Introduction and Inquiry
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses:
-
What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
-
Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
Hello Stacey and welcome to the community from a fellow Falcon! I graduated
from BGSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. I
currently reside in Charlotte, NC.
E ZIGGY ZOOMBA!
Any attempt to convey in writing the sense of joy I feel in this moment
would be sorely inadequate!
I have short answers to your two points of inquiry, and an invitation to
explore much deeper in real-time.
-
I fell in love with OST at the Lean Agile Open public Open Space event
in April 2018. The sponsor of the event (Joe Little) was the person from
whom I received my Certified Scrum Master training in 2017. So I suppose I
must credit Scrum for introducing me to Open Space! Back in 2018, Joe was
holding two Open Space events annually, one in April, and one in October.
At the April 2018 event, I convened a session on vulnerability that was
truly liberating for me and (I've been told) was impactful for others as
well. I then asked Joe if he would consider hiring me to facilitate the
October event. He agreed on the condition that I receive some sort of
formal OST training, which I did - from Daniel Mezick, who has become one
of my Open Space mentors. Fast forward to today, I'm now on the board of
the Open Space Institute, and facilitated parts of last weekend's "Opening
Space for Peace and High Performance" annual event. -
Why OST? In my mind, there is no structure or process for group
interaction that even comes close to the potential of OST for liberation of
the human spirit and its embodiment of self-organization. I could go on. I
sincerely hope we connect in real-time so I get the opportunity to do so!
Rijon
513-375-8350
On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:41 PM Stacey Hartley via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial
popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating
Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a
newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of
Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my
30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer
service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in
public higher education and finally business development/student engagement
(an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and
committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised
by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements
is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board.
It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the
OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as
part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST
as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of
our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully
invite responses:
-
What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
-
Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning
more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of
practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
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Purple Phoenix Partners
513-375-8350
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Book time with me at http://calend.ly/rijon
Good morning, Stacey, and welcome!
I was a manager in product development (professional and consumer audio) for close to 30 years when the software content of my projects began to exceed 50% of the effort. My engagement with software engineering exposed me to Agility (practices for achieving big, messy things in small, manageable bites). I had always been a bit of a renegade in program management, as I secretly believed projects had inherent timelines that were impossible to beat with more careful planning or larger teams. I had always favored self-management in my teams, so Agility resonated for me.
My first exposure to OST was at the 2016(?) Agile Games conference, and I immediately recognized it as self-management on steroids. Like Rijon, I was trained and mentored by Daniel Mezick, and have found great value in OST for releasing the energy in groups to wrestle daunting challenges, as well as for giving people a provocative experience of how effective self-management can be when given room to happen.
Enjoy your event, and be prepared to be surprised!
PS: Fear not; it always works.
Marc
Marc Trudeau
LikeBreathin.com
Mobile 774-641-8302
On Jan 21, 2023, at 1:41 PM, Stacey Hartley via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses:
-
What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
-
Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
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I came to OST as a result of my research.
My work with teams over decades has broadened my interest in OD.
My study of complexity science lead me to investigate OD approaches that supported the application of complexity science principles to the workings of groups.
My research included:
Meg Wheatley - Leadership and the New Science
David Rock - Neuroleadership Institute
Glenda Eoyang - Human Systems Dynamics
Denise Easton - Plexus Institute
Ralph Stacey - Complex Adaptive Systems (now known as Complex Responsive Processes)
Mike Beedle - Agile Software Development With Scrum (especially Chapter 6)
…And various other titles, organizations, and institutes.
My investigations continue.
Of them all, OST is the most congruent with my understanding of how complexity science informs how groups work.
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 21, 2023, at 2:24 PM, Rijon Erickson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hello Stacey and welcome to the community from a fellow Falcon! I graduated from BGSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. I currently reside in Charlotte, NC.E ZIGGY ZOOMBA!
Any attempt to convey in writing the sense of joy I feel in this moment would be sorely inadequate!
I have short answers to your two points of inquiry, and an invitation to explore much deeper in real-time.
I fell in love with OST at the Lean Agile Open public Open Space event in April 2018. The sponsor of the event (Joe Little) was the person from whom I received my Certified Scrum Master training in 2017. So I suppose I must credit Scrum for introducing me to Open Space! Back in 2018, Joe was holding two Open Space events annually, one in April, and one in October. At the April 2018 event, I convened a session on vulnerability that was truly liberating for me and (I've been told) was impactful for others as well. I then asked Joe if he would consider hiring me to facilitate the October event. He agreed on the condition that I receive some sort of formal OST training, which I did - from Daniel Mezick, who has become one of my Open Space mentors. Fast forward to today, I'm now on the board of the Open Space Institute, and facilitated parts of last weekend's "Opening Space for Peace and High Performance" annual event.
Why OST? In my mind, there is no structure or process for group interaction that even comes close to the potential of OST for liberation of the human spirit and its embodiment of self-organization. I could go on. I sincerely hope we connect in real-time so I get the opportunity to do so!
Rijon
513-375-8350
On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:41 PM Stacey Hartley via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses:
1) What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
2) Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
_______________________________________________
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Charlie,
Please consider adding adrienne maree brown to your list. And Peggy Holman. And Donella Meadows. And the Cynefin framework. And Chris Corrigan. And Nora Bateson.
John Watkins
Sent from John's iPhone
On Jan 23, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Charlie via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
I came to OST as a result of my research.
My work with teams over decades has broadened my interest in OD.
My study of complexity science lead me to investigate OD approaches that supported the application of complexity science principles to the workings of groups.
