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Fri Feb 25 06:26:39 PST 2005

Harrison and all,

I see you like the idea - because it was already in your mind well
before I wrote my small and crippled version. :)  So why wait for a BIG
OS to do it?  Yes, I think a BIG one would be a lovely thing to watch.
There could be a video on the internet so people may actually "see".
It would make its way to many practitioners' "selling suitcase", I
guess.

Just recently I read a quote - hang on - where was it?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalvillages/message/402
yes, here's the quote:
>"Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is
>experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior."
>Marshall McLuhan quoted in The Media Lab, by Stewart Brand

So yes, I'd like to *see* such a video, mp4 or whatever, perhaps side
by side with the worldmap of OS practitioners (where I can't put myself
in because I'm no practitioner yet, tsk, tsk!).

Maybe a webcam hanging from the ceiling would do, and to try it out
there's no need to have people wear colored shirts.  Hey, you may have
to tie the portable computer with some rope (just be careful with your
health first and with the computer second) if webcams don't have such
long cables.  A virtual Bravo to the first that does it and shares!

Lucas

 --- Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> escribió:
> Oh Lucas -- you are dreaming a dream I have dreamed for years. And we
> almost
> pulled it off. Here is the idea --
>
> In most large dome stadiums they have a marvelous wide angle camera
> suspended from the roof. So we do a large Open Space in such a place
> and run
> the camera from start to finish. Let's say it was 2000 folks opening
> space
> around the future of education in their city over 2 days. We ask
> teachers to
> wear blue shirts, students red, parents yellow, general public green
> and so
> on. All the Open Space takes place on the stadium floor -- no
> breakout
> rooms, but rather break out spaces. Roll Camera!
>
> Then we get fancy. Compress the 16 hours of tape into 10 minutes.
> Fuzzy the
> pixles a bit, and play it back. Transformation! The individuals and
> groups
> now become flows of color. And if those flow patterns aren't fractal
> I'll
> eat my famous hat. Self organization rolling out before your eyes.
> Strange
> attractors doing their thing. Chaos and emergent order right before
> your
> eyes!
>
> And there is more. We write a little computer routine (actually it
> already
> exists) that can capture the individual colors (shirts)and measure
> the
> interactions. We would know who is in each group, where they were
> previously
> and where they went, who goes along with whom, etc. And we could
> cross
> corolate all that with what they were talking about specifically (the
> posted
> issues and the proceedings). Talk about big brother doing his thing!
> But
> Wow!
>
> Anyhow, it looked like we might really pull all this off in Seattle
> with the
> Kingdome. Unfortunately they tore it down before we could get all the
> ducks
> in a row.
>
> Ah but the dream was wonderful. And who knows, maybe someday . . . ?
>
> Harrison
>
> Harrison Owen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Lucas
> Gonzalez
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:31 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: research
>
> > Also, are there any research protocols out there?  Or ideas that
> you
> > wish someone would research?
>
> I don't know if I've shared this small idea here, but one possibility
> might be to use webcams from above, so you may follow the behaviour
> of
> bumblebees and butterflies - all without distracting the actual
> persons
> who are doing their job.
>
> If you have a way to actually know a bit about "who is who" (maybe a
> hat or maybe ask them to look upwards once at the very beginning),
> then
> you would be able to correlate things like (official) status,
> interest,
> personality traits, success of the generated change, and what not.
>
> People's movements might be a bit like "brownian movement" (small
> particles within a liquid), of the kind Albert Einstein was said to
> think good things about.  Actually, I think it was something along
> the
> lines of "temperature = movement".  So that might be one thing to
> study.
>
> What other things would you like to do research about?  I'd certainly
> like to know what happens *before* open space.
>
> Please keep research fun!
>
> Lucas
>
>
>
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>From  Fri Feb 25 11:15:06 2005
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:15:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: research (Open Space in Construction)
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<P>Lise, Harrison, and all...</P>
<P>I perhaps have a little take on the application of open space in an instance like a large construction project or new product development for that matter...</P>
<P>Though I find, like Harrison, that OST and classic project management skills can and should co-exist, OST is quite apprpriate to apply right at the front end of the project, when we need to think and approach the "management" of a large project differently. An Open space event ignites the passion and has the potential to radically restructure how we organize and "manage" a prject. The outcome of the event may well be a classic project plan with tasks and gantt charts providing the general road map. The OST event provide an environment to think and organize the project quite differently.</P>
<P>It is kind of like the classic arguement of the difference between leaders and managers. The paradox is that both are necessary at different times and situations...</P>
<P>For me it looks more like this...OST Event -> Project Plan (or framework) -> Mini-OST's (or self organizing groups identify and removing project constraints in real time).</P>
<P>My 2 cents...</P>
<P>David Morgan</P>
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<P>>From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> >Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU> >To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU >Subject: Re: research (Open Space in Construction) >Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:16:40 -0500 > >Lise – seems to me the first thing is to be very clear about what all the >formal planning on a project does AND DOES NOT do. It seems to me that all >the PERT charts, GANT charts, project management protocols are very useful >in terms of setting the project direction, parameters, and making sure that >the appropriate tools and supplies are on hand. All that is a map of the new >territory to be explored (the possibility space). I think where we get in >trouble is when we confuse the map with the territory. The map will get you >to the start of the journey, point out some things that you might be looking >for –
but the actual journey (building the building) is self organizing all >the way, I think. It is therefore not so much about “adding” Open Space to >the equation, but rather recognizing that the moment the first shovel full >of dirt is turned – you are already in Open Space. The question then becomes >how do you navigate in the most effective and efficient fashion. I think it >is precisely here that Open Space Technology, and the general experience >with Open Space can be very helpful. Putting it all in slightly different >terms, I would be very careful not to throw the baby out with the bath >water. The formal elements of the project have their place, and an important >one -- but they never really describe what happens along the way, or even >(probably) what should happen along the way. > > > > Good Luck! This sounds wonderful. Can’t wait to hear
more. > > > >Harrison > > > >Harrison Owen > >7808 River Falls Drive > >Potomac, Maryland 20845 > >Phone 301-365-2093 > >Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > > >Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > >Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm >OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >-----Original Message----- >From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lise >Damkjær >Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 2:18 AM >To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU >Subject: SV: research > > > >Hello Marty, Harrison and others... > > > >I'm involved with some "in the
begginning" research... > >I'm mentor to a PhD-student at the Technical University of Denmark - she is >researching: How engineers could facilitate in public assignments - and she >uses Open space as her facilitation-tool. > > > >I have got a fantastic opportunity: I'm going to contribute to a >research-project in copperation with Copenhagen Business School: Could we >run a building construction site via OS-pratice? And what would then happen? > >I really enjoy this opportunity - i'm originally a building construction >engineer - but have worked with organizational design and so on most of my >time... > >We are going to observe what selforganization look like in building >construction sites, let everybody see that it already works and then design >and try a different way of organizing the building site work - an OS-way - >in which
way it may look...? > > > >Do anyone have ideas or experiences in this field? It's still very new to me >- I have only done some thinking yet... > > > >Thanks for this beautiful list and the beautiful community, we have here... > > > >Lise > > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]På vegne af Marty Boroson >Sendt: 24. februar 2005 18:25 >Til: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU >Emne: research > >I am curious to know what academic research is being done/has been done on >OST ... > > > >Also, are there any research protocols out there? Or ideas that you wish >someone would research? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Marty Boroson > >* * ========================================================== >OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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