[OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute U.S.

[paul levy via OSList]

Harrison

I have a different experience. I think it takes two seconds to do that
unlearning. Just open space gently and without fuss. The assumptions we
make about "unlearning" become a self-fulfilling prophecy when we string it
out to two days and stick those curse words "workshop" or "course@ to the
invite. We can learn suddenly and spectacularly and unlearning comes just
as easy if we get the hell out of the way of ourselves and others.

There is a more profound reason to get together for two days though:  not
to unlearn but to hang out together for the sheer joy of that and to SHARE
learning.

Warm wishes

Paul
On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Paul – Good to see you! And I was struck with your question… “How can it
> possibly take 2 days to "teach"
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> OST and why would anyone ever want to teach it anyway ?” In my experience
> it certainly does not take 2 days to “teach” Open Space. BUT it does seem
> to take two days to get even a minimal start on un-learning all the stuff
> we thought we knew about working together – All the stuff that clogs up our
> space so that working becomes difficult and sometimes impossible.
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> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
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> Behalf Of *paul levy via OSList
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2016 7:06 AM
> *To:* Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute
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>  A few more questions ...
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> Warm wishes
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> Why are we still calling OST a technology ?
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> Why is the LAW of two feel a law ?
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> If the "principles" are not prescriptions but descriptions why are they
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> How can it possibly take 2 days to "teach"
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> OST and why would anyone ever want to teach it anyway ?
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> Why do OST "elders" on the OS list keep advocating dogmatic views about
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> What if one less thing to do was facilitation ?
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> How could OSI begin a humble inquiry into new and valuable ways of opening
> space? And learn from them ?
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> What questions do we need to ask that cannot be formed into latinised
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> Where is open space technology when the world needs to open space most -
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> On Monday, 18 July 2016, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','oslist at lists.openspacetech.org');>> wrote:
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> Dear People of Open Space:
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> The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has been "holding space for open
> space" since at least 1997. It's origins lie in the summer of 1996, 20
> years ago. In the beginnings, there were many serious conversations in the
> community as to the role and mission of such an institute, and that role
> has certainly evolved over the years. The board has determined it is time
> for us to revisit our mission and role, and especially to invite and trust
> the rest of the community refresh and renew our purpose.
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> Rather than have a mission statement, we hope instead to have a mission
> question. Or series of questions. What are the most valuable and alive
> questions for our community right now, and for the foreseeable future?
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> To start the "question storming", here are some questions that have been
> reportedly asked deeply within our community in the early days:
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> What is Open Space Technology?
> What is Open Space?
> What is Space?
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> And here are some practical questions that would help guide the OSI-US's
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> How can the OSI-US best support our community?
> How can we best work together with the community to co-create a broad and
> diverse circle of people holding space for open space?
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>     Thanks!
>     Harold Shinsato
>     on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute, U.S.
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> Harold Shinsato
> harold at shinsato.com
> http://shinsato.com
> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
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