[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 101, Issue 19
Mark Carmel
markacarmel at gmail.com
Thu Oct 3 16:27:50 PDT 2019
To Rob: Thank you for your feedback...that was moving! You are to be
commended for the person you are in leading Open Space with massive
integrity. Nice to meet you brother!!
Mark Carmel
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> 1. Re: Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add (Birgitt Williams)
> 2. Re: Comment from Rob and Harolds conversation on use of word
> ...Right... as in Whoever comes are the Right people. Rob objects
> to use of word Right as being ...Judgemental... (Robert Chaffe)
> 3. Re: Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add (Robert Chaffe)
> 4. Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info? (Jake Yeager)
> 5. Re: Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info? (Harrison Owen)
> 6. Possible Relationship between Clean Language and Open Space
> (Jake Yeager)
> 7. Re: Possible Relationship between Clean Language and Open
> Space (Barry Owen)
> 8. Re: Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add (Artur Silva)
> 9. A proposal for many worlwide OST events on "Climate Change
> and the Future of Earth" (Artur Silva)
> 10. Re: Possible Relationship between Clean Language and Open
> Space (Birgitt Williams)
> 11. genuine contact (Birgitt Williams)
> 12. Re: Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add (Birgitt Williams)
> 13. A Company (or NGO) Proposal (Artur Silva)
> 14. Re: Back to OSLIST (Harold Shinsato)
> 15. Re: A proposal for many worlwide OST events on "Climate
> Change and the Future of Earth" (Bernd Weber)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:15:35 -0400
> From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
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> Thank you for your generosity Harrison. Your early books are the ones that
> I so loved, the ones self published. When I went to the link to
> openspaceworld.com to get Tales from Open Space, I had a moment of even
> more delight....you have several of those early books available as a pdf
> for download.
>
> My favorite book of yours has always been the first one I read, Spirit:
> Transformation and Development in Organizations. I remember George
> Herrmanson, executive director of Five Oaks Retreat Center and Larry
> Peterson, executive director of the Urban Core Support Network bubbling
> with excitement about you, your work, a talk they heard you give, and this
> book. Within Canada, this was the beginning of our invitations to you to
> come and spread your wisdom and our commitment to getting word out. Circa
> 1991.
>
> with appreciation,
> Birgitt
>
>
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
> Founder Genuine Contact Program
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact>
> Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC
> <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/>
> Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network
> <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/>
>
> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
>
> Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology
> <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>.
> Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating
> meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring +
> Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle;
> and Self-Study
> + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real
> time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on
> October 18, 25, and November 1st.
>
> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 3:56 PM Harrison Owen via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > For anybody who cares, ?Tales From Open Space? is freely available in PDF
> > at www.openspaceworld.com in the section called ?books.?
> >
> >
> >
> > Harrison
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On
> Behalf
> > Of *Jake Yeager via OSList
> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 28, 2019 12:41 PM
> > *To:* Marai Kiele; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> > *Cc:* Jake Yeager
> > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey Marai,
> >
> >
> >
> > I've updated the file with citations
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rgdvm6APRQ1ne-ipTBK5lnCc89PsFXEuieL2phwQDTw/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> >
> > Please let me know if you have questions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > ________________
> >
> >
> >
> > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> > you will be free of problems.
> >
> > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 5:42 PM Marai Kiele <
> > genuine-contact at joyful-together.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jake,
> >
> >
> >
> > Cool, I appreciate your compilation and the sharing here!
> >
> >
> >
> > You wrote that you compiled them "from Open Space World, the User's
> Guide,
> > and Tales from Open Space".
> >
> > Would it be possible for you to add the source to each study?
> >
> >
> >
> > That would help when we or others share this stories.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > And, wow, I have great joy getting to witness some of your journey with
> > OST and your intentions for your organisation!
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheering you on,
> >
> > Marai
> >
> >
> >
> > Joyful Together
> >
> > Authentic Leadership / Coaching / Facilitation / Consulting
> >
> > phone: +49 171-810 7161
> >
> >
> >
> > *Being who you truly are - at Work*
> >
> >
> >
> > Virtual: Join the monthly Global Oasis for Emerging Leaders
> > <
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-oasis-for-emerging-leaders-tickets-58880372780
> >
> >
> > In person: Join the OLS in Berlin, Nov 18 - 20, 2019 Open Leadership
> > Symposium Berlin <https://openleadershipnetwork.com/events/2019-berlin/>
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 21.09.2019 um 01:17 schrieb Jake Yeager via OSList <
> > oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > I've compiled OST case studies in a brief format
> > <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rgdvm6APRQ1ne-ipTBK5lnCc89PsFXEuieL2phwQDTw/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > that I find useful for contracting. Others might too.
