<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This. Is. Beautiful.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A deep bow my friend!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 5, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Harrison <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" class="">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Chris – You should know better than to suggest that I tell a story... But you did.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">It was 1989 in Bombay (now Mumbai). My friend and colleague, one V.S. Mahesh, a senior member of the Tata Administrative Service Corps, had invited me to do a series of lectures, in addition to an Open Space conference in Goa. How could I resist?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">At the conclusion of the several programs, Mahesh convened a press conference for the business reporters of India. This was rather a formal event, and in the way of such things in India, Mahesh’s introduction of myself seemed to go on forever. He covered my CV in detail, including articles and activities I had forgotten, one of which was a review of a colleague’s book entitled, “Global Management Principles.” This 725 page monster described the work of 4 management theorists under such headings as, “Primal Management,” “Developmental Management,” – and last, “Metaphysical Management,” ...and that was me.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">As Mahesh drew to a heart stopping close, he said... It is my pleasure to introduce Harrison Owen ... and Harrison will you please explain to the gentlemen of the press what you mean by Metaphysical Management and Open Space...Technology. And he sat down.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think I could have shot him. “Metaphysical Management” was the invention of a colleague. I think I know what he was getting at, but it surely would not have been my choice of wording. As for Open Space Technology, that was, I do believe, Mahesh’s invention. “Open Space,” I admit to... as for “Technology” – I can only think that Mahesh got on a roll. “Metaphysical Management” was pretty cool. But “Open Space” was a little weak. Needed a tweak. “Technology” might just make it into the titles of the next day’s articles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Mahesh was right. The Press took the bait. And we have been stuck with it ever since.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">So that’s the story... as best as I can tell it. But I think there is a moral. If we ever take what we are doing too seriously, we are definitely in trouble. What we “do” is really a joke. Truthfully, it all happens by itself. We just take naps... if we are smart.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Harrison<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OSList [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Chris Corrigan via OSList<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 05, 2015 3:26 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Daniel Mezick; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OSList] OST: T for Technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">It’s a great story full of Indian strategy, face saving moments, hinterland New York Times bureaux, and the wisdom never to counter free publicity…<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Over to you Harrison!<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Chris<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On May 5, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Some folks do not consider open space to be a 'technology', hence the reference to 'dumb'...</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">I am clueless: What is the origin story of the term "Open Space Technology?"</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Does Japanese journalism play a role in this story? I heard maybe ...</span><br style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">On 5/5/15 3:16 AM, John Baxter wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">Daniel<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">I must have missed the memo where it was decided that 'Technology' was dumb : )<br class=""><br class="">I personally use 'social technology', but the language we use to define objects in the social/cultural/information world is very nebulous... I guess because our conceptualisation is unclear.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">Interesting article<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; 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text-decoration: underline;" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Greetings All,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">We say "Open Space Technology".<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">So: Is Open Space "culture technology?" If so, maybe that "T" for technology is not so misplaced, after all...<br class=""><br class="">...maybe not so much of a joke, after all ?<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Culture Tech<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">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 class=""><br class="">Many of them are designs for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">gatherings</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(aka "meetings" in some locales...)<br class=""><br class="">I think the "liberating structures" such as World Cafe, Fishbowl, OST are actually, and in fact: "culture technology."<br class=""><br class="">To this culture-tech list, we may safely add: Scrum. Sociocracy. Core Protocols.<br class=""><br class="">And culture technology wants to be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">free</i>.<br class=""><br class="">And so I've written a little essay on that, you can see it here:<br class=""><br class="">Culture Technology Wants To Be Free<br class=""><a href="https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">So maybe the T in OST is not so dumb, after all?<br class=""><br class="">Daniel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Related Links:<br class=""><br class="">Scrum Guide<br class=""><a href="http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html</a><br class=""><br class="">Sociocratic Norms<br class=""><a href="http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/</a><br class=""><br class="">Core Protocols<br class=""><a href="http://liveingreatness.com/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://liveingreatness.com/</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">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 class=""><br class="">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 class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">--<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Daniel Mezick, President<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">New Technology Solutions Inc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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