<div dir="ltr">I love your stories Harrison, please do tell them again and again.<div><br></div><div>christine</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Toke Paludan Møller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Thank you Harrison<div><br></div><div>I never heard that story and tks Chris for calling it forth from the past….<br><div><br></div><div>A bow to the simplicity, power of trust and natural structure</div><div> and the art of napping…..of course</div><div><br></div><div>I am off to practice just that in the bush in Queensland….</div><div>and the learning village is rocking on all by its sweet self organizing self </div><div>as we rise to be relaxed, beautiful and co creative selves….</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div><br></div><div>toke</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 06/05/2015, at 07.02, Harrison via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Chris – You should know better than to suggest that I tell a story... But you did.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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? <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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. <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mahesh was right. The Press took the bait. And we have been stuck with it ever since. <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Harrison <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Winter Address<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">7808 River Falls Drive<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">301-365-2093<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Summer Address<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">189 Beaucaire Ave.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Camden, ME 04843<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">207-763-3261<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Websites<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a> www.openspaceworld.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a>www.ho-image.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">OSLIST </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1f497d">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> OSList [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Corrigan via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 05, 2015 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Daniel Mezick; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] OST: T for Technology<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal">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…<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal">Over to you Harrison!<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal">Chris<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt" type="cite"><div><div class="MsoNormal">On May 5, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">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""><br><br><span style="background:white">I am clueless: What is the origin story of the term "Open Space Technology?"</span><br><br><span style="background:white">Does Japanese journalism play a role in this story? I heard maybe ...</span><br style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><br></span><u></u><u></u></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">On 5/5/15 3:16 AM, John Baxter wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px" type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Daniel<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">I must have missed the memo where it was decided that 'Technology' was dumb : )<br><br>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Interesting article<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663300">John Baxter</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator</span></i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">jsbaxter.com.au</span></a> |<span> </span><a href="http://cocreateadl.com/" target="_blank">CoCreateADL.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">0405 447 829</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444"><span> </span>| </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">@</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">jsbaxter_</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about<span> </span><b>City Grill</b>!</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Summary and links:<span> </span><a href="http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/" target="_blank">cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/</a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList<span> </span><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>><span> </span>wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Greetings All,<span> </span><br><br>We say "Open Space Technology".<span> </span><br><br><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><br><br><br><br>Culture Tech<br><br><br>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<span> </span><i>gatherings</i><span> </span>(aka "meetings" in some locales...)<br><br>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><br>And culture technology wants to be<span> </span><i>free</i>.<br><br>And so I've written a little essay on that, you can see it here:<br><br>Culture Technology Wants To Be Free<br><a href="https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@DanielMezick/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free-c2e180a844a5</a><br><br><br><br>So maybe the T in OST is not so dumb, after all?<br><br>Daniel<span> </span><br><br><br>Related Links:<br><br>Scrum Guide<br><a href="http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html" target="_blank">http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html</a><br><br>Sociocratic Norms<br><a href="http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/" target="_blank">http://wayofthecircle.org/pattern-language/</a><br><br>Core Protocols<br><a href="http://liveingreatness.com/" target="_blank">http://liveingreatness.com/</a><br><br><br><br>PS. 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