> >
> >
> >
> > I compiled them from Open Space World, the User's Guide, and Tales from
> > Open Space.
> >
> >
> >
> > Feel free to add.
> >
> >
> >
> > Much love,
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > ________________
> >
> >
> >
> > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> > you will be free of problems.
> >
> > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
> >
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:28:16 +1000
> From: Robert Chaffe <rchaffe at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Comment from Rob and Harolds conversation on use
> of word ...Right... as in Whoever comes are the Right people. Rob
> objects to use of word Right as being ...Judgemental...
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> Mark,
> Thank you for your passion and interest in the integrity of OST.
>
> My comments were really a challenge to me that I must as the facilitator
> accept whoever comes, we use the word "right" to convey the fact that
> everyone who chooses to come has the same status and opportunity. I must
> respect this unconditionally within the framework of the conditions of the
> meeting.
>
> You are so correct in identifying the "weasel" words that are infiltrated
> into the system and of course I am not suggesting that rewrites are
> required. May I suggest that we stick to the basics and hold them as a rock
> to "break ourselves on" as Covey puts it. So be it. "Whoever comes..." as
> a facilitator I must accept as they have accepted the invitation and in
> honouring that acceptance we are together as one. The next thing is to
> ensure that "everyone" can be an active component of the OST (Butterflies
> and Bumble Bees included). My recent cancer attack and being a paraplegic
> using a wheel chair and other mobility devices just emphasizes the need to
> be aware of how easy it is to exclude people from parts of the space.
>
> Mark OST requires a very special dedication on behalf of the facilitator to
> understand and implement things like "....right". To conclude you
> emphasize "right" is a judgement, it is a judgement that I, as a
> facilitator or participant, accept rather than make.
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 at 23:54, Mark Carmel via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > OST is Judgemental by its nature. One of the reasons I advocated for a
> > formal, certifying leadership structure for OST is because I am sick and
> > tired of reading all kinds of word smithing efforts to rewrite our bible,
> > to change, coop, modify as your own brand, the words and writing as it is
> > written. No one enters OST without judgemental motives. What is a better
> > way? What is right, wrong, good, bad, how can we as individuals and a
> > system improve continuously? To say the Principle of ...Whoever
> Comes...is
> > judgemental in an attempt to rewrite it, or ANY part of IT, is HERESY!
> Or
> > worse, HARRASAY!
> >
> > Go Team,
> > Mark Carmel
> >
> > PS...Ok here's a new one: ...Whoever Comes....Is Lucky...!
> >
> > ...You cannot break a Principle. You can only break yourself against a
> > Principle...
> > - Dr. Steven Covey
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:18:43 +1000
> From: Robert Chaffe <rchaffe at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
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> Birgitt,
> Thank you for your comments as you refer to "outcomes" or things that
> happened under the influences beyond your control. Some use the words
> "surprises" or "unexpected". These are often the game changers.
>
> Why do we not have a great list of these things? I think it is because we
> are often contracted to do a job in a very complex system involving many
> "jobs". In "Who moved my Cheese" we are reminded that the prudent
> operator spends some time looking around and checking the environment and
> changes. In the business world this level of thinking is not common. The
> Fortune 500 group do this and "we" developed a program called "Group
> Business Visits" that got business people out of their own business and
> into another business to confidentiality review that business and its
> practices, direction etc. A very powerful process and one that is much
> valued by those who have chosen to us it. "To see ourselves as other see
> us" and to be humble enough to accept what is said.
>
> The breakdown in most contracts is that the focus is on "outputs" things
> that can be directly controlled. Systemic integrated evaluation is
> uncommon in most contracts and that is where this "outcome" data comes
> from.
>
> In our "irrigation Futures" project the contact was for specific outputs
> over three years. We engaged over 500 people in a wide range of
> conversations and meetings at a time when the allocation of irrigation
> water in South East Australia was under significant review (cities were
> running out if water) at the same time a massive deregulation of the dairy
> industry was undertaken. The major secondary industries in the irrigation
> area process milk fruit and vegetables was under considerable strain with
> over $100 million put in to prop up one industry alone.
> The participants of our workshops included all levels of management in
> primary and secondary industries and the wider community.
> 80% of the dairy farms have disappeared one process company worth over $900
> million was sold for under $30 million. many smaller dairy processing
> plants closed. Once viable towns struggle to field their own football
> teams and empty shops are everywhere.
> I am sure that around the globe this story can be told in many places about
> the local primary and secondary industries. The big difference in our case
> was all these changes were identified and discussed as plausible
> possibilities and appropriate responses generated. OST was used
> extensively to work through issues and opportunities and complexity was the
> order of the day.
> Consequences have been the adjustments in this multi billion dollar
> industry area of Australia have been in some way based on prior
> discussions the people involved had had.
