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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Harrison, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Yesterday I was reading (almost) all emails
on this list. Learned a lot again. What I kept wandering about last evening is
your remark about how little attention to OST is paid so far in academic
research and publications. Since I am doing research on large scale
interventions (Success factors and effects and a practical guide for effective
use of LSI) this triggered me: What research questions would you like to
be answered in academic research? What would you like OST to be compared
with? Then I realized that touches the question: How to see OST and what is it
used for? In your book Wave rider you give examples of OST as a method for creating
high performance systems. The practitioner in me reacts: Ok, I know it works,
let’s do it. The academic researcher in me sais: He, interesting, how do
I know the high performance system is there? How long will it last? What is the
influence of the length of the meeting? Does it ripple off, why/why not? Et
cetera. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We had two conferences with researchers,
practitioners and clients about my research on success factors and effects of
LSI. Thanks again Harrison for contributing to the online conference. In the
discussions, especially in the live conference on September 17<sup>th</sup>, a
wide gap showed between LSI practice and academic tradition. I think that
explains part of the relatively little attention in academic research. Some
practitioners say: “we don’t need evidence from research, we
already know it works”, or “research will never be able to grasp
the magic of ….” . While some researchers say: “It is
all self reported success from founders and practitioners with an interest in a
positive image”, or “If you can’t conceptualize it you should
try harder”. Moreover, you have to work with sophisticated qualitative
research methods to do justice to complex situations and the richness of an
intervention as OST. It is my opinion most academic institutes still operate in
a classic quantitative or linear research tradition. They don’t want to burn
their hands on what they think wooly stuff, or they simply don’t know how
to inquire complex interventions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Another problem with finding articles
on research on OST is that the phenomenon is labeled with different names.
On the level of OST as a large group intervention, or as an interactive method
for change more literature is available. But you don’t see OST in the
title. I gathered a long list of references, so if you are interested let me
know. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Luckily, there are also practitioners and
researchers who see possibilities and added value in academic research.
Especially those who combine both activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What would you want from research?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Tonnie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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