[OSList] New Tales from Open Space? (was:Re: Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly")
Koos de Heer
koos at auryn.nl
Mon Aug 13 10:49:54 PDT 2012
Hi Artur,
Great idea!
I would think we might make it not just a text
and picture thing. There are also some very
valuable accounts of succesful Open Space
meetings in video. So how about finding a form
that would accomodate also video (and maybe audio) reports?
Koos
At 17:09 13-8-2012, Artur Silva wrote:
>A second though on this.
>
>I was really impressed by the candid mail from
>Suzanne and by all the cases she mentioned.
>
>After some time, I have felt that the
>international OST community was in need of same
>recent success stories and other uses of OST around the world.
>
>The "Tales from Open Space" that Harrison edited
>is from 1995 and can no longer be considered as
>"recent cases" that one can present to prospect sponsors.
>
>And the recent stories are dispersed and no one
>has access to the majority of them.
>
>I wonder if we could not consider the possibility of
>
>1) Each of us makes available on this thread (or
>elsewhere) some more recent applications of OST
>around the world. (This can be long papers or very small accounts).
>
>2) Someone do some editing on that and make it
>available as an e-book with the most interesting
>and complementar stories in different countries
>and types of customers. (As you have already
>begun that, are you interested in doing this editing, Suzanne?)
>
>3) Eventually, as it happened with the French
>e-book, which Christine Koehler pioneered and
>edited, this e-book can later be more
>consolidated and published has a real book of
>"New Tales on Open Space" (we could continue to
>use the green front page, but probably a more
>clear green - at least in my country, clear green is the color of hope)
>
>This would be very useful as I am more and more
>convinced that OST (and other forms of
>unconferences) will have a very important role
>in the organizational and societal
>transformation that will surely happen in the
>next few years (is already happening, I mean).
>
>What do others think about this? Shall we discuss this in the London WOSonOS?
>
>Warm regards
>
>Artur
>
>
>
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>
>
>From: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
>To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
><oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
>
>Marvelous, Susanne. Thank you.
>
>The document from Jorge Amigo is of special
>interest to me, and I will ask him if he will be
>so kind to send me a copy in a separate mail.
>
>See you in London
>
>Hugs
>
>Artur
>
>
>From: Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
>To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
><oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:01 PM
>Subject: [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>WOSonOS London - October 2012... I registered
>but I have not yet purchased my plane ticket or
>made hotel reservations. I made the decision
>with my heart, impulsive and intuitive, and not
>my head (Can I justify and afford another trip
>to yet another part of the world?). As I have
>been hanging out with this decision all summer,
>a bit like a butterfly, I was reminded today
>about all that I love about Open Space and how
>much it has transformed my life.
>
>This week is but a sampling of the life bounty
>that has come my way because of Open Space. As I
>write this, I am setting my strategic and
>analytical self aside to whole-heartedly and
>vulnerably celebrate how wonderful is this community of Open Space.
>
>This week I got an email missive from Alan
>Stewart, my dear Brit friend who I met in Taiwan
>in 2009, who resided before in Hong Kong and now
>lives in Australia. He was sharing his recent
>invitations and proposals to the
><http://conversare.net/>Conversare process that
>he conceived a while back, which seems to be
>such a natural social complement of Open Space
>-- "strangers coming together in conversation".
>Such passion, vision and commitment -- a hero's
>journey that Alan is on to bring conversation
>back into the fabric of our everyday lives
>everywhere. He is such a special friend!
>
>Christine Koehler of Paris and the gang who
>published the first French EBook
>(<http://www.forum-ouvert.fr/>Livre Blanc) were
>also emailing back and forth this week with more exciting plans ahead.
