpenSpace> -
      format suggestions for a short presentation to small group
    * PreparationQuestions
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?PreparationQuestions>
      - good things to ask in interviews, invitations and openings
    * OpenSpaceProposal
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceProposal> -
      hho's recipe for responding to RFPs
    * OpeningInvitingLanguage
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpeningInvitingLanguage>
      - some good fodder for invitation writing
    * MakingPostersForOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?MakingPostersForOpenSpace>
      - photos of posters for briefing the process
    * ProceedingsAlternatives
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?ProceedingsAlternatives>
      - painting, photo etc.
    * CanadianTables
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?CanadianTables> - or
      what to do when you don't have a wall
    * FoodPlanning
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?FoodPlanning> - beyond
      the simple buffet
    * LargeGroupsInOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?LargeGroupsInOpenSpace>
      - little things that make things run smoothly
    * OpeningSpaceFast
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpeningSpaceFast> -
      from chris corrigan's winnepeg workshop
    * TalkingStick
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?TalkingStick> -
      variations on use
    * WhoShouldTypeNotes
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?WhoShouldTypeNotes> -
      when computers are used, there may be a question about typists
    * ClosingAndConvergence
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?ClosingAndConvergence>
      - some thoughts on wrapping things up
    * NonConvergence
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?NonConvergence> - how
      to close the event without closing the space
    * VotingWithDots
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?VotingWithDots> -
      chris corrigan's quick and dirty dots
    * EvaluatingOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?EvaluatingOpenSpace> -
      various approaches
    * HowToMakeAnOpenSpaceWiki
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?HowToMakeAnOpenSpaceWiki>
      - for conference proceedings and followup
    * EmbodyingOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?EmbodyingOpenSpace> -
      beyond technique to everyday practice
    *

    *


    *



Hybrid Designs

    * OneHourOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OneHourOpenSpace> -
      story of a short short open space in haiti
    * AgileXpUniverseFacilitatorNotes
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?AgileXpUniverseFacilitatorNotes>
      - program summary from a hybrid ost/traditional conference
      design... which was great!
    * OpeningTheClassroom
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpeningTheClassroom>
    * [OpenSpaceOnline] <http://www.openspace-online.com/index.php?l=en>
      - realtime online conferencing facility
    * AppreciativeInquiry
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?AppreciativeInquiry> -
      and some other perspectives on surfacing stories
    * NonReadersNonWriters
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?NonReadersNonWriters>
    * OpeningShortSpaces
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpeningShortSpaces> -
      when there's only 1.5 hours or so to talk... or even less
    * OrganizingNewsForStrategicPlanning
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OrganizingNewsForStrategicPlanning>
      - when you have to slot news into streams
    * SoftwareInOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?SoftwareInOpenSpace> -
      accelerated marketing/software development in OS
    * TrainingCoachingOpeningWork
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?TrainingCoachingOpeningWork>
      - combining skills training, professional coaching and everyday
      work in open space
    * ShortOStoCloseTraditionalConference
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?ShortOStoCloseTraditionalConference>

    *

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Tales from Open Space

    * InvitationWritingStory
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?InvitationWritingStory>
      - the story before the story
    * BricksAndMortarInOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?BricksAndMortarInOpenSpace>
      - harrison owen's story of AT&T's olympic village pavillion
    * OpenSpaceInHaitianSchool
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceInHaitianSchool>
      - john engle sent this one-day school story
    * YouthActionRacineStory
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?YouthActionRacineStory>
      - what a small group of youth can do in open space
    * PeoriaSchoolsStory
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?PeoriaSchoolsStory> -
      the future of education in peoria, june 2002, DaveKoehler
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?DaveKoehler>
    * FairbanksPeacemakersConferenceAndPracticeWorkshop
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?FairbanksPeacemakersConferenceAndPracticeWorkshop>
      - youth/adult, conference/training, initial report and updates
    * [Strategic Conversation]
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/19weissflog.html> - a case story by
      Uwe Weissflog, long-term open space in engineering firm
    * AgileXpUniverseFacilitatorNotes
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?AgileXpUniverseFacilitatorNotes>
      - program summary from a hybrid ost/traditional conference
      design... which was great!
    * HybridConferences
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?HybridConferences> -
      combinations of open space and traditional modes
    * BePreparedToBeSurprised
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?BePreparedToBeSurprised>
      - from ChrisCorrigan
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?ChrisCorrigan>
    * OpeningSpaceForTheFirstTime
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpeningSpaceForTheFirstTime>
      - it's all good in the end
    * StrategicPlanning
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?StrategicPlanning> in
      Open Space - washington state arts council
    * PerfectThreeDayOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?PerfectThreeDayOpenSpace>
      - classic 2.5-day OST with brilliant action planning, evaluation
      and convergence adaptations
    * [Tales from Open Space] <http://www.openspaceworld.com/tales.htm>
      - early OST stories, edited and published by Harrison Owen, now
      available online
    * OpenSpaceInTimeOfCrisis
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceInTimeOfCrisis>
      - small indian-run hospital on reservation
    * RiverTrailsSeventhGrade
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?RiverTrailsSeventhGrade>
      - what happens when 200 seventh graders dive into open space?
    * [ImagineTheWorld] <http://www.globalchicago.net/imagine> - open
      space conference wiki for imagine chicago int'l conference
    * [MontessoriRegionalConference] <http://www.globalchicago.net/ams>
      - american montessori society winter conference, 200+ in open
      space in florida
    *

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Alternative Views

    * TheTippingPoint
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?TheTippingPoint> -
      notes from book by Malcolm Gladwell, re: invitations
    * SoftwareInOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?SoftwareInOpenSpace> -
      accelerated marketing/software development in OS
    * HoldingSpaceForTransformation
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?HoldingSpaceForTransformation>
      - a bit about what we're doing and not doing
    * OpenSpaceArchitecture
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceArchitecture>
      - notes on the Steelcase headquarters building in Michigan
    * AgileXpAndOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?AgileXpAndOpenSpace> -
      where these two rising tides might be able to carry us
    * LivingInOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?LivingInOpenSpace> -
      the four principles in many other forms
    * GooglingOpenSpace
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?GooglingOpenSpace> -
      just for fun
    * OpenSpaceAsGiving
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceAsGiving> -
      open space is free, but we do want your stories
    * OpenSpacePeaceQuotes
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpacePeaceQuotes>
      - discovering open space in famous peace qutoes
    * GrandmasLullaby
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?GrandmasLullaby> - an
      intimate, ultimate opening
    * OpenSpaceAsWindshield
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceAsWindshield>
      - the vision emerges as snapshot of chaos meeting order
    * ManufacturingCare
      <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?ManufacturingCare> -
      john mcknight and the trap of service-producing systems
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