SV: Next Generation

Sun Oct 8 04:50:03 PDT 2006

THANK YOU Michael for the link to "Inviting Leadership"!

Have a great Sunday!
Gabriela

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Herman" <michael at michaelherman.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: SV: Next Generation

> thanks for the question, holger.  and especially appreciating the
> responsese from gabriela and harrison.
>
> i would say that i think there is *definitely* a next generation of
> ost... and another and another... but it's not the *process* that's
> changing -- it's the facilitator!
>
> i've posted a short page recently on my website that explains my own
> evolution, in a few distinct (on paper) and muddy (in process) steps:
>
> open space technology (using the method, and noticing results)
> inviting organization (mapping, and talking about the patterns)
> inviting practice (in the territory, practicing and teaching)
> inviting life (my current postion as a body living -- and blogging --
> in open space).
>
> i call this whole journey *inviting leadership*.  you can find a
> paragraph on each of these at
> www.michaelherman.com/cgi/wiki.cgi?InvitingLeadership
>
> what is inviting leadership?  it is inviting more leadership!  what
> does it *do*?  it invites leadership!  is what it does.  something to
> do, and something to aspire to be.  try it on as a story, if you like.
> i find that there's really quite a lot of space in it!
>
> michaelh
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> On 10/6/06, Eva P Svensson <eva at epshumaninvest.se> wrote:
>> Gabriela!
>> You can see that I am way behind in reading my e-mails but I just wanted 
>> to
>> thank you for your words - so beautiful and so true said!
>> Thank you!
>> :o)
>> Eva
>>
>> Bästa hälsningar
>>
>> Eva P Svensson
>> EPS Human Invest AB
>> "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående 
>> företag
>> och organisationer!"
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>> eva at epshumaninvest.se,  www.epshumaninvest.se
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>> Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] För Gabriela Ender
>> Skickat: den 14 september 2006 09:35
>> Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>> Ämne: Re: Next Generation
>>
>> Hi Holger,
>>
>> next generation of OST? Why? The gift and the power of OST its exactly 
>> these
>>
>> beautiful easiness. When we want to enable and support selforganization - 
>> we
>>
>> have to be role models for "less is more". I think, we facilitators
>> facilitating OST not for us. We do it for the people. Therefore my 
>> question
>> would not be "next generation OST", but rather next generation of
>> consciousness. Consciousness in terms of how to include the elegancy of 
>> OST
>> into ongoing or planned communication or transformation processes, the
>> consciousness of how to combine complementary methods and resources 
>> within
>> in a longer term process (also offline and online) and also the
>> consciousness in terms of what is our role as consultants/facilitators, 
>> if
>> we work with OST. If we step into the shoes of the people, we do not need 
>> a
>> next generation OST, we need humility for the miracles of OST and a 
>> personal
>>
>> inner demand for quality regarding well designed participatory
>> architectures.
>>
>> For me, OST has nothing to with trends. It simply touches the heart of
>> people and because it gives official permission for selforganization. For 
>> me
>>
>> its all about "back to the roots and forward to higher consciousness". I
>> deeply believe and feel, its all just the beginning - based on millions 
>> of
>> evolutionary open space years.
>>
>> So far my two morning cents,
>> Gabriela
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Holger Nauheimer (Change Facilitation)"
>> <holger at CHANGE-FACILITATION.ORG>
>> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:08 AM
>> Subject: Next Generation
>>
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> you might have seen my discussion inputs to the dropping knowledge
>> movement. That brings me to a point I would like to explore, together 
>> with
>> you. Our network is just starting a project on "Trends in Change
>> Facilitation", and the big question is "What's next?", or "Better,
>> something next?"
>>
>> Being myself an admirer of the power that an OS can unfold (and the
>> potential to transform organizations), I am still the old post-post-
>> modernist who asks himself: Is OS the end of a development we have just
>> embarked on, just in the tiny time span of 20 years, when OS, AI and
>> Future Search, and the principles of self-organization were discovered 
>> for
>> groups, more or less símultanously, and started to move the world - World
>> Cafe, as a latecomer 10 years ago - now Otto Scharmer shaking the trees,
>> or is it just the beginning, in the sense of "We've only just begun":
>>
>> We've only just begun to live,
>> White lace and promises
>> A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
>> And yes, We've just begun.
>>
>> Before the rising sun we fly,
>> So many roads to choose
>> We start our walking and learn to run.
>> And yes, We've just begun.
>>
>> Sharing horizons that are new to us,
>> Watching the signs along the way,
>> Talking it over just all of us,
>> Working together day to day
>> Together.
>>
>> And when the evening comes we smile,
>> So much of life ahead
>> We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
>> And yes, We've just begun.
>>
>> Words & Music by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
>> (I prefer the cover version of Curtis Mayfield, by the way)
>>
>> So, is OS the end of a long road or the start? Will OS be able to address
>> all questions of community and organization, and belongingness? Will we
>> need and want to experiment with it for a long time to come? Are there
>> issues/problems/potential solutions in the Global Village which demand
>> other methodologies? Has Open Space Online provided an answer on how to
>> further proceed the road? Or which other forms of global interaction will
>> we need to develop?
>>
>> Is there a right or wrong approach to attempt a healing of the broken
>> world?
>>
>> Waiting for answers, and for more questions.
>>
>>
>> Warm but inpatient regards
>> Holger Nauheimer
>>
>>
>> Change Facilitation s.r.o.
>> http://www.change-facilitation.org
>> Global Network for Exploring, Creating, and Celebrating Change.
>>
>>
>> Now available:
>> The Audio Version of The Change Management Toolbook
>> http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/res/audio.html
>>
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