Harrison Owen coined the term and started the movement he calls “Open Space Technology.” It is not unlike what has been called a “Process Control Environment”  in Sys-Tao, and it is the antithesis of what was referred to as a “Command and Control Structure.” It is about living systems of diverse self-organizing beings operating with a common purpose and a sense of urgency within high levels of complexity at the edge of chaos in an environment that is free from the fear of some master controller with preconceived conditions. The aim of self-organization is simply to continually improve.

Harrison Owen is a storyteller, and he tells his story in this video.

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Robert Browne