Inviting Organization: Evolution is Now and Open Space

This is the first of my OpenSpaceTechnology books/collections. It presents OpenSpaceTechnology as a practice in invitation, a view that has been catching on around the world, so seems to have some merit. Back in 1998-2000, I spent A LOT of time editing and formatting for the web. So I'm having trouble parting with some of the fun I made there. You can still [browse the original book here].

This collection was the forerunner to the /TrainingPracticeGuide we have been giving Training and Practice Workshop participants around the world. Some of the background depth and playfulness fell victim to the sharpening that occured in the transition.

See Publications ...for details on how to download the original collection and/or the /TrainingPracticeGuide

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Inviting Organization: Evolution is Now and Open Space (contents)

Many Gifts, One Story.

Opening Invitation

...in organization

Inviting Evolution

Four Quartets, an ending(?) from T.S.Eliot

An Open Life, from a Michael Toms interview with Joseph Campbell

Critical Path, a letter and more, from R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller

A Brief History of Everything, from Ken Wilber

Breathtaking Transformation, a personal opening

Evolving Organization

A Brief History of Evolution at Work

The Inviting Organization Emerges

Strategic Conversation, a case story by Uwe Weissflog

Intentional Evolution in Organization

Organizing in Open Space

Open Space Technology: The Executive Summary

Emerging Order in Open Space, the state of the art by Harrison Owen

Working in Open Space: A Guided Tour

Youth Action: Organizing in Open Space

So what do you want to become? ...and where to begin

Embodying Open Space: It's Already Now (yawn, yawn)

Opening Invitation

...as organization

Appendix for Practitioners

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