4 July: 25 years of Open Space

[Kas Neteler]

Hi OST Community,

I am just back from WOS on OS in Berlin. Still a little groggy, but wanting
to chime in.

I am new to OST -- less than a year's worth of my own perspectives on the
methodology.  In the spirit of "yes/and" I would like to offer that YES I
may be new, AND "the project" should be friendly to all levels of experience
within the OST Community.

"The project" -- I hestiate to call it a book at this point-- maybe a "road
map" or an "outline" or a "catalog"... or not catagorizing it for a while
;-) One of the themes that continually comes up for me is the rush to
creating meaning. In my mind, I like the idea of putting  (working
title): *"Open
Space Technology: Perspectives from the first 25 Years"* into the community
and seeing what stories emerge. Then ... only then, clustering those
ideas/stories and then discovering the emergent themes and presenting those
stories under those themes. Then as a community, or at least, those
interested in working on the project, coming together to organize and
explore the next steps... I would be interested in being a part of the
self-organizing team that gently facilitates this process.

I look forward to hearing feedback and seeing where this conversation goes.

All the best --> Kas Neteler




On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Doc -- this is kind of fun. Given my use of that awful word "fact" the
> presumption seems to be that feelings and emotions are somehow excluded. In
> my world feelings and emotions are the facts of life. And what I was
> driving
> at is the suggestion that The Book (electronic or whatever) should not be
> saying how wonderful Open Space might be -- but rather create the
> environment in which that wonder becomes self evident. Which is what all
> good stories and storytellers do, I think.
>
> Harrison
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> In fewer words :), I agree with much of Suzanne's sentiment.
>
> When I suggested compiling a book, it was the stories I was thinking
> of, the experiences and feelings and revelations, not the facts.
>
> If anyone else is interested in pursuing this project, please let me
> know. I'd be happy to be a shepherd for this.
>
> I'm looking for facilitators' stories, participants' stories,
> sponsors' stories, organizations' stories: their skepticism, their
> understanding, their feelings before/during/after, the impact of the
> event on an organization, and so on.
>
> What about it?
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Kas Neteler
MBA, Sustainable Enterprise
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"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the universe." ~ John Muir

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