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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gabriela -- It is a rare and wonderful morning when you
awake to find a thought expressed with such clarity and elegance that you can
only sit there in silent appreciation for the thought and the thinker. You
provided such a moment for me in your words, "</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">For me, OST has nothing to do with trends. It simply
touches the heart of people and because it gives official permission for
selforganization. For me its all about "back to the roots and forward to higher
consciousness". I <BR>deeply believe and feel, its all just the beginning -
based on millions of evolutionary open space years." </FONT><FONT face=Arial>And
most particularly your last sentence --</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">"back
to the roots and forward to higher consciousness".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have always been clear that OS was and is a Half-way
Technology. It has been (and I guess continues to be) very useful as a
starting point, but only that. It is rather like training wheels on your bicycle
when you were a kid (or the steadying hand of a parent or older sibling) during
your first rides. In the moment, but only in that first moment, they (helping
hands / training wheels) are most useful, even essential. But the whole point is
to "do it all by yourself." And certainly there is little need, and less utility
for the design of more and better training wheels -- at least not for
you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Pushing the analogy a bit further -- when riding the
bicycle of life, maturity occurs when not only are training wheels a thing of
the past -- but even the thought of training wheels is banished, except as a
fond memory of something that helped you on your way. And you really fly when
there is no thought at all -- a mindless moment. Just being. I suppose you
could talk about all this in terms of trusting the process (bicycle/balance),
but I think it goes a lot deeper than that. It is more like total union in an
organic entity, bicycle/me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>All analogies break somewhere along the line -- or should
be broken, and riding the bicycle is no exception. The problem is that there are
two (at least) parts -- bicycle and me. In life, I find that it is all a single,
constantly changing, always the same, ever evolving, and "already there" organic
phenomenon. Call it a Complex Adaptive System, Self-Organization or whatever
(and no name really does it), but for sure it is a seamless journey, and we are
on it -- with or without permission.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess I did have to chuckle a bit, Gabriela, at your
attribution to Open Space of the power to "give official permission for
self-organization." I know what you meant -- but from where I sit,
self-organization doesn't need permission, nor do we need permission to
self-organize. Self-Organizing is what we are, along with all the rest of the
Cosmos. It does seem, however, that we do need an opportunity to learn, or
better, remember this fundamental fact of life, and there is no question that OS
does provide that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Goodness knows where all this is taking us, but I don't
think it has much to do with designing better processes (2nd Generation OS, for
example) or even your "well designed social architectures." In fact, I don't
think it has anything to do with "designing" whatsoever. For me it is rather
more like being an appreciative participant in the ongoing evolution of the
cosmos. Our part is a small one, but when it comes to the business of
design, the total system can take care of that pretty much all by itself. We
might be helpful, and for sure we can learn ways in which we as individuals
might flow more gracefully and effectively in the great rivers of the
cosmos -- whatever all that might mean. And I think we are on the way to
finding out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for the thoughts, Gabriela!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Harrison </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Harrison Owen<BR>7808 River Falls Dr.<BR>Potomac, MD
20854<BR>USA<BR>301-365-2093<BR>207-763-3261 (summer)<BR>website <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gabriela.ender@OpenSpace-Online.com
href="mailto:gabriela.ender@OpenSpace-Online.com">Gabriela Ender</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Next Generation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Holger,<BR><BR>next generation of OST? Why? The gift and the
power of OST its exactly these <BR>beautiful easiness. When we want to enable
and support selforganization - we <BR>have to be role models for "less is
more". I think, we facilitators <BR>facilitating OST not for us. We do it for
the people. Therefore my question <BR>would not be "next generation OST", but
rather next generation of <BR>consciousness. Consciousness in terms of how to
include the elegancy of OST <BR>into ongoing or planned communication or
transformation processes, the <BR>consciousness of how to combine
complementary methods and resources within <BR>in a longer term process (also
offline and online) and also the <BR>consciousness in terms of what is our
role as consultants/facilitators, if <BR>we work with OST. If we step into the
shoes of the people, we do not need a <BR>next generation OST, we need
humility for the miracles of OST and a personal <BR>inner demand for quality
regarding well designed participatory <BR>architectures.<BR><BR>For me, OST
has nothing to with trends. It simply touches the heart of <BR>people and
because it gives official permission for selforganization. For me <BR>its all
about "back to the roots and forward to higher consciousness". I <BR>deeply
believe and feel, its all just the beginning - based on millions of
<BR>evolutionary open space years.<BR><BR>So far my two morning
cents,<BR>Gabriela<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Holger
Nauheimer (Change Facilitation)" <BR><<A
href="mailto:holger@CHANGE-FACILITATION.ORG">holger@CHANGE-FACILITATION.ORG</A>><BR>To:
<<A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>><BR>Sent:
Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:08 AM<BR>Subject: Next
Generation<BR><BR><BR>Hi everybody,<BR><BR>you might have seen my discussion
inputs to the dropping knowledge<BR>movement. That brings me to a point I
would like to explore, together with<BR>you. Our network is just starting a
project on "Trends in Change<BR>Facilitation", and the big question is "What's
next?", or "Better,<BR>something next?"<BR><BR>Being myself an admirer of the
power that an OS can unfold (and the<BR>potential to transform organizations),
I am still the old post-post-<BR>modernist who asks himself: Is OS the end of
a development we have just<BR>embarked on, just in the tiny time span of 20
years, when OS, AI and<BR>Future Search, and the principles of
self-organization were discovered for<BR>groups, more or less símultanously,
and started to move the world - World<BR>Cafe, as a latecomer 10 years ago -
now Otto Scharmer shaking the trees,<BR>or is it just the beginning, in the
sense of "We've only just begun":<BR><BR>We've only just begun to
live,<BR>White lace and promises<BR>A kiss for luck and we're on our
way.<BR>And yes, We've just begun.<BR><BR>Before the rising sun we fly,<BR>So
many roads to choose<BR>We start our walking and learn to run.<BR>And yes,
We've just begun.<BR><BR>Sharing horizons that are new to us,<BR>Watching the
signs along the way,<BR>Talking it over just all of us,<BR>Working together
day to day<BR>Together.<BR><BR>And when the evening comes we smile,<BR>So much
of life ahead<BR>We'll find a place where there's room to grow,<BR>And yes,
We've just begun.<BR><BR>Words & Music by Paul Williams & Roger
Nichols<BR>(I prefer the cover version of Curtis Mayfield, by the
way)<BR><BR>So, is OS the end of a long road or the start? Will OS be able to
address<BR>all questions of community and organization, and belongingness?
Will we<BR>need and want to experiment with it for a long time to come? Are
there<BR>issues/problems/potential solutions in the Global Village which
demand<BR>other methodologies? Has Open Space Online provided an answer on how
to<BR>further proceed the road? Or which other forms of global interaction
will<BR>we need to develop?<BR><BR>Is there a right or wrong approach to
attempt a healing of the broken<BR>world?<BR><BR>Waiting for answers, and for
more questions.<BR><BR><BR>Warm but inpatient regards<BR>Holger
Nauheimer<BR><BR><BR>Change Facilitation s.r.o.<BR><A
href="http://www.change-facilitation.org">http://www.change-facilitation.org</A><BR>Global
Network for Exploring, Creating, and Celebrating Change.<BR><BR><BR>Now
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