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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>I share this sentiment,
having done my part in (in “Accidental Conversations” 2002) referencing OST as
a prime media for the kind of accidental conversations that are at the core of
self-organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Maybe when the
sciences of ecobiology and cultural anthropology converge, the “science” of
self-organization will merge with its art and practitioners across disciplines
will be profoundly inspired.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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color:#003300'>thanks</span></font><font color="#003300"><span
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color="#660033" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033'>Jack Ricchiuto </span></font><font
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style='color:#666699'>http://www.designinglife.com/</span></font></a><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>blog: <a
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Harrison Owen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 26, 2003 9:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Open Space
,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>When it come to dealing
with the interesting question: Why does Open Space Work? -- I have found
the emerging theory and practice surrounding Self organization to be very
helpful. Not the only help to be sure, but definitely on the short list. I also
confess to a degree of frustration -- that to the moment, few in the larger
scientific community have taken any notice or interest in Open Space. I think
this is a lose/lose situation. We lose because their insights and questions
might reveal aspects of Open Space that we have failed to notice. And I think
they lose because, from where I sit, Open Space is a wonderful natural
experiment over time and in the present. Over time, we have probably some
20,000 iterations of the "experiment" from which to learn. Since most
of us were more interested in the practical results than "doing
science" detailed accounts are hard to come by. but we do have a network,
and it does have a memory. And what we may have lost as a matter of historical
record can be replicated any time someone chooses to open space. <br>
<br>
Anyhow, it may happen that the Plexus Institute becomes a useful
intermediary. Those of you who were in OZ for OSONOS will remember Henri
Lipmanowicz who is chairman of the Institute and came to OZ to find out about
Open Space. The mission of the Institute is to discover and foster the
application of principles of self-organization to the real world of human
systems, particularly health care systems. Since OZ, Henri and I have had a
number of conversations, and I attended a conference they sponsored in Austin
TX -- which was most interesting and definitely neither Open Space nor
self-organizing. But one thing is sure, Plexus did manage to attract
substantive folks from multiple disciplines and some useful conversations have
started.<br>
<br>
My conversations with Henri will continue, and hopefully move from talk to
action. Which brings me to the point (at long last) of this note. What sort of
actions, questions, explorations occur to you which might be pursued with
Plexus. Henri, Curt (The president) and I will be conversing next week, and I
will let you know the outcome -- but if any burning, passionate issues or
opportunities jump to your mind -- let me know.<br>
<br>
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Owen<br>
7808 River Falls Drive<br>
Potomac, MD 20854 USA<br>
phone 301-365-2093<br>
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