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<P><font face="Arial" size=2 color=#000000> </font>"Michael Herman" <<A href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com>" >mailto:michael@michaelherman.com></a> schrieb:<BR>> ...and if you/anybody cares enough about this thread to gather up the<BR>> little 25-word quotes into on small pile, i would post, or you/i could<BR>> post them in the osw weblog in the 'what is ost' category.<BR>> <BR>> michael<BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#004080 size=2>Hi Michael,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#004080 size=2>I gathered up the mails in a
document but didn't want to cut out only the little quotes. So here is the
complete thread... And I added my contribution on the bottom...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#004080 size=2>Marei</FONT></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After attending Harrison's
workshop in Helsinki we continued at the workshop in Estonia wrestling with
short definition of OST - how to respond with less than 25 words, if you are
asked, what is OST.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We resulted in 13 words,
pursuing the new dimension of High Performance System:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Open Space
Technology is surprisingly simple high performance system, bounding passion with
responsibility.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please help, if doesn't
sound English/American ;-)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mikk
Sarv,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Estonia</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> *
*</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Mikk, <BR>To
make it a little more in keeping with English syntax I would add "a" in front of
"surprisingly". Do you mean "binding" rather than "bounding"? <BR>Thus, Open
Space Technology is a surprisingly simple high performance system, binding
passion with responsibility. <BR><BR>I would be inclined to substitute "an
elegantly" for "surprisingly". <BR><BR>Eric (Lilius)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> * *</o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt">First, I like the short statement on OST.<BR><BR>I’ve
started to do brief descriptions framed around questions rather than statements.
This is especially elegant in describing OS where the media of inquiry becomes
the message of authentic engagement in community. For OS, it would be something
like: <I>Do you like to be in conversations in this community where you feel
alive, inspired, connected, surprised, engaged, and empowered? Well, that’s what
happens in open space.<BR></I></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Jack<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR>__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__<BR><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray">jack ricchiuto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p> * * </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Contributing to this wholesome generic thread ...
with tough decision making as to which animating adjectives to leave out if we
are serious about the limit of 25 words <smile> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Do you yearn to be in conversations about questions
that matter where you feel alive, inspired, connected, surprised, engaged,
empowered, responsible and open to possibility. Well, that's what happens in
open space. </SPAN></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Alan Stewart</P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> *
*</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">There
are some "elevator speech" short descriptions of open space <BR>posted on the
website... <BR><A
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceElevatorSpeeches"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceElevatorSpeeches</FONT></A>
<BR>...not sure if any are quite as short as 25 words. <BR><BR>I like what peggy
said the other day... taking responsibility for what <BR>you love. i've
called it "making markets for moving people and <BR>information." i
like what jack says, too.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">(michael
h)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> *
*</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I think the trick is tailoring it
to your sponsor's language and using the appropriate questions, statements and
words for them. <BR><BR>If it's markets, it's markets, if it's activists I
talk about getting people to work on stuff that really matters. If it's
business people it's "creating and immediately implementing high performance
work teams." If it's religious people it's "harnessing the power of Spirit
to bring meaningful work to our community." If it's community building
we're all about "discerning what's most important and taking responsibility for
it." <BR><BR>OST is just a shell...Harrison described it once as
"vapourware." There really isn't anything there. What it does is
simply strip away all the pretence and get people to work. In different
groups that has radically different applications and descriptions...I always
think that it behooves me to find out what the sponsor wants to do and then talk
about how OST will do that. <BR><BR>Chris (Corrigan)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> * *</o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">My elevator
speech:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Open Space enables groups
of any size to organize themselves to deal with complex, important issues and
accomplish something meaningful by inviting people to take repsonsibility
for what they love.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">from frosty
Seattle,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Peggy</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> * *</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Rapp<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Open
Space combines the rigor of a great board meeting with the energy of
conversation around a coffee pot.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> * *</o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">silly me, i
just wrote one of these for the website sidebar... <BR><BR>Open Space Technology
<BR>...is a simple way to run productive meetings, with five to 2000+
<BR>people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization, in <BR>everyday
practice and ongoing change. <BR><BR><BR>...and of course christopher is right
again! <BR><BR>...and if you/anybody cares enough about this thread to gather up
the <BR>little 25-word quotes into on small pile, i would post, or you/i could
<BR>post them in the osw weblog in the 'what is ost' category.
<BR><BR>michael</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> *
*</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I, too, am
enjoying this 25-words-or-less discussion. <BR><BR>I especially agree with
Chris' suggestion that the language be adapted <BR>to incorporate the client's
language. I know it was in another thread <BR>but Harrison has recently
shared a great story about offering <BR>"Practice of Peace" in Helsinki but
reframing it as "High <BR>performance". Isn't HO's high performance story
a great illustration <BR>of tailoring our language to use language that has
heart and meaning <BR>for the client? <BR><BR>And then, just on a light note,
when I read Chris' comments about <BR>adapting the definition of OST to use the
language of our listerner (I <BR>rephrase and paraphrase Chris' words), here is
what came to me: <BR><BR>Open space is a lot like tofu, which can be used in
countless ways <BR>because it readily absorbs the flavors and spices of
anything. <BR><BR>Warmly, Tree Fitz<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> *
*</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Onion Skin Technology...peel back
the layers and it makes you cry...but cook it up and it gets sweet and
juicy.<BR><BR>We're WAAAY off line now!<BR><BR>Chris (Corrigan)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> *
*</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">How about “Open
Space is the WD-40 of group work. One shot will loosen up just about anything.”
(For those not in the know – WD-40 is a marvelous universal
solvent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Harrison</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> * *</o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>This is not as playful but I still like it.</FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>I</FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>n
an organizational context I would probably say:</FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>Open Space can do more than a personal development training, a
creativity workshop and a big company party altogether: people evolve, they
really connect with eachother and they create great results ~ all at the
same time, naturally coming from within.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2>Marei</FONT></P>
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