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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Interesting review in Sunday’s NY Times. The book is of the
title above and describes the following characteristics of “calamities”, “As
the prevailing order… collapses another takes shape: … improvised,
collaborative, cooperative and local society”. First responders hierarchy and traditional
media usually get in the way of what seems to me to be self-organization after
chaos strikes. The reviewer thinks this is new. The author makes the case for
the natural qualities of self-organization when the space is forcibly opened
although she would not use that language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Toronto, Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com"><span style='color:blue'>larry@spiritedorg.com</span></a>
416.653.4829 <a href="http://www.spiritedorg.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.spiritedorg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robyn
Stratton-Berkessel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> September-07-09 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSLIST] Not ideal but worth the effort (Latin reflection)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As a virtual bumble bee on our OSLIST, it delights me how we
drop in on conversations and choose to linger longer or not. In fact the whole
web invites us to live the 4 principles and the 1 law, following our passions,
engaging or not. Here, I am energized by Suzanne's story - her personal
experience and honoring of her own courage and how powerful it was at many
levels. What excites me equally is the group for whom Suzanne opened
space - National Alliance for Media, Arts and Culture. Marvelous they get to
experience the transparency and openness and passion of OS and what they may be
moved to do with it in their own lives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Next, Artur and Juan's observations about the role of
cultural traditions and the structures that may or may not be ready to embrace
the openness of open space - "embracing the chaos" as he mentions -
is a really interesting and important topic from my perspective. I'm
heading to India later in the year. My life's dream coming true. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If any of you has experience in any part of India
working with participatory, self-organizing methodologies, I would love
to hear. India is so hugely diverse, and I am wondering how open to
self-organizing processes without set agendas, talking-heads and control
mechanisms the various cultures might be. Awareness of the different memes in
Spiral Dynamic terms helps a lot, as well as recognizing the cultural imprint
and influence of our heritage, as Artur reminds us. As an Australian, I
feel strongly aligned to my cultural imprint as anti-authoritarian, delighting
in bucking the system - serving me sometimes and other times not. And I
am respectful of others whose history is different. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Warm regards from Atlantic Highlands NJ.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Robyn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Robyn Stratton-Berkessel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>+1 732 291 0462<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Skype: robynsb<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: robbiecat<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.positivematrix.com">www.positivematrix.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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JL Walker wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Dear Artur:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>It’s an excellent hypothesis my dear friend. Thank you I think
it’s true.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Juan Luis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De:</span></b><span
lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST [<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
<b>En nombre de </b>Artur Silva<br>
<b>Enviado el:</b> domingo, 06 de septiembre de 2009 6:48<br>
<b>Para:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Re: [OSLIST] Not ideal but worth the effort</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Being
myself from Portugal, but knowing well Spain and France, I have come to
understand that in Latin countries, mostly influenced by the Catholic
tradition, than by Protestantism, people have even more difficulty to embrace
the chaos than in some other cultures. Hierarchies and control have more
influence in our heads and institutions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So
OST is more difficult to “sell” and even more powerful when we can get to it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Lisbonne</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
avec amitié</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b>Sat, 9/5/09, Suzanne Daigle <i><a href="mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com"><sdaigle4@gmail.com></a></i></b>
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From: Suzanne Daigle <a href="mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com"><sdaigle4@gmail.com></a><br>
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Not ideal but worth the effort<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 7:49 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Harrison -<br>
Inviting people to live the Open Space principles and the Law of 2 Feet
throughout the conference and beyond was my invitation. Doug said it was a
little sneaky; Harrison said the whole thing becomes rather subversive:
"Stealth OST". No criticism intended and none taken on my part. But
it got me thinking and then grinning like a Cheshire cat.<br>
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Well the irony of it all is that OST is all about that. The beauty is its
simplicity and covertness. It worked for me by awakening my activist
soul and putting the conformist me in a box somewhere. Being French, I'd say
that OST can be the Bastille of Independence, Freedom, and Choice...the thing
that awakens the dormant "passion" and "personal
responsibility" in individuals. Society and companies do not easily
embrace the chaos, confusion and conflict that you describe in Wave Ride
often preferring the Closed System Hoax with its illusion of control and
predictability rather than the messy alternative. Not working so well these
days though! <br>
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Now back to those 4 simple principles with the Law of 2 Feet, the Butterfly
and the Bumble Bee and what they stir "inside" people when you let
yourself experience them cause you can't really know it by reading it. They
awaken feelings, emotions, connections, thinking on a more conscious and
unconscious level, listening, participating, sharing, authenticity, fun and
the list goes on -- all of the stuff that we are taught to control and
contain. And then surprise, once that's released, creativity emerges,
purpose, action and results which come under that beautiful law of nature
called self-organizing --nothing new, always been there. OST I think invites
this hope and magic back into our being and our lives. Sneaky,
subversive, stealth....yes indeed! Fitting reflections for this Labor Day
Weekend 2009! Thanks guys!<br>
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Suzanne<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Harrison Owen <<a
href="http://us.mc546.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hhowen@verizon.net"
target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>So you had fun! Great!! And as I read along I had this
strange sense of déjà view all over again, to quote the great Yogi. This is
where we started with improvements!! OST was born out of the recognition that
the really juicy part of a large conference happened in the coffee breaks, to
which I would add the bar, long walks, and just hanging out. Sure there
were formal presentations and elaborate processes to include people, expand
people, transform people. But for the most part the formal sessions provided
stuff we had heard before or could have read in a book, and all the elaborate
processes seemed great at the start, but simply couldn’t hold a candle
compared to a good conversation at the bar or wherever. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:navy'>My learning from your experience for which I thank you – is that
the good old informal, self organizing system is alive and well, and it will
function regardless of all efforts to structure and control. And if you offer
a little support (your “anywhere, anytime sessions”) it only gets better.