> The surprise moment came when the local member stood up in defense of her
> community and publicly denounced the leader of her party and the prime
> minister in the Parliament House for telling a lie about her community.
> This is not your normal outcome from a process as it reflects that the
> local member has the support of the whole community and that she could
> speak out safely about issues that needed to be addressed.
>
> Regretfully we had limited fund to continue on annual debrief sessions to
> capture the changes and the growth of the community. The outcome referred
> to has now resulted in the election of independents in once very strongly
> held conservative party areas in the electorates in the irrigation
> districts involved.
>
> Dis OST cause this? It is certainly drawing a long bow to even think this
> way. As the facilitator of this multi million dollar project I believe
> that as the participants learned the art of conversation and truly valued
> others inputs while not seeking single answers we had a community that was
> ready and able to adapt to change. Change that has completely changed
> their community and their ability to do business.
>
> I am sure others have similar stories, and when you see them in this short
> form the response is this is not possible. The next thing is to retreat
> back to the area of outputs where there is a high level of control and keep
> things simple. I say beware when the time has come for an idea to express
> itself and one thing that OST does is lift the lid on issues and
> opportunities.
> Again in "who moved my Cheese" we need to lift our head and be brave enough
> to say "wrong paddock or field" when things are coming up roses. OST
> does expand the writing on the wall and we avoid this at our peril.
>
> One other issue is that we are always ready to blame things like OST for
> poor outputs, a scapegoat. When things work and we have outstanding
> outcomes we must include OST as part of the fabric of success. How much we
> include it is dependent on the faith of the decision makers and their
> openness to the power of good process.
>
> Much longer than I wished. The outcomes from OST events and process are
> far reaching and very powerful we should try and track them through good
> evaluation process.
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 10:37, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jake,
> > I appreciated the way that you organized this case study data. I
> > appreciated a lot that the way that you reported the data gives OST its
> due
> > credit while simultaneously not claiming that it does more than it does
> in
> > a given business situation. Mostly it is presented a a chosen tool/method
> > for specific tasks within larger business processes, thus showing one
> > aspect of the versatility and value of OST.
> >
> > I feel that the case studies would be enhanced if there was an addition
> of
> > a category that I refer to as 'outcomes'. These outcomes are the
> additional
> > qualitative benefits that emerge. People have a shared experience of
> their
> > leadership, vision, community, and management in ways that surpass what
> > they assumed was possible. Something happens within that OST meeting that
> > cannot be unremembered or undone.
> >
> > in genuine contact,
> > Birgitt
> >
> > *Birgitt Williams*
> > *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> > Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
> > Founder Genuine Contact Program
> > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact>
> > Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC
> > <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/>
> > Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network
> > <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/>
> >
> > *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> > working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> >
> > Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology
> > <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>.
> > Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating
> > meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring +
> > Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle;
> and Self-Study
> > + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real
> > time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on
> > October 18, 25, and November 1st.
> >
> > PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> > Phone: 01-919-522-7750
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 7:17 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
> > oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I've compiled OST case studies in a brief format
> >> <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rgdvm6APRQ1ne-ipTBK5lnCc89PsFXEuieL2phwQDTw/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> >> that I find useful for contracting. Others might too.
> >>
> >> I compiled them from Open Space World, the User's Guide, and Tales from
> >> Open Space.
> >>
> >> Feel free to add.
> >>
> >> Much love,
> >> Jake
> >> ________________
> >>
> >> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> >> you will be free of problems.
> >> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> OSList mailing list
> >> To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> >> To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 08:20:41 -0400
> From: Jake Yeager <jacob.yeager at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [OSList] Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info?
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> Hi all,
>
> In case you didn't know, it turns out that, in the year 2000, the
> University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health won the Outstanding Rural
> Health Program Award from the National Rural Health Association
> <
> https://www.ruralhealthweb.org/about-nrha/rural-health-awards/rural-health-award-winners
> >.
> In 1995, the Center for Rural Health's director, Loyd Kepferle, along with
> Karen Main, published an article in Tales from Open Space
> <https://openspaceworld.com/Tales.pdf> about the Center's use of
> organizational Open Space. I wonder if the Center's use of Open Space
> contributed to the Center ultimately receiving the award.
>
> Does anyone know Loyd or Karen or have their contact info? I'd love to
> speak with them about their experience and get lessons learned. I'd also
> love to share these with the OST community.
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
> Jake
> ________________
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:17:28 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
> To: jacob.yeager at gmail.com, oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info?
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> Both are old friends. I have sort of lost track of Karen, but Loyd is
> retired and lives on Lummi Island in Washington. His phone number is?(360)
> 758-7321. Tell him I said Hi.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Yeager via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Cc: Jake Yeager <jacob.yeager at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 29, 2019 8:20 am
> Subject: [OSList] Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info?
