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There are at least two important questions here:<br>
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1) What are we talking about here when we talk about "Open Space"?<br>
2) What are we referencing when we talk about "Open Space
Technology"?<br>
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As for question 1, we may have walked into this before on the
OSList. I'm not going to bother to search our archives - I'm trying
not to work too hard. But this reminds me of Einstein's answer about
what is space and what is time? They're what we measure with rulers
and clocks. My Physics 101 teacher in college said this the very
first day. Then we got over it. (I've can prove Einstein said it
about clocks - <a
href="http://www.askamathematician.com/2009/11/q-what-is-time/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.askamathematician.com/2009/11/q-what-is-time/">http://www.askamathematician.com/2009/11/q-what-is-time/</a></a>).<br>
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Now about question 2, my sense of this based on something the
wonderful Chuni Li said at an Open Space Institute U.S. board
retreat over a year ago. She questioned if it is just the one
meeting format we're familiar with (sit in a circle, open a
marketplace, do breakouts, and then come together for a closing
circle) or if it is anything that supports the opening of space. (My
apologies if I've corrupted the clarity of what she's said - but it
was a big aha moment at the meeting for me.)<br>
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I'm sure there are other ways, other technology, that can "open
space". At least if we don't get too hung up on the first question -
though you got me what we could measure open space with - other than
maybe the same thing I measure when I move with my two feet. An
internal experience.<br>
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Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/16 10:55 AM, Daniel Mezick via
OSList wrote:<br>
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What is Open Space Technology? <br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
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