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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Harrison, you are right. What I mend to say is that a lot of
clients are not familiar with, or a bit allergic for, “jargon”
of consultants. They don’t ask me to make an offer to facilitate
self-organization, they ask me to facilitate a process for ……..whatever
their goal is. One of my challenges is to explain the process and why it works in
everyday language. And it might be very confronting to discover that we
don’t really have a choice, only indirect controls maybe? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tonnie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>Namens </b>Harrison Owen<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 28 mei 2009 19:40<br>
<b>Aan:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [OSLIST] Volunteers and conscripts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>Tonnie – As small point. You said, “I think it wise to
realize that clients don’t want self-organization.” Point is
– Clients don’t really have a choice. At least they don’t
have a choice if self-organization has been the order of the day for 13.7
billion years. I guess you could call that “theory” but to me it
feels very much like boots on the ground fact. At the very least I know I
didn’t organize the cosmos – so it either happened all by itself
or. . .</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>Harrison</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Harrison Owen</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>7808 River Falls Drive</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Potomac,
Maryland 20854</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Phone 301-365-2093</span><span
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Skype hhowen</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Open Space Training</span><span lang=EN-US
style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/"><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></a> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Open Space Institute</span><span lang=EN-US
style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/"><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.openspaceworld.org</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Personal website</span><span lang=EN-US
style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.ho-image.com/"><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.ho-image.com</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tonnie
van der Zouwen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Volunteers and conscripts</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi
Jack,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank
you for your critical comments. I think it wise to realize that clients
don’t want self-organization or a specific method, they want to get a job
done. It’s our skill to help find and facilitate an effective process.
For my research project on success factors of large scale interventions I
certainly am going to use the quote <b>That’s all very well in practice
– but will it work in theory?</b></span><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Reminds me of the quote “In theory
there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is”
( Yogi Berra or ?, see <a
href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DifferenceBetweenTheoryAndPractice">http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DifferenceBetweenTheoryAndPractice</a>
). Building bridges between theory and practice is not so easy in scholarly
research, I notice. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One
of the conclusions of my research so far is that of course things can go wrong
if you do not master the technique of Open Space, but one of the most important
success factors in organizations is the play with the client and the planning
team. Expectation management, getting clear what they want to achieve, talking
about the philosophy why this approach will work, negotiating about adequate
conditions, the guts to say no if basic requirements are not met (time is too
short to get the job done, or diversity is too low, no compelling issue, </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>etc.). Just as in every consultancy process. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Maybe this play is less important </span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>in
communities where power is more distributed among participants and people are
really free to participate or not? Another success factor turns out to be the
focus on the bigger process, not on the event. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Although
I often lack the time to respond, I am learning a lot from this OSList. Thanks
to you all! Let’s celebrate on the 4<sup>th</sup> of July. </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tonnie</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>Namens </b>Jack Martin Leith<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 28 mei 2009 11:24<br>
<b>Aan:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [SPAM]Re: [OSLIST] Volunteers and conscripts</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Harrison, thank
you for the clarification </span>... and the birthday date.<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>I propose that we declare 4 July
2010 (July 4 2020 if you do it that way round where you live) World Open Space
Day, and mark the occasion in some suitable way. Does anyone have some ideas
about how we might do this?<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>I'll make a post to Osuki - let's
see what emerges!<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Regarding the 60 minute Open
Space that someone mentioned, I'll describe the way I did it on this list
if anyone's interested. The event was the MIT Entrepreneurship Center (<a
href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/">http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu</a>)
conference that took place in Madrid in May 2008.<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>2009/5/27 Harrison Owen <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>Jack I never said that OS would not work with
“conscripts.” I did say that the result would be less than optimal
– and that if one wanted the very best, voluntary self-selection was
essential. At least that has been my experience so far. In fact Open Space
works very effectively in prisons – where voluntary self-selection is not
an ordinary practice. But I cannot believe that prison life could be confused
with optimal human conditions, although I grant that a number of places of
business have much in common with many prisons. There may be a lack of
concertina wire and guard towers, but I found the atmosphere very much the
same. In such places Open Space works as well, if only because even such
miserable excuses for work environments are also part of this self organizing
world. But I think it safe to say that high levels of performance, creativity,
innovation, and the like are not commonly found. As for the birth date of
Open Space Technology – that would be July the 4<sup>th</sup> weekend in
Monterey California. Didn’t think of it at the time, but in retrospect I
find that date marvelously appropriate. Something about -- Revolution and
Freedom (from the Crown). You might say Voluntary Self-Selection! </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>Harrison</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Harrison
Owen</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>7808 River
Falls Drive</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Potomac,
Maryland 20854</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Phone
301-365-2093</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Skype
hhowen</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Open Space Training</span><span
lang=EN-US style='color:red'> <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/"
target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></a>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"
target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack
Martin Leith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Volunteers and conscripts</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>I've turned Bhav's question and
Harrison's response into a blog post on the Osuki website, and added a comment
of my own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Here's the link: <a
href="http://www.osuki.net/?p=913" target="_blank">www.osuki.net/?p=913</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>If you don't want to click on
the link you can see my comment below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Harrison and Bhav, I hope it's
OK with you that I've posted this article. I haven't named Bhav. I'll delete
the post if either of you asks me to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Warm wishes from Bristol, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>P.S. Harrison, can you please
remind us of the exact date of the 25th birthday of Open Space?<br>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><a
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>While I agree with pretty much
everything Harrison says here, in the 20 years that I’ve been working
professionally with Open Space Technology, I can’t think of a single
client that was seeking to create a self-organising system. They simply wanted
to get a job done, and OST was the chosen tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Many of the Open Space events
I’ve co-designed and facilitated were not organised on a voluntary
participation basis, yet the respective clients were happy with the results.
Would voluntary participation have bettered these results? Maybe … maybe
not. We’ll never know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>What’s beyond doubt is
that OST is a very robust process that can be effective even when prevailing
thinking suggests it’s doomed to failure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>In the early 1990s I
co-facilitated, with <a href="http://www.osuki.net/?page_id=530" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#336600'>Mo Cohen </span></a>of this parish, a two-day Open Space
event for the change management practice of a large management consulting firm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>The client had a hidden agenda
that was shockingly revealed at the end of the first day of a two-day Open
Space event. The secret plan was a radical reorganisation of the change
management practice that would have a big impact on everyone in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>At the start of the second day
the participants, conscripts one and all, binned their agenda and created a new
one focused on the implications of the reorganisation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>My friend and collaborator <a
href="http://www.osuki.net/?page_id=126" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#336600'>Jean-Marc Le Tissier</span></a> (also of this parish) was
an employee of the consulting firm and a participant in the event. Whenever we
recollect those two days we agree that Open Space was the right tool for the
job. It shouldn’t have worked – but it did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US>That’s all very
well in practice – but will it work in theory?</span></strong><b><span
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</span></b><em><span lang=EN-US>Unknown</span></em><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Open Space is an extremely
resilient 24 year old. Let’s start planning the 25th birthday
celebrations (early July 2010) now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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