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[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Harrison
Owen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Omitting mention of the
4 Principles certainly can be done, but I am not sure that would change things
in any substantial way. The reason being that the Principles are descriptive as
opposed to prescriptive. In short, they will happen anyway, mentioned or not.
However, one might reasonably ask – why state the obvious? My reason has always
been that keeping the principles in mind seems to ease the way in Open
Space.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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Message-----<BR><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>Jack Martin Leith<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:16
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> Re: Open Space 2.0 - Beyond the
Dogma</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hiya Tree.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for your thoughts on my <Open
Space 2.0 - Beyond the Dogma> post.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Has OS become arthritic? And are
certain Open Space practitioners becoming dogmatic?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Here in the UK the answer is
"yes".</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I've been to two gatherings of OS
practitioners, both held in London (I was the co-creator of the first one)
and anyone wandering in from the street would probably have thought
they were witnessing a meeting of a religious group or a
cult.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At the second of these gatherings,
structured along "Open Space on Open Space" lines, Paul Levy led a session that
challenged the four principles of Open Space, and was shot down in flames by a
number of people.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">And a year ago he advertised, on this very
email list, a workshop with a similar theme to the one he and I are running
in Brighton next week, and received from a prominent OS practitioner what ca bes
be described as hate mail.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for your invitation to share more of
my thoughts. You can find plenty of them here <A
href="http://www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=191">www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=191</A>
and here <A
href="http://www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=192">www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=192</A>,
along with some thoughts expressed by people beyond this list. The purpose of
the 14 May workshop is to discover what other people
think.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My aim (I can't speak for Paul) is not
for 'better' space at meetings, but for a process which is most likely to
deliver the desired results. Which results? Those that will generate as much
value as possible for as many parts of the stakeholder system as
possible. I don't see myself as a process facilitator, but rather as a
results facilitator. As in midwifery, a healthy mother and baby are the first
priority. The process has to serve the results. My personal preference is for
natural methods, but I keep forceps in my back pocket and a scalpel in a glass
box, for emergency use only.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If you'd like to take part in the
discussion through Skype, the user name is <rationalmadness> and the
timing is 1400 to 1600 British Summer Time, which is one hour ahead of
GMT.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best wishes,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack Martin Leith<BR>Bristol, United
Kingdom<BR>Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)<BR>Skype:
jackmartinleith<BR>Facebook: <A
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2008/5/4 Tree Fitzpatrick <<A
href="mailto:therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com">therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com</A>>:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Jack
Martin Leith <<A href="mailto:jack@jackmartinleith.com"
target=_blank>jack@jackmartinleith.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hiya Harrison.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Happy that you're not offended by our
undertaking!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Maybe it's different on your side of the
pond, but Paul and I have both, separately, noticed the worrying extent to which
OS certainly has become a dogma over here, sometimes along with the words
"Harrison Owen" says. (I must put my hand up to having done that many times.) We
both feel that OS has become somewhat arthritic, and overdue for a
rethink.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Open Space Technology is what it
is. Right? How can it become arthritic? I am challenged by
your suggestion but I hope you don't perceive that I am challenging you. I
am genuinely puzzled. I would welcome more of you thoughts, perhaps some
examples of how OS is changing?<BR><BR>How can OS 'become' anything? It is
what it is.<BR><BR>I am wondering if, when you suggest that it is due for a
'rethink', perhaps you are seeing something else, or striving to see something
else. Perhaps you have a (inchoate?) yearning for, please forgive me, 'better'
space at meetings.<BR><BR>I don't have Harrison's depth of experience opening
sepace, but I wholeheartedly agree with what he says about 'second generation
open space'. When in doubt, open more space and if opening more space
brings me to a place of doing nothing, well, for me, then I know I'm doing it
right.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What you say is perfectly true, and I
agree wholeheartedly ... although I'm personaly keen on conversation that
precipitates action ... but all too often it's very different on the
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encouragement. We'll keep you posted. Steve the Doc has already signed up for
the Skype option.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack Martin
Leith<BR>Bristol, United Kingdom<BR>Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831
840541)<BR>Skype: jackmartinleith<BR>Facebook: <A
href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=725422325"
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2008/4/30 Harrison Owen <<A
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sounds like a
marvelous under taking, but I am not sure about all this "Dogma" business.
Dogma in my lexicon is a whole bunch of stuff that you have to do/believe.
My experience with OST is that it is all about thinking of one more thing
NOT to do – or believe. The end of the line, or indeed the next iteration,
would involve doing nothing at all, and where "belief" translated into pure
experience. You were just "there" in that present moment being fully what
you (we) already were – full, conscious, passionate, responsible human
beings. My experience with most of the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Generation Open Spaces
is that they seem to involve more and different doing and believing. To my
eyes this seems to be going in the wrong direction. But what do I
know? Have fun!!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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