[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 83, Issue 21

anne stadler anne.m.stad at gmail.com
Sat Mar 31 17:19:41 PDT 2018


India Open Space

I’ve worked in India with Anil Sachdev since 1991 using Open Space. Anil Sachdev Anil.sachdev at SOILIndia.net and some of the folks at SOILIndia.net facilitate Open Space Marketplace as well as open space via Appreciative Inquiry and dialogue & other ways. Arun Wakhlu in Pune at arun.wakhlu at pragatileadership.com
Hope this helps.  Blessings!

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>   1. Re: OST in India (Jeff Aitken)
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>   3. Re: OST in India (Harrison Owen)
>   4. Re: OST in India (Birgitt Williams)
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> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:43:58 +0000
> From: Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] OST in India
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> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/country/IN
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> Several people listed here who have worked in India using OST.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 7:25 PM R Chaffe via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
>> To support the posts so far.  Open Space technology that I had the
>> privilege to be part of seemed to be just the right thing as it reflected
>> many of the values that are present in the various cultural and religious
>> practices in the society that I shared.  Because it is so your client may
>> be looking for the Western World simplistic imposed solutions.  You
>> challenge may be the fact that everyone has an equal space, every idea is
>> welcome, complexity is seen as a natural component of the issues and
>> opportunities and that there may be confronting, challenging and radical
>> suggestions.  Opening space has the promise of gleaning the ideas,
>> suggestions, issues that are within that business community so the sponsor
>> must be able to accept this and in their opening, enabling address must
>> sincerely convey this to the participants.  So when they step back the
>> participants are ready to post their topic without hesitation.  The social
>> structures in India often mean that various sections of the community are
>> excluded as they are members of the other class or cast. This will be the
>> major barrier to getting the whole of the business involved and therefore
>> major issue in engaging other sections in any change the event using Open
>> Space Technology ?invents?.
>> 
>> Best of luck,  if you mission is based on pluck you will succeed if on
>> luck success is optional
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Rob
>> 
>> On 31 Mar 2018, at 11:38 am, Jeff Aitken via OSList <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>> 
>> OST was in India nearly before it was established in the USA - both in the
>> same few years late 80s!
>> 
>> Others have stories I'm sure..m
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 5:30 PM Heidi Nobantu Saul via OSList <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings OST World Community - from the high desert of Santa Fe, New
>>> Mexico ~
>>> 
>>> I have a potential client in India (a tech company) and it would be very
>>> helpful to be able to provide them with some companies, institutions or
>>> organizations that have used Open Space in India in recent years.  Meaning
>>> more recent than the original event in Goa - which I have mentioned to my
>>> client.
>>> 
>>> They have the idea that it is an 'American' thing and therefor may not
>>> work as easily with Indian participants.
>>> 
>>> If any of you who have facilitated OST in India are willing to share
>>> where you did it/who for, I would be most appreciative!
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Heidi
>>> 
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> From: Marai Kiele <genuine-contact at joyful-together.com>
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> Heidi and all,
> 
> I also remembered and just looked for the 4 laws of spirituality from India:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6HSdYuvHY
> 
> Birgitt Williams has worked a lot in India and will probably share about it, when she comes to reading this thread.
> 
> I remember posts from our Indian Genuine Contact colleagues which made it very clear to me:
> They embraced the depth and naturalness of this work with ease. Even more ease than many westerners, it seemed.
> 
> (The Genuine Contact approach includes OST and many other processes - Whole Person Process Facilitation etc - all in alignment with the spirit of OST).
> 
> See their Facebook page with some OST pictures: https://www.facebook.com/Genuine-Contact-Space-1696912453783156/
> 
> Marai
> 
> 
>> Am 31.03.2018 um 06:43 schrieb Jeff Aitken via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
>> 
>> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/country/IN <http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/country/IN>
>> 
>> Several people listed here who have worked in India using OST.
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 7:25 PM R Chaffe via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>> To support the posts so far.  Open Space technology that I had the privilege to be part of seemed to be just the right thing as it reflected many of the values that are present in the various cultural and religious practices in the society that I shared.  Because it is so your client may be looking for the Western World simplistic imposed solutions.  You challenge may be the fact that everyone has an equal space, every idea is welcome, complexity is seen as a natural component of the issues and opportunities and that there may be confronting, challenging and radical suggestions.  Opening space has the promise of gleaning the ideas, suggestions, issues that are within that business community so the sponsor must be able to accept this and in their opening, enabling address must sincerely convey this to the participants.  So when they step back the participants are ready to post their topic without hesitation.  The social structures in India often mean that various sections of the com
> munity are excluded as they are members of the other class or cast. This will be the major barrier to getting the whole of the business involved and therefore major issue in engaging other sections in any change the event using Open Space Technology ?invents?.
>> 
>> Best of luck,  if you mission is based on pluck you will succeed if on luck success is optional
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Rob
>> 
>>> On 31 Mar 2018, at 11:38 am, Jeff Aitken via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OST was in India nearly before it was established in the USA - both in the same few years late 80s!
>>> 
>>> Others have stories I'm sure..m
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 5:30 PM Heidi Nobantu Saul via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
>>> Greetings OST World Community - from the high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico ~
>>> 
>>> I have a potential client in India (a tech company) and it would be very helpful to be able to provide them with some companies, institutions or organizations that have used Open Space in India in recent years.  Meaning more recent than the original event in Goa - which I have mentioned to my client. 