>
> Hi all,
> In case you didn't know, it turns out that, in the year 2000, the
> University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health won the Outstanding Rural
> Health Program Award from the National Rural Health Association. In 1995,
> the Center for Rural Health's director, Loyd Kepferle, along with Karen
> Main, published an article in Tales from Open Space about the Center's use
> of organizational Open Space. I wonder if the Center's use of Open Space
> contributed to the Center ultimately receiving the award.
> Does anyone know Loyd or Karen or have their contact info? I'd love to
> speak with them about their experience and get lessons learned. I'd also
> love to share these with the OST community.
> Thanks!
> All the best,Jake
> ________________
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.?- Robert
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:38:27 -0400
> From: Jake Yeager <jacob.yeager at gmail.com>
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> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: [OSList] Possible Relationship between Clean Language and
> Open Space
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> Hi all,
>
> I've sensed that there is a relationship between Clean Language
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Language> and Open Space, but I
> wasn't
> sure what it was. They are definitely similar in construction: minimalist
> and precise. But I felt the relationship was deeper than these
> characteristics. Then, I came across a passage in an Open Space case study
> called We Passed the Flowerpot from Lap to Lap: Using Open Space to Create
> a Learning Communit
> <https://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/learning.htm>y by Sara
> Halprin and Herb Long. In the study, two students who participated in a
> three-weekend course that was conducted in Open Space capture their
> experience as thus (emphasis mine):
>
> "The course was to be about learning and development, so what did we learn
> and how do we learn? We learn by exploring. We learn by listening. We learn
> through our families, our culture and our experiences. We learn by taking
> risks and stretching our minds. It is a lifelong process and a spiritual
> process. *What we discover as we go along is that much of what we think we
> need to know, we actually have inside ourselves already. The trick is to
> accept ourselves and to look inside ourselves to find the teacher within*."
>
> That the client discovers answers within is a key aspect of Clean Language;
> however, I never considered it as so for Open Space. But, I now see how
> Open Space also encourages introspection. In Open Space, participants have
> no recourse to authority; instead, they must rely on themselves. Similarly,
> in Clean Language, the client cannot garner expertise or advice from the
> practitioner. Therefore, in both modalities, the participant must learn
> self-reliance, and to rely on one's self means to look within for answers.
> And I think this might be the deeper relationship that I sensed!
>
> Just a thought. Would love to hear what other's think.
>
> Much love,
> Jake
> ________________
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:41:55 -0500
> From: Barry Owen <Barry at paretorealty.com>
> To: Jake Yeager <jacob.yeager at gmail.com>, oslist
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Possible Relationship between Clean Language and
> Open Space
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> Mark Sheffield talks a lot about clean language
>
> This message has been sent from my mobile device and therefore may be
> somewhat wonky.
>
> Barry Owen
> Real Estate Strategist
> Principal Broker & Founder
> Pareto Realty, LLC
> 4004 Hillsboro Pike B234
> Nashville, TN 37215
>
> http://BarryOwen.us
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019, 12:38 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've sensed that there is a relationship between Clean Language
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Language> and Open Space, but I
> > wasn't sure what it was. They are definitely similar in construction:
> > minimalist and precise. But I felt the relationship was deeper than these
> > characteristics. Then, I came across a passage in an Open Space case
> study
> > called We Passed the Flowerpot from Lap to Lap: Using Open Space to
> > Create a Learning Communit
> > <https://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/learning.htm>y by Sara
> > Halprin and Herb Long. In the study, two students who participated in a
> > three-weekend course that was conducted in Open Space capture their
> > experience as thus (emphasis mine):
> >
> > "The course was to be about learning and development, so what did we
> learn
> > and how do we learn? We learn by exploring. We learn by listening. We
> learn
> > through our families, our culture and our experiences. We learn by taking
> > risks and stretching our minds. It is a lifelong process and a spiritual
> > process. *What we discover as we go along is that much of what we think
> > we need to know, we actually have inside ourselves already. The trick is
> to
> > accept ourselves and to look inside ourselves to find the teacher within*
> > ."
> >
> > That the client discovers answers within is a key aspect of Clean
> > Language; however, I never considered it as so for Open Space. But, I now
> > see how Open Space also encourages introspection. In Open Space,
> > participants have no recourse to authority; instead, they must rely on
> > themselves. Similarly, in Clean Language, the client cannot garner
> > expertise or advice from the practitioner. Therefore, in both modalities,
> > the participant must learn self-reliance, and to rely on one's self means
> > to look within for answers. And I think this might be the deeper
> > relationship that I sensed!
> >
> > Just a thought. Would love to hear what other's think.
> >
> > Much love,
> > Jake
> > ________________
> >
> > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> > you will be free of problems.
> > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:50:58 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
> To: jacob.yeager at gmail.com, 'World wide Open Space Technology email
> list' <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
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> Thank you, Harrison (and Jake).?
> I will compare with the book ;-)
> Rgds
> Artur
> ---------------
> On Saturday, September 28, 2019, 08:55:59 PM GMT+1, Harrison Owen via
> OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>
> For anybody who cares, ?Tales From Open Space? is freely available in PDF
> at www.openspaceworld.com in the section called ?books.?
>
> ?
>
> Harrison
>
> ?
>
> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of
> Jake Yeager via OSList
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 12:41 PM
> To: Marai Kiele; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Cc: Jake Yeager
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
>
> ?
>
> Hey Marai,
>
> ?
>
> I've updated?the file with citations.
>
> ?
>
> Please let me know if you have questions.
>
> ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
>
> Jake
>
>
> ________________
>
> ?
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
>
> ?- Robert Adams
>
> ?
>
> ?
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 5:42 PM Marai Kiele <
> genuine-contact at joyful-together.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jake,
>
> ?
>
> Cool, I appreciate your compilation and the sharing here!
>
> ?
>
> You wrote that you compiled them "from Open Space World, the User's Guide,
> and Tales from Open Space".?
>
> Would it be possible for you to add the source to each study?
>
> ?
>
> That would help when we or others share this stories.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ?
>
> And, wow, I have great joy getting to witness some of your journey with
> OST and your intentions for your organisation!
>
> ?
>
> Cheering you on,
>
> Marai
>
> ?
>
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>
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>
>
>
>
> Am 21.09.2019 um 01:17 schrieb Jake Yeager via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
>
> ?
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> ?
>
> I've compiled OST case studies in a brief format that I find useful for
> contracting. Others might too.
>
> ?
>
> I compiled them from Open Space World, the User's Guide, and Tales from
> Open Space.?
>
> ?
>
> Feel free to add.
>
> ?
>
> Much love,
>
> Jake
>
>
> ________________
>
> ?
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
>
> ?- Robert Adams
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:06:58 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
> To: World Wide Open Space Technology Email List
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Cc: Veronique Santos <veronique.santos at instituto-ost.pt>, Artur Silva
> <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [OSList] A proposal for many worlwide OST events on "Climate
> Change and the Future of Earth"
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> Dear friends,
> I reckon many remember that Harrison and many friends have been doing for
> years a set of OST events under the theme "Open Space for Peace and High
> Performance".
> You also know that the current UN Secretary-General, the Portuguese
> Ant?nio Guterres (who happens to have been my companion in high school and
> at the University), recently convened a UN climate summit.
> You, my friends, do not ignore too the dramatic situation of the climate
> and the Earth, nor that our children and grand children may not have a
> planet to live in, as, at least for the moment, there is no other planet
> with the necessary conditions for life...
> Today, in a private mail exchange, it occurred to me to challenge you,
> based on what HO once did: to do, all over the world where there are
> facilitators, public OST sessions on climate change and what needs to be
> done to alleviate the problems.
> Each of us will know better, in every concrete situation, who to invite
> and what concrete goals to make explicit (or not).
> What do you think of my suggestion?
> Stay safe
> Artur
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:12:35 -0400
> From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: Jake Yeager via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Possible Relationship between Clean Language and
> Open Space
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> Hi Jake,
> Something more to think about relates to your sentence "But, I now see how
> Open Space also encourages introspection. In Open Space, participants have
> no recourse to authority; instead, they must rely on themselves." From my
> perspective, every individual has recourse to authority...the authority or
> author-ship within oneself that is self leadership. Developing leadership
> with this in mind is valuable.
>
> To understand more about the essence of OST, have you registered for
> Working with OST? This is what is offered by Anna Caroline Turk and Thomas
> Herrmann right before WOSONOS. If you cannot make it to that offering, we
> have the same available in a Self Study variant at
> https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/
>
> Birgitt
>
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
> Founder Genuine Contact Program
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact>
> Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC
> <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/>
> Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network
> <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/>
>
> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
>
> Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology
> <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>.
> Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating
> meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring +
> Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle;
> and Self-Study
> + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real
> time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on
> October 18, 25, and November 1st.
>
> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 1:38 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've sensed that there is a relationship between Clean Language
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Language> and Open Space, but I
> > wasn't sure what it was. They are definitely similar in construction:
> > minimalist and precise. But I felt the relationship was deeper than these
> > characteristics. Then, I came across a passage in an Open Space case
> study
> > called We Passed the Flowerpot from Lap to Lap: Using Open Space to
> > Create a Learning Communit
> > <https://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/learning.htm>y by Sara
> > Halprin and Herb Long. In the study, two students who participated in a
> > three-weekend course that was conducted in Open Space capture their
> > experience as thus (emphasis mine):
> >
> > "The course was to be about learning and development, so what did we
> learn
> > and how do we learn? We learn by exploring. We learn by listening. We
> learn
> > through our families, our culture and our experiences. We learn by taking
> > risks and stretching our minds. It is a lifelong process and a spiritual
> > process. *What we discover as we go along is that much of what we think
> > we need to know, we actually have inside ourselves already. The trick is
> to
> > accept ourselves and to look inside ourselves to find the teacher within*
> > ."
