<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">The nwicked question I would add is the one I have walked with during my nearly 20 years of Open Space practice:<div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 36px;">Where is the magic coming from? What happens to us inside this container? Where do we need more of this?</span></div><div><br></div><div>These questions will never be answered, even with a lifetime of practice, but they will inspire, provoke and remind any future researcher for the rest of time that whatever happens, the world can never say it did not glimpse the brilliance of humans in the creative field of Open Space. </div><div><br></div><div>In true trickster fashion, beffiting the Man With The Hat, may these questions stand as a curiosity, a blessing and a curse!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 9, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Jeff Aitken <<a href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com">r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Harrison and Charles,<br><br>This is fantastic! What a gift to bestow upon the new generations. I<br>love the line "they will become entranced with the multiple unanswered<br>questions triggered by the Open Space experience." Happens to all of<br>us!<br><br>My largely intuitive and somewhat questionable PhD dissertation at<br>CIIS was a look at the worldview shifts that may occur in an<br>individual during multiple experiences of Open Space. Guided by the<br>beauty teachings of our dear departed Angeles Arrien, and other<br>indigenous teachers.<br><br>So I offer the suggestion to research Open Space as an INDIVIDUAL<br>phenomenon as well as the organization or group phenomenon which seems<br>the more usual approach.<br><br>A similar line of research was invoked at a recent event with the<br>student leadership team at Santa Rosa City College called "Leadership<br>Is Everywhere." What if Open Space may be considered a "leadership<br>lab" (or a "leaderfull greenhouse" if we exchange the lab coats for<br>coveralls.) Each participant can reflect on their actions during a day<br>or two of Open Space as multiple and diverse contributions to the<br>health of the system in which they participate - which is one<br>definition of leadership. The kind of leadership invoked in Open Space<br>is powerfully appropriate for the complexities of our age. And we can<br>learn to expand our repertoire of leadership acts over several<br>experiences of the greenhouse.<br><br>Very excited to learn what comes of this act of generosity, Harrison<br>and Charles.<br><br>with blessings!<br><br>Jeff Aitken PhD<br>San Francisco<br><br><br><br><br><br>On 5/9/14, Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">There comes some point in every lifetime when it is time to clear the<br>shelves. This is true for me, and in this case my shelves are heavily<br>loaded<br>with mementos from 30 Years in Open Space. Lots of videos, ancient<br>Proceedings, papers of various sorts. I thought to move everything to the<br>recycle bin, but then had a second thought that perhaps there was some<br>material there that could be of interest. With the help of Barbara Bunker I<br>contacted several universities and was delighted to find that there was<br>more<br>than a little interest. Operating on the principle of "First Come First<br>Served" - I am in the process of boxing everything up, adding a few notes,<br>and shipping it all off to Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara,<br>CA.<br><br><br><br>I have never been to Fielding, but over the years I have come to know and<br>respect a number of their faculty and students. My hope would be that some<br>of their students might find useful areas for study and possibly<br>dissertations. Under the best of circumstances, they will become entranced<br>with the multiple unanswered questions triggered by the Open Space<br>experience. After all, when you encounter a global phenomenon which<br>violates<br>virtually all the principles and practices of the conventional wisdom - it<br>is very clear that something marvelously questionable is going on.<br><br><br><br>I am writing this note in part just to let you know what's happening, but<br>more importantly to invite your thoughts and contributions. If you were to<br>be an advisor to the Fielding Students, specifically what issues,<br>questions,<br>opportunities do you see that would be of interest and utility? Or to put<br>it<br>another way, What are the Wicked Questions that may have bugged you forever<br>- and that you just wish somebody would sink their teeth into?<br><br><br><br>If you will answer online we can all enjoy, and I have cc'd Charles<br>McClintock at Fielding so your thoughts will be passed along. Or of course<br>you can contact him directly.<br><br><br><br>Harrison<br><br><br><br>Harrison Owen<br><br>7808 River Falls Dr.<br><br>Potomac, MD 20854<br><br>USA<br><br><br><br>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<br><br>Camden, Maine 04843<br><br><br><br>Phone 301-365-2093<br><br>(summer) 207-763-3261<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br><br>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<br><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST<br>Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org<br><br><br><br><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>