Talking stick reaches safely to India

[Malay Biswas]

Dear All,

I am pleased to inform you all that the 'Talking Stick" reached India safely
and now it is with me. I feel proud to have it in my hand again and it takes me
back to the memory lane when I hold it last time in my hand. It is precious and
holds stories of so many hearts.

I feel priviledged and grateful. We all at India also thankful to the OS team,
gathered at Sweden for the decision to organise it to India.

I love to hear more about the history of Talking stick. How Talking stick came
into OS. Whether Talking Stick is there from the beginning of beginning - i
mean the time you had OS Conference at Goa India years back and coined the term
Open Space Technology.

See you all at Goa, India. It is great honour for me to find Mr. Harrison back
to India. He has definately more memory lane to travel indeed when he will be
back this time.

By the way, We are coming up with details shortly. Stay tuned. Please note my
new address.

With warm regards
Malay Biswas
Faculty - Management Studies
Institute of Hotel Management,
Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad
Maharastra, Pin code 431 001
India
0091-240-2381104 (extension 42)


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>From  Mon Sep  8 08:51:50 2003
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Subject: Re: Conversing about..."the right conditions"
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Whatever conditions are present are the right conditions for whatever
happens is the only thing that could have happened.

Seriously.

I think the second principle refers to the fact that no matter what
initial conditions are present, whatever happens is the only thing that
could have.  It sounds like a tautology, but I think of it more as a Zen
koan.  It is supposed to bring your consciousness to a place that
accepts the fact that "should" is an extremely useless word when we are
dealing with an expanded now.

As for the conditions that make Open Space really hum, I go back to
Harrison's elegantly stated four: passion, diversity, complexity and
urgency.  The more of each, the better the process works.

And that, for many facilitators and managers, is another paradox.

Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Artur
> Ferreira da Silva
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:18 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Conversing about..."the right conditions"
>
> Hello again:
>
> For someone like myself that has problems with the capitalized word
Spirit
> (as well as with some other capitalized words) and with the wording of
the
> "principle" that says "whatever happens is the only thing that could
have"
> I felt very surprised as I completely agree with this formulation
(from
> Alan's, "The Conversing Company"):
>
> "... When people interact under the right conditions, spirit or
> intelligence emerges automatically - it is the only thing that could
> have".
>
> The way I see the "right conditions" to be present, or not, are the
> following:
>
> - In "normal organizations", using current meeting methodologies, the
> wrong
> conditions are normally present - they are "closed" by rules and
> regulations, both explicit and tacit.
>
> - In our outside macro-world the wrong conditions are normally present
> (see
> the Middle East or Iraq - before and now - to give only two examples -
> maybe three).
>
> - Inside our heads the wrong conditions are normally present  - as
> obsolete
> "mental models".
>
> For the space to be open it is necessary that someone opens it AND
that
> the
> "right conditions" are defined/clarified in the first place. Those
right
> conditions are not only the OST principles and law but also: the
correct
> preparation, the fact that all stakeholders with enough diversity are
> invited (but not obliged, directly or indirectly) to participate, a
right
> and open theme is addressed, etc.
>
> I would very much like to see what others think that are the "right
> conditions" for "whatever happens is the only thing that could happen"
to
> be true.
>
> Regards
>
> Artur
>
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