[OSList] patterns in nature and open space

[Michael Herman]

hi chris, here are three:

i often suggest that open space is a process of cascading invitations...
the host/leader/sponsor/convener puts out an invitation, the people come
and get a little briefing.  then they post their own invitations, adding
detail to the original, and creating so many breakout conversations, where
they say a little bit about their topic and the conversations follow from
that.  then i think of the notes taken and shared as the next level of
detailing the prior invitations, and also new invitations to action.  some
of the actions will be something like "get people together to work on..."
giving rise to more invitations.

harrison used to have a slightly different spin on this, with the original
invite in the center and then lines arching out to next invitations, but
also some splitting off and stopping (where things got done, and finished).
 each new invitation sprung off more arching lines of action, some of them
finishing and some blooming into new invitations again.  the only copy of
this i have is something i drew a long time ago and can't open the file
anymore.

the other that comes to mind is the large group-small group, harrison
called it breathing, but i often call it pulsation.  think pulsation of
cells, that allows cells to divide, for instance.

m

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Michael Herman
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On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Amanda Bucklow <amanda at facilit8.com> wrote:

> indeed she did in her first major book Leadership the New Science. It was
> first published in 1994 and has been updated but the principles remain the
> same and definitely coherent with Open Space.
>
> Amanda
> On 15 Dec 2012, at 14:55, Cheryl Honey wrote:
>
> I suspect Meg Wheatley and her colleagues would have something to say
> about this.  Doesn’t she use these aspects to make correlations with
> self-organizing, which is an underlying principle of OST.****
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> Cheryl****
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Weaver
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:25 AM
> *To:* OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> *Subject:* [OSList] patterns in nature and open space****
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> Hi OSList,****
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> I am interested in ways that OST and other methodologies flow according to
> patterns that are present in living systems in nature (Some would use the
> term biomimicry).****
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> Do any of you have some specific examples from biology, ecology, and the
> like of natural patterns and systems that are in some way similar to OST?*
> ***
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> Thanks!****
> Chris****
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