The
Conscious Open Space Organization: Working with Spirit
My
Story of the Open Space Organization by Birgitt
Williams
I wish to share a story with you. A story of the Open Space Organization
as I have journeyed with it, which for almost a decade is a story
that entwines with the story of my personal growth and evolution.
It is also a story that runs at every step of the way from my
intuition in a conscious relationship with my experience, knowledge
and intention. It is a travel log, containing information to provide
you with a map...
Keeping
the Spirit Alive by Birgitt Williams
This is the fifth chapter from Harrison Owen’s book, "Tales
from Open Space".
Journeying
to the Millenium Organisation: Navigating Through Chaos by
Birgitt Williams and Michelle Cooper Managers were led to
believe that change could be managed and hence controlled. We
know today that managing and controlling change is impossible,
an act in frustration...
Open
Space and the Medicine Wheel by Birgitt Williams
& Larry Peterson
Both of us have worked with Harrison Owen when he has closed the
Space. Often at closing, he uses a description of the Medicine
Wheel as a metaphor for what is experienced in Open Space meetings;
shared leadership, vision, community, and management. We see this
framework as a useful way to look at the balance of chaos and
order in Open Space and in transforming organizations.
Critical
Mass Thinking by Bob Filipczak
Critical mass events aren't called to decide what kind of paper
towels to put in the company rest rooms or what colour to paint
the cafeteria. These meetings are about change with a capital
"C," and organizations currently engaged in battle with
the change monster are beginning to see large-group intervention
as an effective weapon.
From
One Leader To Many by Birgitt Williams
About 100 staff gathered in a circle with no preplanned agenda
and experienced the normal angst of moving into something that
felt very different. Added to the anxiety was some trepidation
about what my agenda as their CEO was, compounded by the fact
that I was leading the meeting myself rather than having a facilitator
do so. To their credit, they gave me the benefit of the doubt
and assumed that my intentions were good.
Managing
the Organization After Open Space by Birgitt Williams
& Larry Peterson
"So now what? It was a great meeting, but now do we go back
to business as usual?" Executives, management and most participants
do not want to lose the energy and possibilities that have emerged
from the event. However, they are often not clear how to fit it
into the way "we do business".
