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Greetings All, <br>
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We say "Open Space Technology". <br>
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<br>
So: Is Open Space "culture technology?" If so, maybe that "T" for
technology is not so misplaced, after all...<br>
<br>
...maybe not so much of a joke, after all ?<br>
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Culture Tech<br>
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If we look at the so-called "liberating structures" such as World
Cafe, Fishbowl, OST, we can see these are generally grouped together
under this "liberating structures" banner.<br>
<br>
Many of them are designs for <i>gatherings</i> (aka "meetings" in
some locales...)<br>
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I think the "liberating structures" such as World Cafe, Fishbowl,
OST are actually, and in fact: "culture technology."<br>
<br>
To this culture-tech list, we may safely add: Scrum. Sociocracy.
Core Protocols.<br>
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And culture technology wants to be <i>free</i>.<br>
<br>
And so I've written a little essay on that, you can see it here:<br>
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Culture Technology Wants To Be Free<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5">https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5</a><br>
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So maybe the T in OST is not so dumb, after all?<br>
<br>
Daniel <br>
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Related Links:<br>
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Scrum Guide<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html">http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html</a><br>
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Sociocratic Norms<br>
<a href="http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/">http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/</a><br>
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Core Protocols<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://liveingreatness.com/">http://liveingreatness.com/</a><br>
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PS. The Core Protocols folks, Michele & Jim McCarthy, call their
stuff "software for your head." My current belief is that all
culture-technologies (like OST for example?) are in fact 'software
for your head."<br>
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PSS. (Sidebar question: My understanding is that a Japanese
journalist coined this "OST" term and it stuck. What is the origin
story of this term? Where can it be found on the web?)<br>
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