SV: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work

Sat Sep 27 03:38:41 PDT 2003

Hello Chris ,
And million thanks!
:o)
Eva

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Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]För Chris Corrigan
Skickat: den 27 september 2003 10:49
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Ämne: Re: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work

Hi Eva:

You can learn more right here:

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

That's the link to his book which is online and downloadable.  We use it
substantially in our OST practice workshops that we have been offering
all over the place.  The book is a compilation of Michael's writing and
the thoughts and musings of many others, woven together into a story of
evolution and invitation in organizations.  The "quadrants" story begins
here:

http://www.globalchicago.net/ost/invitingorg/18evolution.html

It's lovely.

Chris

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> Michael Herman's quadrants? Can someone please tell me more about
that?
> Sounds interesting -I search the archives and they're where quite a
few
> hit
> on quadrants but I didn't get the picture. Where can I learn more?
> Thanks for your help
> :o)
> Eva
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> Bästa hälsningar
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> Eva P Svensson
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> EPS Human Invest AB
> "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor"
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> S-439 34  ONSALA
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> Mobil 0706 - 89 85 50
> eva at epshumaninvest.se
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> Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]För Chris Corrigan
> Skickat: den 26 september 2003 18:46
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> Ämne: Re: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work
>
> Hi Alexander:
>
> I think a better term than just "happiness at work" would be "flow" as
> defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.  He has written a number of books
> about this phenomenon, the most recent being "Good Business" which is
a
> very practical guide to creating the conditions for flow in the
> workplace.  It builds on his classic "Flow: the Psychology of Optimal
> Experience" excerpts of which you can read here:
>
> http://www.debateit.net/improvethought/flow1.htm
>
> I think Open Space invites us to work in flow, and a key thing for
> organizations to consider when using OST is how they can support flow
in
> organizations, once space has been opened and people realize that it
is
> possible to work that way.
>
> When planning to use Open Space Tech as an "intervention" within an
> organization, I would be remiss if I didn't start the conversation by
> asking how we would support the peak experiences that people have in
> OST.  I use Michael Herman's quadrants in "Inviting Organization" to
> talk with clients about what people can expect to experience as
> possibilities in Open Space.  The four quadrants (modeled on those of
> Ken Wilber) are purpose, story, structure and action.  Peak
experiences
> in all quadrants, representing a holistic perspective on organization,
> look like this:
>
> Purpose=compassion
> Story=vision/dreams
> Structure=movement/flow
> Action=ripples/peace
>
> I have books that I use to talk about extending these experiences.
For
> compassion in organizations, I'm partial to my father in law's new
book
> from Harvard Business Press called "Toxic Emotions At Work: How
> Compassionate managers handle pain and conflict."  For Structure, I'm
> partial to "Good Business."  I like Harrison's new book "The Practice
of
> Peace" for the Action quadrant experience.  And peak experiences in
the
> Story quadrant can be supported by ideas from a variety of sources
> including Joseph Campbell and many others that talk about collective
> meaning making using stories, visions and archetypes.
>
> This is critical to plan for, because without follow-up support to
> support these peak experiences, people are thrown back into "business
as
> usual" triggering grief that will need to be dealt with.  It seems to
me
> that a book about how to extend the flow experience (and the others)
> from an OST event into the life of the organization would be very
> welcome.
>
> I'll look forward to seeing your book.
>
> Chris
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> > Alexander Kjerulf
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:35 AM
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> > Subject: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I need your help: I'm currently writing a book about happiness at
> work.
> > The book is directed at both managers and employees, and should give
> the
> > reader a better understanding of what makes people happy at work, as
> > well as a lot of practical tools to use.
> >
> > If you were reading such a book, what would you like to see in it?
> Drop
> > me a comment if you have any ideas - good or bad :o)
> >
> > The reason I ask this question on this list, is that I believe there
> is
> > a huge overlap between opening space and being happy at work, and
the
> > book will explore that, as well as many other themes.
> >
> > Oh, and here's a bonus challenge: Can you give me a better phrase
than
> > "happiness at work"? In danish we have the word arbejdsglaede
meaning
> > workhappiness. I find it interesting that this word exists in danish
> > (and swedish) and not in, say, english, french or german.
> >
> > The book is part of my "happiness at work" project, a non-profit,
open
> > source, open space organization that promotes happiness at work
(more
> > info here: http://www.kjerulf.com/projectshappinessatwork.htm).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Alexander
> >
> > --
> > Alexander Kjerulf
> > www.kjerulf.com
> > alexander at kjerulf.com
> > Tagensvej 126, lejl. 102
> > 2200 København N.
> > +45 2688 2373
> >
> > Trænger du til noget arbejdsglæde? Kender du nogen som gør?
> > www.projektarbejdsglaede.dk
> >
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