>>> 
>>> They have the idea that it is an 'American' thing and therefor may not work as easily with Indian participants.
>>> 
>>> If any of you who have facilitated OST in India are willing to share where you did it/who for, I would be most appreciative!
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Heidi 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> h e i d i   n o b a n t u   s a u l
>>> www.heidinobantu.com <http://www.heidinobantu.com/> 
>>> Design & Facilitate
>>> Open Space Technology Meetings, Retreats, unConference's 
>>> Co-Producer / Co-Facilitator IIW <http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/> Internet Identity Workshop
>>> 
>>> Mobile: 505.470.5131
>>> Skype: heidi.nobantu.saul
>>> Web: www.heidinobantu.com <http://www.heidinobantu.com/>
>>> Twitter: @nobantu
>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-nobantu-saul/1/194/29 <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-nobantu-saul/1/194/29> 
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> From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowensr at gmail.com>
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> Funny thing is, some folks are sure OS is Indian. Google ?Four Principles of Indian Spirituality.? Of check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObYeDmoDcY 
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> 
> Harrison
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> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Heidi Nobantu Saul via OSList
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:31 PM
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> Cc: Heidi Nobantu Saul
> Subject: [OSList] OST in India
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings OST World Community - from the high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico ~
> 
> 
> 
> I have a potential client in India (a tech company) and it would be very helpful to be able to provide them with some companies, institutions or organizations that have used Open Space in India in recent years.  Meaning more recent than the original event in Goa - which I have mentioned to my client. 
> 
> 
> 
> They have the idea that it is an 'American' thing and therefor may not work as easily with Indian participants.
> 
> 
> 
> If any of you who have facilitated OST in India are willing to share where you did it/who for, I would be most appreciative!
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Heidi 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> h e i d i   n o b a n t u   s a u l
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> 
> Open Space Technology Meetings, Retreats, unConference's 
> 
> Co-Producer / Co-Facilitator IIW <http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/>  Internet Identity Workshop
> 
> 
> 
> Mobile: 505.470.5131
> 
> Skype: heidi.nobantu.saul
> 
> Web: www.heidinobantu.com
> 
> Twitter: @nobantu
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> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-nobantu-saul/1/194/29 
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> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:32:39 +0000
> From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
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> Hi Heidi,
> I have worked in India a lot in years 2007 to the present. OST was always
> part of the work as was capacity building so that I left behind people in
> every organization that I worked in who were taught the facilitation of
> OST, and also how to Work with OST within the institution for maximum
> benefit from the investment in the meeting. I have little interest in
> success measured as 'it was a great meeting'. I have a lot of interest in
> what the results are two months and more after a OST meeting.
> 
> Within our Genuine Contact program, we place emphasis on:
> 1. A well done preparatory meeting, one I used to call 'planning meeting'
> but recently have reverted back to 'preparing the field (ground) meeting'
> 2. Developing clarity of the business purpose for the meeting, expected
> outcomes (ie: better innovation, better collaboration...), and an
> exploration about leadership for carrying out the results of the meeting
> beyond the OST
> 3. The preparatory meeting(s) are facilitated using Whole Person Process
> Facilitation, a method I developed to compliment OST for meetings when OST
> is not the right method ie: the preparatory meeting needs to be facilitated
> with the same principles and values as OST yet needs a more guided approach
> 4. Building the capacity 'in house' to facilitate Whole Person Process
> Facilitation and Open Space Technology meetings.
> 
> I am wondering what the business goal of the tech company is for having a
> meeting. I am also wondering if you are open to turning the assignment over
> to one of our Indian colleagues to carry out as there are exceptional OST
> facilitators in India, who have a wealth of experience and
> references/testimonials and who have the advantage of working within their
> own culture.
> 
> warmly,
> Birgitt
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:43 AM Harrison Owen via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
>> Funny thing is, some folks are sure OS is Indian. Google ?Four Principles
>> of Indian Spirituality.? Of check out
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObYeDmoDcY
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Harrison
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Heidi Nobantu Saul via OSList
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 30, 2018 8:31 PM
>> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> *Cc:* Heidi Nobantu Saul
>> *Subject:* [OSList] OST in India
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Greetings OST World Community - from the high desert of Santa Fe, New
>> Mexico ~
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have a potential client in India (a tech company) and it would be very
>> helpful to be able to provide them with some companies, institutions or
>> organizations that have used Open Space in India in recent years.  Meaning
>> more recent than the original event in Goa - which I have mentioned to my
>> client.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> They have the idea that it is an 'American' thing and therefor may not
>> work as easily with Indian participants.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If any of you who have facilitated OST in India are willing to share where
>> you did it/who for, I would be most appreciative!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Heidi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> *h e i d i   n o b a n t u   s a u l*
>> 
>> *www.heidinobantu.com <http://www.heidinobantu.com> *
>> 
>> Design & Facilitate
>> 
>> Open Space Technology Meetings, Retreats, unConference's
>> 
>> Co-Producer / Co-Facilitator IIW
>> <http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/> Internet Identity Workshop
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Mobile: *505.470.5131 <(505)%20470-5131>
>> 
>> *Skype: *heidi.nobantu.saul
>> 
>> *Web: *www.heidinobantu.com
>> 
>> *Twitter: *@nobantu
>> 
>> *LinkedIn: *http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-nobantu-saul/1/194/29
>> 
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