> >
> > That the client discovers answers within is a key aspect of Clean
> > Language; however, I never considered it as so for Open Space. But, I now
> > see how Open Space also encourages introspection. In Open Space,
> > participants have no recourse to authority; instead, they must rely on
> > themselves. Similarly, in Clean Language, the client cannot garner
> > expertise or advice from the practitioner. Therefore, in both modalities,
> > the participant must learn self-reliance, and to rely on one's self means
> > to look within for answers. And I think this might be the deeper
> > relationship that I sensed!
> >
> > Just a thought. Would love to hear what other's think.
> >
> > Much love,
> > Jake
> > ________________
> >
> > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> > you will be free of problems.
> > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
> > _______________________________________________
> > OSList mailing list
> > To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> > To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
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> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:24:19 -0400
> From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: OS list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: [OSList] genuine contact
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> Dear friends and colleagues,
> the Genuine Contact program was developed throughout the 1990's, with one
> of its primary roots in Open Space Technology. In those early years of
> working with OST, studying with Harrison, participating in great
> conversations with wonderful people, I was fascinated with what
> occurred within an OST meeting that I refer to as 'outcomes' and others
> refer to with words like 'intangible capital'.
>
> I realized that one of the greatest outcomes was genuine contact. Genuine
> contact with the collective became apparent to me first, then genuine
> contact with another, then genuine contact with self, and genuine contact
> with creation/creator. Over the years I have found that as people
> experienced this genuine contact, they did so in different sequences than
> my experience. What was common was the overwhelming feelings, experience,
> and heart to heart connection that was experienced. For some, it felt like
> the first time to be in genuine contact.
>
> Participating in multiple OST meetings fosters greater and greater
> experience of genuine contact. At some point, anything that is not genuine
> contact is not desired. This is an exciting factor in sustainability of a
> new paradigm after an OST meeting, and definitely in those organizations
> that make regular use of OST.
>
> This experience generated one of the five beliefs of the Genuine Contact
> program <https://www.dalarinternational.com/about-dalar/values-beliefs/>,
> and its worldwide community of practice. We believe that focusing on
> genuine contact enables individuals and organizations to achieve the
> individual and organizational health and balance that is needed for optimal
> effectiveness. Positive change in the organization is directly linked to
> positive change in individuals. Both are required for sustainable new ways
> of working.
>
> in genuine contact,
> Birgitt
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
> Founder Genuine Contact Program
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact>
> Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC
> <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/>
> Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network
> <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/>
>
> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
>
> Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology
> <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>.
> Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating
> meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring +
> Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle;
> and Self-Study
> + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real
> time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on
> October 18, 25, and November 1st.
>
> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
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> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:28:44 -0400
> From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add
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> Hi Rob,
> When writing a proposal in response to an rfp, I have the practice of
> listing the outputs that the client can expect, usually based on what they
> state they are looking for. And then I add a 'value added' segment that
> speaks about the outcomes. I make the case that says while we are working
> on the desired outputs, a byproduct of the way we work is a significant
> list of outcomes...that it is the way we work that makes a difference that
> affects the culture and that getting these outcomes doesn't cost a penny
> extra!
>
> Thank you for your post,
> Birgitt
>
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"*
> Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
> Founder Genuine Contact Program
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact>
> Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC
> <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/>
> Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network
> <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/>
>
> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
>
> Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology
> <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>.
> Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating
> meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring +
> Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle;
> and Self-Study
> + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real
> time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on
> October 18, 25, and November 1st.
>
> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 10:19 PM Robert Chaffe via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > Birgitt,
> > Thank you for your comments as you refer to "outcomes" or things that
> > happened under the influences beyond your control. Some use the words
> > "surprises" or "unexpected". These are often the game changers.
> >
> > Why do we not have a great list of these things? I think it is because
> > we are often contracted to do a job in a very complex system involving
> many
> > "jobs". In "Who moved my Cheese" we are reminded that the prudent
> > operator spends some time looking around and checking the environment and
> > changes. In the business world this level of thinking is not common.
> The
> > Fortune 500 group do this and "we" developed a program called "Group
> > Business Visits" that got business people out of their own business and
> > into another business to confidentiality review that business and its
> > practices, direction etc. A very powerful process and one that is much
> > valued by those who have chosen to us it. "To see ourselves as other see
> > us" and to be humble enough to accept what is said.
