Resource Tools
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This is a place for finding all of those articles and publications about Open Space Technology that have been written in the past few years. Each of these is a story of how Open Space has been used in different settings . . . if nothing else, reading a few of these articles will give you a good taste of the power and beauty of Open Space. 

For those "practitioners" of Open Space who are searching for material to use to help folks better understand what exactly OST IS and what it can do for a group, here you go . . . with a little cutting and pasting, you'll be ready. 

If you know of other resources out there, please do not hesitate letting me know about them . . . we'll get them up here where folks have access to them. 


These first articles come with permission from Berrett-Koehler. These were all published in the "At Work" publication. Berrett-Koehler is the publisher of the 2 most recent books by Harrison Owen (Expanding Our Now & The Users Guide
 

 

 

"CALLED TO COMMUNITY" AT BOEING
Paul Gleiberman
 
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT OPEN SPACE?
Giles Hopkins
 
OPEN SPACE AT WORK IN THE PEACE CORPS
Sandy Callier, Betsy Devlin-Foltz
 
SUSTAINING OPEN SPACE
Peggy Holman
 
OPEN SPACE-A SIMPLE WAY OF BEING 
Anne Stadler
 
OPEN SPACE IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF EICHER CONSULTANCY - Anil Sachdev, Taruna 
 
OPENING SPACE AT THE BANK OF MONTREAL
Larry Peterson
 
LETTING THE GROUP'S WISDOM EMERGE
Richard Henry
 
OPEN SPACE IN CYBERSPACE
Lisa Kimball, Douglass Carmichael
 
THE EVOLUTION OF A SOFTWARE COMPANY
R. Sundar, Prasad Kaipa
 
CREATING A LEARNING COMMUNITY
Sara Halprin, Herb Long
 
FROM ONE LEADER TO MANY LEADERS
Birgitt Bolton
 
PATHWAY TO COLLABORATION AT A CANCER RESEARCH CENTER - Leland Hartwell
 
 CHOOSING OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY
 Birgitt Bolton
 
 
 
The articles which appear in this section have been published in various publications and have proven to be extremely useful "tools" in helping people get a "grasp" on the essence of Open Space. 
As always, address any comments, questions or submit "stories" to Barry Owen 
 
 
CRITICAL MASS
Putting whole-systems thinking into practice
 Training Magazine, September 1995 - by Bob Filipczak. 
 
OPEN HOUSE - Tired of meetings that go nowhere? Try an "Organized coffee break" instead.
Entrepreneur, May 1995 - by Mark Henricks 
 
An article Organizational Development Practitioner magazine  Vol 29, No 3, 1997 that highlights Expanding Our Now. - by Sheila Isakson. 
 
'OPEN SPACE' DOES WORK
News from the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers - August, 1993
 
Welcome to Open Space
The Rockport Company
Success, November 1992 - by Srikumar S. Rao 
 
Round Table Meetings With No Agenda 
The New York Times, June 5, 1994
By CLAUDIA IL DEUTSCH
 
Creativity From Chaos 
Washington Post February 20, 1992 
 By Don Oldenberg 
M0TIVATION FROM CHAOS 
 Success magazine, November 1992
By SRIKUMAR S. RAO 
Intense Learning Experience 
Business India, November 12, 1989
by Naazneen Karmali 
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