Nexus of caring
Harrison Owen
hhowen at verizon.net
Thu Nov 20 07:07:13 PST 2008
I am not sure there is a new or different emphasis on "caring." Ever since
Open Space "began," so far as I know, the whole point was to be clear about
what you care for and take responsibility for it. What may be different in
Wave Rider is the central focus on Leadership which I understand to occur at
the crossing point of passion (caring) and responsibility. So if you are
going to talk about Leadership you have to talk a lot about caring,
responsibility, and the point where they cross -- which I call Nexus of
Caring.
Harrison
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Subject: Nexus of caring
Doug and Harrison,
Doug, I too have noticed the Man in the Hat using this "c" word, Care
occasionally and have wondering what all this "c" talk is about.
Harrison, er, care to elaborate?
or will the professional storyteller in you rear his (delightful?) head
again and plead the fifth...again?
appreciatively,
raffi
Harrison--
In Wave Rider (which I just finished reading this morning) you seemed to
make a point of emphasizing caring more than in prior books. Is it just
me, or was this on purpose?
If this is an increased emphasis on caring, passion, conflict and
voluntary self-selection, what led you to this new emphasis?
:- Doug.
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>From Thu Nov 20 20:35:24 2008
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:35:24 +0100
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Dear colleagues,
today we had day 1 of the Wave Rider Program here in Berlin. 23 people
from Switzerland, Belarus, Russia, France, Denmark and Germany showed
up. We spend the whole day together exploring the theme "The Meaning of
High Performance and Why We Fail to Reach it." Harrison was literally
present in our thoughts and talks. Saving the time of Harrisons
presentation opened the opportunity for one more break out session. 19
issues were posted 16 reports stranded in the inbox. All filled with
useful stuff. It was fun!
Tomorrow we continue with the theme: "The Gifts of Self Organization as
the Way to High Performance." and Friday with "The Way of the Wave
Rider: Creating the conditions for High Performance for Individuals and
Organizations."
Greetings from Berlin
Jo
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www.boscop.org
+++ ACHTUNG +++ ACHTUNG +++
"Wave Rider - Leadership for High Performance"
vom 20. bis 22. November 2008
http://www.boscop.org/event/show/563
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>From Thu Nov 20 23:17:04 2008
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Hi Jo, and Dear Wave-riding collegues - way to go!
We can feel the energy all the way here - preparing for our turn end of next
week. Today I finished an in house OS-training with 11 people - mostly
leaders from municipalities in the region and some from Universities. Seems
they had quite a few a'has regarding the power of selforganization and the
potential in people - and they had a great time...
Please keep us posted!
Warm regards
Thomas Herrmann prep committee of OSI Sweden
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Dear colleagues,
today we had day 1 of the Wave Rider Program here in Berlin. 23 people
from Switzerland, Belarus, Russia, France, Denmark and Germany showed
up. We spend the whole day together exploring the theme "The Meaning of
High Performance and Why We Fail to Reach it." Harrison was literally
present in our thoughts and talks. Saving the time of Harrisons
presentation opened the opportunity for one more break out session. 19
issues were posted 16 reports stranded in the inbox. All filled with
useful stuff. It was fun!
Tomorrow we continue with the theme: "The Gifts of Self Organization as
the Way to High Performance." and Friday with "The Way of the Wave
Rider: Creating the conditions for High Performance for Individuals and
Organizations."
Greetings from Berlin
Jo
--
Jo Toepfer, boscop eg
Dolziger Str. 40, 10247 Berlin
++49-30-42018000
www.boscop.org
+++ ACHTUNG +++ ACHTUNG +++
"Wave Rider - Leadership for High Performance"
vom 20. bis 22. November 2008
http://www.boscop.org/event/show/563
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>From Thu Nov 20 20:57:17 2008
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Harrison and Raffi--
I am intrigued by your (physical?) placement of the nexus of caring at
that intersection. I do not recall seeing that in precisely those terms
in Wave Rider. This gives a different slant on the matter to my eye.
I was reading the word caring as a synonym for passion, but that very
change seems to have placed a new emphasis on it for me. If this is not
a new emphasis in OS, it is new wording which gives us a new perch from
which to observe.
It at least gives us language that speaks to a different part of our
heart-mind. Passion seems to carry some baggage that caring does not.
Caring points to something I heard in Andrew Harvey recently: he advises
people to "follow your heart-break."
There is more depth, perhaps in caring than in passion.
:- Doug.
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 10:07 -0500, Harrison Owen wrote:
> I am not sure there is a new or different emphasis on "caring." Ever since
> Open Space "began," so far as I know, the whole point was to be clear about
> what you care for and take responsibility for it. What may be different in
> Wave Rider is the central focus on Leadership which I understand to occur at
> the crossing point of passion (caring) and responsibility. So if you are
> going to talk about Leadership you have to talk a lot about caring,
> responsibility, and the point where they cross -- which I call Nexus of
> Caring.
>
> Harrison
>
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Drive
> Potomac, Maryland 20854
> Phone 301-365-2093
> Skype hhowen
> Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
> Personal website www.ho-image.com
> OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the
> archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Raffi
> Aftandelian
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:20 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Nexus of caring
>
> Doug and Harrison,
>
> Doug, I too have noticed the Man in the Hat using this "c" word, Care
> occasionally and have wondering what all this "c" talk is about.
>
> Harrison, er, care to elaborate?
>
> or will the professional storyteller in you rear his (delightful?) head
> again and plead the fifth...again?
>
> appreciatively,
> raffi
>
> Harrison--
>
> In Wave Rider (which I just finished reading this morning) you seemed to
> make a point of emphasizing caring more than in prior books. Is it just
> me, or was this on purpose?
>
> If this is an increased emphasis on caring, passion, conflict and
> voluntary self-selection, what led you to this new emphasis?
>
> :- Doug.
>
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