[OSList] Leadership vs management

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Dan,
in my "real" world there is at least one documented example thats been 
going on for 13 years now that appears to be pretty much what you see in 
an "ideal" world.
Its been written up in German and brought into english, polish, french, 
spanish and chinese versions, all six versions in one ebook.
Look here
Practicing Open Space - E-book
Our first ten years
> http://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation
also available via amazon

Here is how it is announced in the online shop of the publisher

It is no longer a secret that Open Space events are pure joy.
Set up in a jiffy, these events turn the traditional way of working and 
leading upside down. And in regard to productivity and action 
orientation there is nothing better under the sun. How do we know? Well, 
we have worked with Open Space Technology for decades now and seen the 
effects.
Thanks to Hans-Georg Wicke and the National Agency Youth in Germany, we 
now have a detailed report on what happens if you go beyond one 
solitary, stand-alone Open Space event. He describes the sustained 
transformation of working and living in the organization as Open Space 
Technology is used over a decade, several times a year, invading every 
nook and cranny of the Agency.
As dictated structure, external control and traditional leading are 
reduced, selforganisation can more freely unfold, bringing into play the 
vast resources of everyone involved in the Agency. Without consulting 
firms that cost a lot of money and have no lasting effect, organizations 
evolve resilient structures and processes that equip them to navigate in 
a sea of constant change. And they do this on their own.

We invite you to read this slim report if you are searching for a truly 
productive workplace in which everyone happily invests in cooperation 
and joint leadership… in hospitals, IT-businesses, foundations, unions, 
industrial production plants, NGOs… in any business and organization.
And: Be Prepared to be Surprised.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 03.02.2014 18:48, Daniel Mezick wrote:
> "Leadership" identifies and clarifies the direction to move in.
>
> "Management" makes a plan to get movement & momentum in that direction.
>
> In an ideal world, the open space provides all the Leadership (self
> organized) and all the Management (self organized) that is needed.
>
> In the real world, the open space is seldom allowed to provide either.
>
> Well, OK then: Let's just give it a little time...the pace of change is
> unrelenting.
>
> There is a trend, there is a wave...we are on it.
>
> There is nothing for us to do.
>
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