[OSList] OST: T for Technology

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

Some folks do not consider open space to be a 'technology', hence the 
reference to 'dumb'...

I am clueless: What is the origin story of the term "Open Space Technology?"

Does Japanese journalism play a role in this story? I heard maybe ...

On 5/5/15 3:16 AM, John Baxter wrote:
> 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
>
> Cheers
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> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList 
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org 
> <mailto: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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