everything i know about ost...

Wed Jun 18 09:36:13 PDT 2003

Michael,
thank you for sharing your website with us and for all of the information
and insights that you have there about your knowledge of OST.

Having gone into that site, I also went over to your other masterpiece that
is connected to it www.openspaceworld.org  I thoroughly enjoyed that the
site is so organic, allowing users of the site to edit. And I also noticed
that the pages that I really wanted to edit are "read only", meaning that
they are not open for editing by the users. For example, there is a page
about what OST is and within that page is "What will happen". Currently you
have

"We never know exactly what will happen when we open the space for people to
do their most important work, but we can guarantee these results when any
group gets into Open Space:

1. All of the issues that are MOST important to the participants will be
raised.

2. All of the issues raised will be addressed by those participants most
qualified and capable of getting something done on each of them.

3. In a time as short as one or two days, all of the most important ideas,
discussion, data, recommendations, conclusions, questions for further study,
and plans for immediate action will be documented in one comprehensive
report -- finished, printed and in the hands of participants when they
leave.

4. When appropriate and time is allowed for it, the total contents of this
report document can be focused and prioritized in a matter of a few hours,
even with very large groups (100's).

5. After an event, all of these results can be made available to an entire
organization or community within days of the event, so the conversation can
invite every stakeholder into implementation -- right now.

6. AND... results like these can be planned and implemented faster than any
other kind of so-called "large-group intervention." It is literally possible
to accomplish in days and weeks what some other approaches take months and
years to do.
The good news, and the bad news, is that it works. Good news because it gets
people and work moving, bad news because that may mean lots of things are
going to be different than before. Wanted things can appear, unwanted things
disappear, and sometime vice versa -- but that's how life is. In short,
then, Open Space brings life back to organization and organizations back to
life. "

I KNOW that this cannot be guaranteed and it might cause us as independent
workers with OST problems when it says so on this site. So....what is the
option regarding www.openspaceworld.org regarding items that there may be
disagreement about in terms of what is portrayed out into the world
regarding OST. Part of what might need to be sorted out are "what are the
givens" regarding www.openspaceworld.org

Michael, I think you have put together such a fabulous community resource
and I am wondering how it can become representative of the diverse
viewpoints about OST. I thank you for your work and your gift to us all.

Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact,
Birgitt
Birgitt  Williams of Dalar International Consultancy
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Michael
Herman
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:19 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: everything i know about ost...

well, the formatting of this last message was thoroughly screwed up by
the time it reached me.  should be a lot easier to just to to the main
contents page and have a look there...

http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech

mh

Michael Herman wrote:

> 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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Michael Herman Associates
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Chicago IL 60610 USA
(312) 280-7838

http://www.michaelherman.com - consulting & publications
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http://www.openspaceworld.org - worldwide open space

...inviting organization into movement

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