> >
> > The breakdown in most contracts is that the focus is on "outputs" things
> > that can be directly controlled. Systemic integrated evaluation is
> > uncommon in most contracts and that is where this "outcome" data comes
> from.
> >
> > In our "irrigation Futures" project the contact was for specific outputs
> > over three years. We engaged over 500 people in a wide range of
> > conversations and meetings at a time when the allocation of irrigation
> > water in South East Australia was under significant review (cities were
> > running out if water) at the same time a massive deregulation of the
> dairy
> > industry was undertaken. The major secondary industries in the
> irrigation
> > area process milk fruit and vegetables was under considerable strain with
> > over $100 million put in to prop up one industry alone.
> > The participants of our workshops included all levels of management in
> > primary and secondary industries and the wider community.
> > 80% of the dairy farms have disappeared one process company worth over
> > $900 million was sold for under $30 million. many smaller dairy
> processing
> > plants closed. Once viable towns struggle to field their own football
> > teams and empty shops are everywhere.
> > I am sure that around the globe this story can be told in many places
> > about the local primary and secondary industries. The big difference in
> > our case was all these changes were identified and discussed as plausible
> > possibilities and appropriate responses generated. OST was used
> > extensively to work through issues and opportunities and complexity was
> the
> > order of the day.
> > Consequences have been the adjustments in this multi billion dollar
> > industry area of Australia have been in some way based on prior
> > discussions the people involved had had.
> > The surprise moment came when the local member stood up in defense of her
> > community and publicly denounced the leader of her party and the prime
> > minister in the Parliament House for telling a lie about her community.
> > This is not your normal outcome from a process as it reflects that the
> > local member has the support of the whole community and that she could
> > speak out safely about issues that needed to be addressed.
> >
> > Regretfully we had limited fund to continue on annual debrief sessions to
> > capture the changes and the growth of the community. The outcome
> referred
> > to has now resulted in the election of independents in once very strongly
> > held conservative party areas in the electorates in the irrigation
> > districts involved.
> >
> > Dis OST cause this? It is certainly drawing a long bow to even think this
> > way. As the facilitator of this multi million dollar project I believe
> > that as the participants learned the art of conversation and truly valued
> > others inputs while not seeking single answers we had a community that
> was
> > ready and able to adapt to change. Change that has completely changed
> > their community and their ability to do business.
> >
> > I am sure others have similar stories, and when you see them in this
> short
> > form the response is this is not possible. The next thing is to
> retreat
> > back to the area of outputs where there is a high level of control and
> keep
> > things simple. I say beware when the time has come for an idea to
> express
> > itself and one thing that OST does is lift the lid on issues and
> > opportunities.
> > Again in "who moved my Cheese" we need to lift our head and be brave
> > enough to say "wrong paddock or field" when things are coming up roses.
> > OST does expand the writing on the wall and we avoid this at our peril.
> >
> > One other issue is that we are always ready to blame things like OST for
> > poor outputs, a scapegoat. When things work and we have outstanding
> > outcomes we must include OST as part of the fabric of success. How much
> we
> > include it is dependent on the faith of the decision makers and their
> > openness to the power of good process.
> >
> > Much longer than I wished. The outcomes from OST events and process are
> > far reaching and very powerful we should try and track them through good
> > evaluation process.
> >
> > Regards
> > Rob
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 10:37, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
> > oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jake,
> >> I appreciated the way that you organized this case study data. I
> >> appreciated a lot that the way that you reported the data gives OST its
> due
> >> credit while simultaneously not claiming that it does more than it does
> in
> >> a given business situation. Mostly it is presented a a chosen
> tool/method
> >> for specific tasks within larger business processes, thus showing one
> >> aspect of the versatility and value of OST.
> >>
> >> I feel that the case studies would be enhanced if there was an addition
> >> of a category that I refer to as 'outcomes'. These outcomes are the
> >> additional qualitative benefits that emerge. People have a shared
> >> experience of their leadership, vision, community, and management in
> ways
> >> that surpass what they assumed was possible. Something happens within
> that
> >> OST meeting that cannot be unremembered or undone.
> >>
> >> in genuine contact,
> >> Birgitt
> >>
> >> *Birgitt Williams*
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> >>
> >> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
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> >>
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> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 7:17 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
> >> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I've compiled OST case studies in a brief format
> >>> <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rgdvm6APRQ1ne-ipTBK5lnCc89PsFXEuieL2phwQDTw/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> >>> that I find useful for contracting. Others might too.
> >>>
> >>> I compiled them from Open Space World, the User's Guide, and Tales from
> >>> Open Space.
> >>>
> >>> Feel free to add.