>
>And then yesterday, I received a wonderful
>summary document (in Spanish) from Jorge Amigo
>in Chile who I had met at WOSonOS. He was
>replying to my request for more information on
>the series of Open Space events that he had
>facilitated in a major bank a number of years
>ago. The Bank President had described this work
>as "Revolutionary", in the way of a "Radical
>Democracy" that had been "critical to the
>success of their bank". In one year, 3000
>employees (45% of their population) participated
>in 19 Open Space events, generating 320 reports
>that led to about 1500 proposals for innovation.
>I was hypnotized by all that Jorge shared. I
>could see that passion and responsibility were
>vibrantly present in the way he engaged with
>this client which became infectious. Today, I
>also count Jorge as a dear friend!
>
>Another email this afternoon, this one from
>Harold Shinsato, who I first met at Sleeping
>Lady in Washington State, where I also met
>Harrison Owen. Harold's email is bubbling over
>with excitement and gratitude (recent
>happenings, upcoming event, some great books
>mixed in with a joyous celebration of our
>friendship). Every month, we meet by phone with
>others who are part of
><http://osius.org/content/about> OSI US (Open
>Space Institute). Our meetings are in the
>spirit of Open Space, holding and sharing space,
>while taking care of business. These live voice
>conference call conversations are so precious
>and now we are just bursting with the idea that
>more people could join in, to share what is
>happening in their world around Open Space. We
>have plans to make this happen using Maestro
>Conference. It is on our list of projects for this year.
>
>And then mid-afternoon today, Skype alerts me to
>a message. It is from Arun Wakhlu in India, who
>I met through Peggy Holman. That's all it took,
>a short email introduction and there we were on
>Skype a number of month moons ago -- total
>strangers connecting from India to Florida,
>talking virtually as if we had known each other
>a lifetime. Arun was planning a Global Gathering
>in Caux Switzerland in July 2012. Part of it
>would be in Open Space, the East inviting the
>West in shared leadership, igniting a movement
>to co-create Oneness in the World by exploring
>how to integrate universal values into the
>fields of Economy, Environment and Education.
>Today I received these links of a beautiful
>event that will live powerfully in the heads and
>hearts of those who attended. Its spirit will
>also live on as many share stories, photos and
>the essence of what happened there. I invite you
>to check this out.
><http://onewholesomeworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/global-gathering-on-one-wholesome-world/>Global
>Gathering with
><https://plus.google.com/photos/110110336913856642322/albums/5773493871430882225?banner=pwa&authkey=CJrty-zImt2F3QE>Pictures!
>Enjoy!
>
>I celebrate all this with you, overwhelmed with
>gratitude as the newbie I still feel myself to
>be in this wonderful community of Open Space.
>Twenty-six years ago, Harrison had this idea of
>Open Space Technology and he opened the space
>for others to join, create and co-create -- he
>did not monetize, franchise or certify.
>Because of this, thousands upon thousands of
>people are experiencing the magic of friendship,
>of freedom, of choice, of courage and of
>engaging fully in life to make a difference.
>I have met so many precious friends all over the
>world since 2009 -- something that never would
>have happened if not for Open Space. What also
>would not have happened is me writing this to
>you. I remember how scared I was to press the
>infamous “send†button when I first joined the OS list.
>I looked at the veterans of Open Space, those
>who seemed so much wiser and smarter than me and
>I held back. But then when I met many of them
>in person, I got to see the generous spirit,
>deep humanity and perfectly imperfect
>vulnerability of who they are and through them,
>I saw a bit of my own greatness.
>So my dear colleagues and friends, on these
>final Olympic Days, I hope that you will do as I
>did in the past and impulsively make the journey
>to WOSonOS. Then maybe this butterfly will turn
>into a bee, generating the extra money that will
>take me to London in October to meet many of you!
>
>Cheers,
>Suzanne
>--
>Suzanne Daigle
>NuFocus Strategic Group
>7159 Victoria Circle
>University Park, FL 34201
>FL 941-359-8877;
>CT 203-722-2009
><http://www.nufocusgroup.com/>www.nufocusgroup.com
><mailto:s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com>s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
>twitter @suzannedaigle
>
>
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