[OSList] OST: T for Technology

[John Baxter via OSList]

Daniel
I must have missed the memo where it was decided that 'Technology' was dumb
: )

I personally use 'social technology', but the language we use to define
objects in the social/cultural/information world is very nebulous... I
guess because our conceptualisation is unclear.

Interesting article

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On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>  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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>
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>
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>
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