OS for research planning

[Andrew Rixon]

Hi Bo,

I have used OST in several instances with scientists. All with great
results. Any scientist worth his salt (or pepper) will appreciate that
science is not just a product of logic and rationale, but is also one of
creativity, passion and spirit. (Even though science is too often expressed
(ie: in terms of peer-journals and presentations) without an appreciation of
this fact).

Some example themes have been:

Theme:

Important challenges facing our cities now and into the future

"How can complex systems approaches help us? The Issues and Opportunities"

Theme:

"How can we do our science and business development with even greater
impact: The Issues and Opportunities"

Not sure if this helps, but might give you a starting place.

Warm regards,
Andrew

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bo Laurent [mailto:bo at bolaurent.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2007 1:15 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: OS for research planning

> I imagine OST has been used in a lot of research, but am not sure
> what you mean by 'scientific research'.
> Do you mean positivist or something like methodical enquiry?
>

The task for the conference is to bring together bench scientists,
clinicians, patients and families to generate ideas for novel
collaborations and novel research projects that can (afterward) be
turned into proposals for funding under the National Institutes of
Health's Orphan Diseases Project.

I'm looking for examples in which OS has been used by scientists as
part of the work of doing science (not examples in which scientists
have examined OS).

The reason I want this is to demonstrate the utility to the scientists
who will choose OS as a method for this conference, and to the
scientists who will determine to fund this conference (or not) and to
the scientists who will be invited to attend. All of them are likely
to be more persuaded of the utility of OS if they see examples in
which their peers have successfully used OS, than by examples in
social justice, conflict, human development, etc.

Best,

Bo

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