The first time I brought a friend to visit my Father, the first words out of Dad’s mouth were: “Ask me anything – I know EVERYTHING.” Everyone in the family rolled eyeballs and left the scene, so my friend could receive the full “treatment”. Of course, Dad was right . . . He’s always right! […]
Author Archives: Barry Owen
The Worldwide Open Space On Open Space is Spooling up
AKA #WOSONOS2019 Full invitation and registration is HERE: https://osius.org/wosonos2019 October 25-27, 2019 Each year, the community of folks who “practice” the use of Open Space Technology (OST) in myriad ways in our life and work, gather to discuss issues and opportunities relating to this “ineffable” self-organizing process which has been pivotal for countless people and […]
My Calendar is mostly blue
This is an unapologetic plug for the power of “Time Blocking” Here’s my calendar for next week: For years, I resisted the siren call of the practice of Time Blocking. After all, I was pretty much born an entrepreneur which (by definition) translates to being “FREE” to do as I please and ever imagining new […]
Don’t be small
As I was doing my normal Monday “spool-up”, I was overwhelmed.I literally had a moment of panic when I looked at this daunting list of large projects I’m tackling simultaneously. How can I possibly get all of this done? Then I remembered that “We are all meant to shine”My panic quickly subsided when I realized […]
When the feces hits the fan . . .
Something breaks, and you know it’s going to be an expensive fix, and you just paid all of your bills, and you know you don’t have the cash on hand to fix it now . . . What d’ya do? FIGHT? – BLOW UP and Blame it on someone else and make a scene. FLIGHT? […]