[OSList] OST: T for Technology

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

Greetings All,

We say "Open Space Technology".


So: Is Open Space "culture technology?" If so, maybe that "T" for 
technology is not so misplaced, after all...

...maybe not so much of a joke, after all ?




Culture Tech


If we look at the so-called "liberating structures" such as World Cafe, 
Fishbowl, OST, we can see these are generally grouped together under 
this "liberating structures" banner.

Many of them are designs for /gatherings/ (aka "meetings" in some 
locales...)

I think the "liberating structures" such as World Cafe, Fishbowl, OST 
are actually, and in fact: "culture technology."

To this culture-tech list, we may safely add: Scrum. Sociocracy. Core 
Protocols.

And culture technology wants to be /free/.

And so I've written a little essay on that, you can see it here:

Culture Technology Wants To Be Free
https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5



So maybe the T in OST is not so dumb, after all?

Daniel


Related Links:

Scrum Guide
http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

Sociocratic Norms
http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/

Core Protocols
http://liveingreatness.com/



PS. The Core Protocols folks, Michele & Jim McCarthy, call their stuff 
"software for your head." My current belief is that all 
culture-technologies (like OST for example?) are in fact 'software for 
your head."

PSS. (Sidebar question: My understanding is that a Japanese journalist 
coined this "OST" term and it stuck. What is the origin story of this 
term? Where can it be found on the web?)



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