[OSList] Opening Space for Innovation

Harrison Owen hhowen at verizon.net
Mon Mar 4 08:34:04 PST 2013


David - How nice to see you here on OSLIST! And I surely hope you will get
some of the stories you are looking for. But turnaround is fair play, I
think J I do know some the neat things you have been doing for and with
Perkins - but it seems to me that you were remarkably reserved (shy?
reticent?) in telling your own story! Pushing the envelope in terms of OS
experience in work environments - that is more than (in addition to) simply
"doing an event" - is absolutely key to our next level of learning, I think.
And you have a lot to tell us!

 

And not incidentally this sort of conversation is a central part of what I
hope will be a rich and rewarding encounter at WOSONOS in Florida this May.
I don't think you have ever been to a WOSONOS - which is our annual global
gathering of OS folks, at least those who care to come. Last year it was in
London, and the year before in Santiago - but this year it is right in your
(our) back yard - well a little bit south. 

 

You will find all the information at: http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com So
tell us YOUR story and bring your friends. Undoubtedly you will find a
receptive and reciprocal audience.

 

Harrison

 

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Subject: [OSList] Opening Space for Innovation

 


Hi everyone...

My name is David Morgan. I have been practicing Open Space Technology since
a year or so before my attendance at the Practice of Peace event on Whidbey
Island, Washington, November 2003. I remember the magic of that event, with
about 130 people. I met Harrison outside in the rain in his blue jeans,
cowboy hat and smoking his pipe. I met some wonderful people that day; Anne
Stadler who, it turns out I am related to from way back, Lisa Heft,
Gabrielle Shirley, Peggy Holman and many others...

For many years I have run industrial companies. For the past 8-years I have
run a product company for a major non-profit, Perkins School for the Blind.
I have been blessed to be able to apply the principles of self-organization
and Open space to drive innovation and organizational change. We have been
changing the face of education for the blind and how children learn braille
- developing new product and driving innovation in education and product
development.

I am reaching out to this community to solicit stories from Open Space.
Stories which reflect the use of Open Space Technology to drive innovation,
product development, or organizational change...

Do you have or know of someone who has used open space in facilitate
innovation, new product development, or organizational change? If so, I'd
love to hear your stories...

Thanks so much. Warmest regards.

David Morgan
Ties_dm at yahoo.com





 

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