[OSList] Reflections and an Invitation

[Chris Corrigan]

Thanks Harrison for these reflections from the Maine coast.  I have given up on the power of the convened conference to make the changes that are needed in the world.  Copenhagen was the final straw in that line of thought.  Big meetings aren't going to change things.  Instead billions of small and connected conversations, self-organizing their own insights and futures, hanging together and learning how to deal with the new reality and then sharing their stories with others.  This is the power of the web and the social architectures that surround us now: we are all potential authors of our future and present states.  None of us are innocent bystanders anymore, and thus we all have a stake in creating the solutions that are needed for the myriad acute problems thrown at us from the present moment.

OST is a gift in this sense, but beyond that, it gives us a sense of how it feels to work in that unfamiliar, strange and ultimately empowering way.  OST points the way to a skillful and hair-raising way to address the emerging future.  

In working with clients these days I make sure that they aren't in love with the idea that their big Open Space is going to change the world.  It's not.  But it might activate enough leadership that a community or organization ends up finding a way out of whatever pickle they are in.  Come to this gathering...you are invited to start something, and who knows where it will go...

Much love to you my friend, and my friends.

Chris

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On 2011-08-28, at 8:09 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> While waiting for Irene – she has now come and largely gone – but the waiting went on for a week or so. And in that time I started to write a note to myself. That note took on a life of its own and led me to some places I have been pondering, but never quite reached. I shared it with a few friends and they seemed to enjoy. So I make bold to offer it to you my friends on OSLIST. I guess that is appropriate, for the note has a lot to do with Open Space, our collective learning, and where we might go from here. Actually it is an invitation… and if curious go to:
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