Doug is right – the whole thing becomes rather subversive. You might call it
Stealth OST.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:navy'>My real learning is that we haven’t invented a thing. “It” (self
organizing systems) always was. We may acknowledge its presence, support its
process, but at the end of the day – it will do just fine all by itself. Of
course it would feel better if folks stopped trying to organize a self
organizing system.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST [mailto:<a
href="http://us.mc546.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"
target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzanne
Daigle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Back from Boston after facilitating “A</span><span
lang=EN-US style='color:red'> <b><i>Taste</i></b></span><span lang=EN-US> of
Open Space” at the NAMAC (National Alliance for Media, Arts and Culture)
Conference. This was my first large event (300+ participants); did not
have that much lead time to prepare; and the circumstances were less than
ideal: blended with workshops, no opportunity to sit in a circle and for a
while, I worried about wall space and ability to use masking tape on the
walls of this ornate room in a historical hotel. We used blue painters’ tape.
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Looking back, I would not have traded a
minute of this experience. Yes, it could have been so much better but
ultimately it was worth it based on the number of conversations (20 –
25…more?) over the 3 days of the conference. I had 90 minutes on the
first morning with the plenary group to OPEN SPACE: announce the OS question
tied to their theme (Lisa Heft was so helpful in offering some ideas with
lots of other invaluable tips too), to explain the principles and the Law, to
build an agenda, and to open a marketplace. Within an hour, no less
than 15 groups were talking. I called it the Speed Dating of OPEN SPACE
clearly indicating that this was just a “TASTE of Open Space”. I said it
would be an opportunity for them to find each other quickly by connecting
with others who shared their passion on common topics. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I thought I would be a basket case but
somehow having meditated twice daily for the 10 days preceding this event,
rehearsing on my outside patio over and over, scouring Diane Gibeault’s
training materials, reading everything I could get my hands on and seeking
help from some OS trusted friends who were so very generous, I felt calm,
clear and grounded. It wasn’t about me; it was about the participants!
The night before, working with a few volunteers, I took the time to quietly
walk the room and did so again the next morning. And I thought of this
audience and my passion for their cause – free press, documentary film
producers, youth, arts, media, culture, democracy, etc. The hardest
part was not having the circle and people writing and posting the topics at
the back of the room. Clearly all the OS practitioners are right that you
NEED a circle to keep the energy focused in the middle in spite of the fact
that I had them visualize a giant circle as part of my intro. Not the same…at
all! As people were writing and announcing their topics, many started
conversations around their tables and I had to bring them back to attention a
few times. I feel we could have had 60 to 75 topics in those first 15
minutes instead of the 30 we got. Others topics were added later and
some folks posted Summary Reports from their discussions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Over the 3 days, there were six 90 minute
OS timeslots on the program not including the Closing (no circle there
either). What I invited people to do was to live the 4 Principles of OS
and the Law of 2 Feet (Butterfly and Bumble Bee) throughout the
conference and even beyond. We had blank post-it notes so they could
schedule their sessions anytime, anywhere and they did: in the coffee shop,
in the bar (15 people form 10 pm until past midnight), early morning and
lunchtime as well as in the assigned locations in our plenary room which
became the OPEN SPACE hub. What they said they appreciated most was the gift
of choice and freedom.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'>As I watched the conversations happening from afar,
I felt such gratitude to have had the courage to do this. People came by to
share quietly as I cleaned up coffee cups, trash, etc. The feedback was
extremely positive and while I know it could have been better, my commitment
to be “opening space” for people wherever and however I can from the heart is
what drives me now. Yes I will always push for optimal conditions as I
feel I must. But if I can’t get there, I will just try to do my best and not
shut the door. If anyone wants to know more, I’ll gladly share
all that I lived and felt during those three days. I owe so much to
this community. Thank you everyone. </span><span lang=EN-US><br>
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Link to some of the NAMAC OS photos: <a
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NuFocus Strategic Group<br>
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