The 2005 iteration of a 14 year tradition, the annual Open Space on Open Space will take place this year in Halifax,. Nove Scotia. And despite it being on the other side of our continent, it’s still closer to me this year than it has been since I co-hosted the gathering in 2001. So I’m going. And if you are interested in Open Space Technology, and free August 4-6, you might consider joining us in Halifax. Technorati Tags: openspace, conferences, halifax
While I was in Prince George, David Stevenson and I rejigged the OST practice workshop that Michael Herman and I have been delivering around the world over the last two years. We changed it from two days of mostly open space, to four half days of focus on the practices of opening, inviting, holding and practicing. I sent the design to Michael and he pushed the parts around a little and came up with this riff: “1. practice of opening. it’s about willingness. willingness to see, to know, to open. it’s personal and reflective, but can be felt physically in …
This is being posted elsewhere, but David Weinberger has co-written a little manifesto on the infrastructure of democracy for a conference in Madrid on terrorism, security and democracy. I especially like this line: “The best response to abuses of openness is more openness.” I agree with that and then some. The internet may form an important piece of the infrastructure of democracy, but this principle applies to all processes and techniques that humans use for communicating and collaborating, including conversational processes. Over the last week in Prince George I did a two day Open Space practice workshop with some young …
From four-year old Finn today: “Night comes when the earth yawns and the darkness comes down from space.” It’s nice to be back home after 8 days in Prince George. Great to reconnect with the little ones and be privy to this sort of wisdom.