[OSList] Research OST

Sun Feb 26 23:32:14 PST 2017

Hi Brigitt,What if you could collect stories of what happens after the OST meetings? Both from participants and non-participants in the System, and how they experience a possible relation to the meetings?  Might bring interesting insights. I would love to hear your stories.Good luck with your research,
Tonnie van der ZouwenProfessor Sustainable Working and Organising Avans University of Applied Sciences.

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Van: Harrison Owen via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 
Datum: 26-02-17  20:03  (GMT+01:00) 
Aan: 'Birgitt Williams' <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>, 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 
Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Research OST 

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-->Brigitt – I think you are doing quite well. Keep going! Possible hypotheses to be tested: Learning as a self organizing phenomenon: Do Kids do better in Open Space?Project design – A self organizing reality? --  Will you do better, faster in Open Space?Organizational Planning: When the Whole System is in the room and self organizing – Do we Fly? ???????.....Just for a beginning. ho  Winter Address7808 River Falls Dr.Potomac, MD 20854301-365-2093 Summer Address189 Beaucauire AveCamden, ME 04843207 763-3261 Websiteswww.openspaceworld.comwww.ho-image.com From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Birgitt Williams via OSList
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 11:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Research OST thank you Harrison for simplifying what is and is not OST for researchers. I would be pleased if you (and others of course) would be willing to add more of a picture for what researchers could be looking for/measuring. It has always been a puzzle to me as to how we could do a good job of the research. Those of us who work with/experience OST know that-it works every time-outcomes beyond what is expected occur including an experience of self leadership, shared vision, exceptional communications, self management including efficient use of personal energy/wisdom/learning/contributing-quantity of discussions that take place is much greater than people think can be possible-quality of discussions is much greater How do we put this into a research design so that we can capture the narrative from a research perspective?  And not to miss out on the other important aspects of 'does it make a difference that matters?' in the long run I realize that some will feel there is no point to doing this research. Maybe there is not. And yet I so love OST as a meeting method, I know it has made so much difference in the world, and I believe that there is an important step that will be valuable which is to capture the research about OST before the variations on it cloud the picture more than is already happening. This may not be possible. Research is not my strong point ....I am a story teller at heart and understand the importance of story as evidence....and yet I know that story is still considered soft science, or at art, outside of the realm of hard science.Peaceful Sunday to all,Birgitt On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:14 AM Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:Sorry. Misunderstood. My point for the researchers is simple – a) Insure that the essential experimental conditions are present. (real issue, voluntary attendance, massive complexity, similar diversity, decision time of yesterday) b) Follow procedure (Circle Bulletin board, market place, go to work) –  Then open  your eyes, take out pencils cameras, recorders and have at it. Useful topics will overwhelm. --- Efficiency effectiveness compared to “standard procedures, resolution of conflict, personal growth and development, learning potential and on and on. Have fun! ho  Winter Address7808 River Falls Dr.Potomac, MD 20854301-365-2093 Summer Address189 Beaucauire AveCamden, ME 04843207 763-3261 Websiteswww.openspaceworld.comwww.ho-image.com From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Birgitt Williams via OSList
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Research OST Harrison---the point I was making is about research. If the research is based on going down the path of proving self organization, it is not as valuable to making the case for OST as OST works! It simply works, is useful, creates results. BirgittOn Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:16 PM Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:Birgitt – I guess we differ. Proving that self organization works is about as useful as proving that oxygen works for breathing. Seems to. And are there other things going on in Open Space apart from self organization? Absolutely. Or perhaps not at all. Just life. ho Winter Address7808 River Falls Dr.Potomac, MD 20854301-365-2093 Summer Address189 Beaucauire AveCamden, ME 04843207 763-3261 Websiteswww.openspaceworld.comwww.ho-image.com From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Birgitt Williams via OSList
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:28 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email listSubject: Re: [OSList] Research OST Great summary Harrison of what is OST and what is not OST. it is a significant challenge to find what is actually an OST meeting. One of the reasons I created our workshop Working With OST is to make that distinction very clear to all who participate with us. OST facilitated well requires understanding the essence of what is created...and never as the facilitator violating that essence. People have referred to me as a 'purist' and that is fine by me. I believe in OST just as you created it. I do not believe in the variations having the same outcomes. When something is added before OST or after OST, they are not OST...and helping a group of people be absolutely clear when the actual OST begins and when it ends is part of what we are very careful about. We have developed a complimentary method, Whole Person Process Facilitation, to use when OST is not the right method...and yet is based on as little intervention as possible, and creating 'maximum choice, maximum freedom' to the degree possible. Unfortunately, after the meetings, people will say 'we want another one of those open space meetings. They feel that the space is open and like to refer to it that way. I cannot do anything about this conclusion that people make, and it is not OST. I also think that a disservice was done when OST was being looked at from the lens of 'self organizing', one lens that applies certainly, and not the only one...and in my perspective a rather limited one. The reason I say this is a disservice is that too much effort was spent proving that self organizing works, instead of proving through research and other means, that OST works. Having a clean hypothesis about OST as a useful, productive method that achieves incredible results is more valuable that proving it works for some particular reason. My two cents on the subject,Birgitt On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:05 PM Harrison Owen via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:One of the questions I find myself asking of various "researchers," -- What,
exactly, are you looking at?

Open Space has wandered and permutated globally, and taken 30+ years doing
that. So lots of times the "Open Space" people say they are looking at
(researching) has nothing to do with anything that I might call OST.
Needless to say I don't own, but I did coin the phrase -- and arguably, I've
spent more time fussing with OST than anybody else. Alternatives,
Variations, Permutations are not wrong, bad, or immoral -- but are not OST.
And in research "facts" do matter. Despite our current (US) administration.
So for me, if you a going to do research on Open Space Technology (OST) --
it  really needs to be done "by the book." The Book being, "Open Space
Technology: A User's Guide 3rd Edition (Berrett- Koehler, 2008)" I might
consider that the "Lab Book."

The experimental procedure is clearly laid out.

The "event" will be convened around an issue people seriously care about
(Real issue - not pretend, made up, chosen at random).

All participants will come in response to a Real Invitation. One they can
refuse. No coercion. All are present because they choose to be there.

Once present, participants will be invited to sit in a circle, create a
bulletin board of the issues they care about, and the open a market place to
make/confirm the times and places of meeting.

The Facilitator will be present only at the beginning (1st 15 min.) and
appear again only at the end (of the day or program). In other words, The
facilitator will NEVER intervene. NEVER. Picking up coffee cups is
appropriate. Otherwise, being "present and invisible" -- is the rule.

Anything else... "Variants, Twists, Tweaks -- whatever ... is not OST. Could
be great. May be fantastic. But it ain't OST.

And when it comes to "results" the "researcher" might check "Wave Rider:
Leadership for High Performance in a Self Organizing World." That would be
my best effort at a Final Report for the 30 year experiment. Which doesn't
make it perfect, right or anything special. But it might be a place to
start.

Harrison

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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of
Hege Steinsland via OSList
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:54 AM
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Subject: [OSList] Research OST

Hello.
I`m working on an article about the experience with OST in Norwegian work-
places, in particular municipalities.
I wonder if there are som kind of overview of earlier research on the field,
published and unpublished

Would be great :-)

All the best
Hege Steinsland
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