replacing?

[Chris Corrigan]

Yup...Open Space makes a lousy tool, but a great practice. Kind of like 
hammering a nail with a Do it Yourself book.

:-)

Chris

On 5/23/05, Michael Herman <mjherman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> this might be cutting things a bit fine, but as we know, there are
> subtle differences in openspace that make a bigdifference. so try
> this on if you like...
> 
> many times we hear os talked about as a "tool." makes sense enough.
> and what i've been suggesting where i can is that bulletin board,
> marketplace, circle, etc are tools. open space is a practice that is
> the skillful use and integration of many of these tools.
> 
> i thnk it's worth making a distinction in this way not only about open
> space, but about other tings as well. perhaps the thing with this
> replacing business is not so much replacing os with something else,
> but replacing a 'tool' mind with a practice mind.
> 
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