> >>>
> >>> Much love,
> >>> Jake
> >>> ________________
> >>>
> >>> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again,
> and
> >>> you will be free of problems.
> >>> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/>
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> From: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
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> Cc: Artur Ferreira Da Silva <artfsilva at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OSList] A Company (or NGO) Proposal
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> Dear friends
> One last mail today for this list (because today is not a holiday here,
> but it is Sunday - and the weather is gray ...)
> I am thinking of creating, in early 2020, an organization, which I am not
> quite sure yet if it will be a company, if an NGO, but which will be based
> on OST, as the main method to clarify the needs of customers, which they
> can then hire (from us or others) consulting services to resolve the issues
> raised - or to do themselves, of course.
> My organization is tentatively named "Metenoia Center Consulting" and
> "metanoia" comes from Paul, of course, so I guess the idea of ??a "deep
> transformation" is evident to you and, I hope, to potential clients as
> well.?
> [Let me clarify that my purpose has little to do with that of a book
> called "Reinventing Organizations" or similar - things can be reinvented in
> many ways and for many different purposes.]
> As, at this stage of my life, I am working only in my area (extending from
> the west coast of Portugal to Lisbon), I am interested in finding partners
> and I think the list where the OST facilitator community joins is the ideal
> for that. I appreciate that in the list, or by private mail (preferably to
> my address in Cc), inform me if you want to talk about this subject.
> I'm interested in:
> 1) learn from those who already do the same;
> 2) exchange impressions with anyone who wants to do the same or similar
> activities;
> 3) Get partners to spread the concept - but not necessarily revenue -
> around the world.
> Best regards
> Artur
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:54:56 -0600
> From: Harold Shinsato <harold at shinsato.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Back to OSLIST
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> Dear Arthur,
>
> Please accept my heartfelt welcome on your return. I have missed your
> supposedly bad English, and your presence animates us regardless of your
> language skill self assessment.
>
> I?m participating despite my low level of posts. It seems so challenging to
> put into words how meaningful and inspiring this journey has been and how
> to add to the dialog. But your mere presence makes it easier. I?m honored
> to be included in such an esteemed set of names. Luckily it was non
> discriminatory!
>
> Much gratitude,
> Harold
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 5:48 AM Artur Silva via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends of OSLIST,
> >
> > After a sick period, I'm back on this list - and back to business. And as
> > someone once wrote that "The Business of Business is Lerning" I am back
> to
> > learning too!
> >
> > As you know, my English is bad (it's my third foreign language) and I
> > can't pretend to animate this list.
> >
> > But I hope Harrison will have more activity again, and others will have
> > (or become) more active. I am thinking, for example, and without wishing
> to
> > discriminate against anyone, Peggy Holman, Michael Herman, Harold
> > Shinshato, Suzanne Daigle, Christine Koheler, Lisa Heft, Brenden
> McKeague,
> > Jeff Aitken, Juan Luis Walker, Brian Owen, etc. And in so many new
> > facilitators that this list, if it comes back to life, will attract ...
> >
> > As for me, I will start a blog about OST (maybe bilingual), relaunch the
> > OST Institute in Portugal and propose Portugal for WOSonOS 2022, not in
> > Lisbon but in the center, possibly in Caldas da Rainha (where my family
> is
> > from and is the small city where I now live) or Coimbra - which is not
> far
> > away.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Artur Silva
> >
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 21:24:20 +0200
> From: Bernd Weber <weberb at gmx.at>
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> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] A proposal for many worlwide OST events on
> "Climate Change and the Future of Earth"
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> Artur,
> The Right SPARK at the Right moment in time.
> Yes let us do it!
>
>
> Bernd ?bodhi? WEBER
> weberb at gmx.at
>
> > Am 29.09.2019 um 20:06 schrieb Artur Silva via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I reckon many remember that Harrison and many friends have been doing
> for years a set of OST events under the theme "Open Space for Peace and
> High Performance".
> >
> > You also know that the current UN Secretary-General, the Portuguese
> Ant?nio Guterres (who happens to have been my companion in high school and
> at the University), recently convened a UN climate summit.
> >
> > You, my friends, do not ignore too the dramatic situation of the climate
> and the Earth, nor that our children and grand children may not have a
> planet to live in, as, at least for the moment, there is no other planet
> with the necessary conditions for life...
> >
> > Today, in a private mail exchange, it occurred to me to challenge you,
> based on what HO once did: to do, all over the world where there are
> facilitators, public OST sessions on climate change and what needs to be
> done to alleviate the problems.
> >
> > Each of us will know better, in every concrete situation, who to invite
> and what concrete goals to make explicit (or not).
> >
> > What do you think of my suggestion?
> >
> > Stay safe
> >
> > Artur
> >
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