[OSList] Open Spaces research

Mon Nov 17 04:36:16 PST 2014

that is very helpful to read. with two fellow facilitators we are just
writing a wikipedia article on facilitation in polish, so this exchange
comes in very handy :)
thank you so much!

karolina.

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On 15 November 2014 15:12, Artur Silva via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Brian:
>
> I agree with Harrison that Academia tends to avoid the subject of OST. But
> this can also be seen as an opportunity for your Institute ;-)
>
> Nevertheless this community has been able to find some quotable references
> (other than Harrison's books and papers). You can see them here: OpenSpaceWorld:
> ResearchActivities
> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?ResearchActivities>
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>    OpenSpaceWorld: ResearchActivities
> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?ResearchActivities>
> Academic Research on Open Space Technology Thanks to [LarryPeterson] and
> [LisaHeft] for finding most of these research papers focusing on Open Space
> Technology see also:
>      View on *www.openspaceworld.org*
> <http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?ResearchActivities>
>  Preview by Yahoo
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>         In what concerns Portugal, I have only heard of a PhD using OST
> (or similar) in a context of blended learning. At least a paper has been
> published: Isabel Pereira, Antonio Dias Figueiredo, 2010, Extending open
> space technology for blended learning, 10th IEEE International Conference
> on Advanced Learning Technologies.
>
> You may find the paper at “academia.edu” searching for the 2nd Author.
>
> Regards
>
> Artur
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Harrison Owen via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *To:* 'Bryan Rill' <blrill at me.com>; 'World wide Open Space Technology
> email list' <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 14, 2014 2:32 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Open Spaces research
>
> Brian... Nice to hear from you. And, as you already know or will shortly
> find out, solid research regarding Open Space is in very short supply. For
> reasons best known to itself, Academe has assiduously avoided the subject.
> With the exception of a few dissertations, all good and useful to be sure,
> there has never been (to the best of my knowledge) any serious, peer
> reviewed research. Odd, to say the least. I do have my suspicions as to the
> rationale, or lack thereof...but it is pretty much virgin territory with
> lots of rich findings just waiting for discovery.
>
> What Academe has chosen to ignore has not gone unnoticed, and I don’t
> think it would be stretching a point to say that OSLIST, this funny old
> listserve, is in fact a multiyear research conference conducted by the
> folks who know it best – the practitioners of Open Space from all over the
> world. It may not observe the standard protocols -- random, double blind
> studies and such -- but the discussion is rigorous and quite often heated.
> Lots to look at.
>
> And if you will forgive a personal note, you might check out my last book,
> “Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self Organizing World” It
> struck me some years ago that Open Space sets itself up very nicely as a
> Natural Experiment. We have clearly defined experimental pre-conditions, a
> standard process, with comparable outcomes. As a Natural Experiment, the
> standard controls are largely absent, however in the way of natural
> experiments, very large numbers tend to make up for this lack. In the case
> of Open Space, there have been roughly 300,000 iterations of the
> experiment, conducted in 146 countries over 29 years. The book is
> essentially my “Final Report.” The personal biases are obvious, but I think
> the data is pretty strong. Enjoy.
>
> Harrison
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> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Bryan Rill via OSList
> *Sent:* Friday, November 14, 2014 12:34 AM
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> *Subject:* [OSList] Open Spaces research
>
> Dear Harrison and other Open Spacers,
>
> I would like introduce myself and make a request regarding research into
> the efficacy of Open Spaces.
>
> My name is Bryan, and I recently founded the Co-Creation Institute at the
> Hong Kong Polytechnic University. CCI, as we call it here, is a space to
> facilitate personal and organizational transformation, with a strong base
> in presence and reflective dialogue. Our objective is to create new
> cultures of innovation that combine interactive environments with
> co-creative facilitation. I invite you to explore our program, but more
> importantly I would like to know more about existing research. Co-Creation
> and presence training will benefit from empirical research, and I am now
> looking for related research projects to inspect the methodology, issues
> raised, and future directions that we may push.
>
> Open Spaces integrates many of the principles that we draw inspiration
> from, and I am planning on implementing it as a framework within CCI. While
> I have read many discussions and the text on Open spaces, I would like to
> find out more about how others have conducted research. If anyone has such
> information, please contact me any time. Our program would benefit from
> your experience.
>
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Bryan Rill, PhD
> Director, Co-Creation Institute
> Hong Kong Polytechnic University
> School of Design
> brrill at polyu.edu.hk
> www.co-creationinstitute.com
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