looking for stories of Open Space Organizations...

[Birgitt Williams]

Zelle,
Since 1997, I've replicated with others the experience of being a Conscious
Open Space Organization that we first had at Wesley Urban Ministries
beginning in 1992 and lasting until 1995. I would be pleased to speak to
your client about our experience there, when I was the senior staff person.
Every COSO is different because of the organic nature of organizations. If
you wish to send me an e-mail off list, I am sure that I can get at least a
couple of my former clients to call your client. My former clients are not
willing to have all sorts of people calling them to find out what it  is
like to be a Conscious Open Space Organization. In some cases I've been
given the rights to write up their stories which hopefully I will have done
by the summer. Good news is that the couple of clients that I am more sure
would be willing to make such a call have been operating this way since 1997
and so they are great examples of long term Conscious Open Space
Organizations.

Information about Conscious Open Space Organizations is at
http://www.openspacetechnology.com/articles_2.html
More than simply repeated OST meetings are needed to sustain the
organization. Repeated OST meetings need to be supported with other and
congruent ways of meetings and of doing work. Training is certainly a key
ingredient not only in how to facilitate an OST meeting but also in how to
Work with OST for the maximum benefit of the ongoing organizational life.
Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact,

Birgitt

Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy
www.dalarinternational.com for information about our work, resources, and
how to contact us

Promoting the Wellness (R)Evolution for Organizations.

http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html for upcoming training in
the Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the
Genuine ContactÔ program

http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact to join the Genuine Contact
list serve including accessing resources on the GC list serve web page





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  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Zelle
Nelson
  Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:46 PM
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
  Subject: looking for stories of Open Space Organizations...


  Hello!

  I have a potential client who needs real life examples of companies who
can keep the results from the first Open Space event going by continuing to
meet in OS, who after their initial OS event began holding all of their
meetings in Open Space without the need for an external facilitator every
time.

  Can you put me/us in contact with any such organizations?
  - not an example where an organization meets every year in OS, but one
that lives their daily work lives more in Open Space and less in hierarchy.

  What I have in mind when I say OS organizations, I'm talking about
subsequent meetings held in OS trickling through the organization; In house
OS facilitators (with some sort of training included in the transformation
from "typical" organization to an Open Space organization) - A culture of
invitation, passion bounded by responsibility vs. responsibilities dictating
actions, leaders emerging vs. being appointed...etc.

  Thanks for any contributions!

  With Grace and Love,

  Zelle

  ************
  Zelle Nelson
  Know Place Like Home/State of Grace Document

  zelle at knowplacelikehome.com
  office - 828.693.0398
  mobile - 847.951.7030

  Isle of Skye
  2021 Greenville Hwy
  Flat Rock, NC 28731

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