My research included:
Meg Wheatley - Leadership and the New Science
David Rock - Neuroleadership Institute
Glenda Eoyang - Human Systems Dynamics
Denise Easton - Plexus Institute
Ralph Stacey - Complex Adaptive Systems (now known as Complex Responsive Processes)
Mike Beedle - Agile Software Development With Scrum (especially Chapter 6)
…And various other titles, organizations, and institutes.
My investigations continue.
Of them all, OST is the most congruent with my understanding of how complexity science informs how groups work.
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 21, 2023, at 2:24 PM, Rijon Erickson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hello Stacey and welcome to the community from a fellow Falcon! I graduated from BGSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. I currently reside in Charlotte, NC.E ZIGGY ZOOMBA!
Any attempt to convey in writing the sense of joy I feel in this moment would be sorely inadequate!
I have short answers to your two points of inquiry, and an invitation to explore much deeper in real-time.
I fell in love with OST at the Lean Agile Open public Open Space event in April 2018. The sponsor of the event (Joe Little) was the person from whom I received my Certified Scrum Master training in 2017. So I suppose I must credit Scrum for introducing me to Open Space! Back in 2018, Joe was holding two Open Space events annually, one in April, and one in October. At the April 2018 event, I convened a session on vulnerability that was truly liberating for me and (I've been told) was impactful for others as well. I then asked Joe if he would consider hiring me to facilitate the October event. He agreed on the condition that I receive some sort of formal OST training, which I did - from Daniel Mezick, who has become one of my Open Space mentors. Fast forward to today, I'm now on the board of the Open Space Institute, and facilitated parts of last weekend's "Opening Space for Peace and High Performance" annual event.
Why OST? In my mind, there is no structure or process for group interaction that even comes close to the potential of OST for liberation of the human spirit and its embodiment of self-organization. I could go on. I sincerely hope we connect in real-time so I get the opportunity to do so!
Rijon
513-375-8350
On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:41 PM Stacey Hartley via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses:
1) What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
2) Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
_______________________________________________
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Connect with me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijonerickson/
Book time with me at http://calend.ly/rijon
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and in the other direction... a little simplicity. those who've played in
agile and open space might appreciate this way of connecting the two...
Why Invite Agility? https://michaelherman.com/ia/overview/
--
Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)
MichaelHerman.com
OpenSpaceWorld.org
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 10:53 AM John Watkins via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Charlie,
Please consider adding adrienne maree brown to your list. And Peggy
Holman. And Donella Meadows. And the Cynefin framework. And Chris Corrigan.
And Nora Bateson.
John Watkins
Sent from John's iPhone
On Jan 23, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Charlie via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:
I came to OST as a result of my research.
My work with teams over decades has broadened my interest in OD.
My study of complexity science lead me to investigate OD approaches that
supported the application of complexity science principles to the workings
of groups.
My research included:
Meg Wheatley - Leadership and the New Science
David Rock - Neuroleadership Institute
Glenda Eoyang - Human Systems Dynamics
Denise Easton - Plexus Institute
Ralph Stacey - Complex Adaptive Systems (now known as Complex
Responsive Processes)
Mike Beedle - Agile Software Development With Scrum (especially Chapter 6)
…And various other titles, organizations, and institutes.
My investigations continue.
Of them all, OST is the most congruent with my understanding of how
complexity science informs how groups work.
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 21, 2023, at 2:24 PM, Rijon Erickson via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hello Stacey and welcome to the community from a fellow Falcon! I
graduated from BGSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. I
currently reside in Charlotte, NC.
E ZIGGY ZOOMBA!
Any attempt to convey in writing the sense of joy I feel in this moment
would be sorely inadequate!
I have short answers to your two points of inquiry, and an invitation to
explore much deeper in real-time.
-
I fell in love with OST at the Lean Agile Open public Open Space event
in April 2018. The sponsor of the event (Joe Little) was the person from
whom I received my Certified Scrum Master training in 2017. So I suppose I
must credit Scrum for introducing me to Open Space! Back in 2018, Joe was
holding two Open Space events annually, one in April, and one in October.
At the April 2018 event, I convened a session on vulnerability that was
truly liberating for me and (I've been told) was impactful for others as
well. I then asked Joe if he would consider hiring me to facilitate the
October event. He agreed on the condition that I receive some sort of
formal OST training, which I did - from Daniel Mezick, who has become one
of my Open Space mentors. Fast forward to today, I'm now on the board of
the Open Space Institute, and facilitated parts of last weekend's "Opening
Space for Peace and High Performance" annual event. -
Why OST? In my mind, there is no structure or process for group
interaction that even comes close to the potential of OST for liberation of
the human spirit and its embodiment of self-organization. I could go on. I
sincerely hope we connect in real-time so I get the opportunity to do so!
Rijon
513-375-8350
On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:41 PM Stacey Hartley via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Greetings!
It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial
popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating
Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a
newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of
Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my
30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer
service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in
public higher education and finally business development/student engagement
(an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and
committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised
by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements
is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board.
It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the
OD knowledge and practice my program offers.
My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as
part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST
as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of
our cohort in two weeks.
I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully
invite responses:
-
What career path or community engagement led you to this work?
-
Why OST?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to
learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of
practitioners.
Warmest wishes,
Stacey
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Rijon Erickson
Purple Phoenix Partners
513-375-8350
*Follow me on Twitter at *@soundslikeryan
https://twitter.com/soundslikeryan
*Connect with me on LinkedIn at *
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijonerickson/
Book time with me at http://calend.ly/rijon
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