fast company open space event media

[Peg Holman]

The Fast Company Open Space made the paper.  Here's the article that was in
the National Post:

http://www.nationalpost.com/printer.asp?f=990612/2714156.html

Good going Birgitt!

Peg Holman

-----Original Message-----
From: Birgitt Bolton <birgitt at worldchat.com>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 6:52 AM
Subject: fast company open space event media


>Hello friends and colleauges in Open Space,
>
>just reporting back that we had a wonderful Open Space for the Toronto
group
>of Fast Company magazine (about 150 people). The closing circle was
>incredibly powerful with people really getting (after only one day in OS in
>the downtown Toronto fiancial district) that they really communicated, that
>they experienced during the day creativity, conversation, good feeling that
>they would like to have for all of their days. Such profound comments. The
>banker who intended to shake hands at the beginning of the day and be
>gone--but said the biggest compliment he could give to the day was that he
>stayed all day, which he did. There will be  a write up in Fast Company
>magazine at some point in the early fall about this event. I hope they do
>right be Open Space and not just about the promotion of the Fast Co.
>community--one never knows these things ahead of time, but I think it will
>be worth keeping an eye out for as a document of a spectacular OS. I would
>also encourage each of you who feels so inclined to connect with your local
>group of Fast Co. magazine readers and see if we can't just get an OS event
>going for these groups around the world. I know Michael Herman has done one
>in his area. Apparently, within weeks, one is being done in Washington. And
>I know I am meeting with the Fast Co. folks in Australia when I am there. I
>think that the partnering of role modelling transforming  work with a
>magazine that focuses on transforming work is a good fit.
>
>One of our national papers did a feature story on the event. Front page of
>Canada's Financial Post (part of National Post) on Saturday June 12th. The
>address for those of you inclined to read it is:
>http://www.nationalpost.com/network.asp?f=990612/2714156 and the article
was
>called Brainstorming without a net. If you can't get to it through that
>address, the address for National Post is: http://www.nationalpost.com/ and
>then just go to Financial Post June 12th.
>
>Warmest regards,
>Birgitt
>
>Birgitt Bolton of Dalar Associates
>www.openspacetechnology.com
>55 Ravina Cres., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
> L9G 2E8
>phone: 905-648-5775  fax: 905-648-2262
>
>
>Warmest regards,
>Birgitt
>
>Birgitt Bolton of Dalar Associates
>www.openspacetechnology.com
>55 Ravina Cres., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
> L9G 2E8
>phone: 905-648-5775  fax: 905-648-2262
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of
>Virginia
>Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 8:34 AM
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: OS Certification and Water
>
>
>Thank you Scott! I had a great grin about the water .....by the way, how do
>those who sell down the river do...(haha)
>Virginia
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Stillinger <Stillinger at aol.com>
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 12:27 PM
>Subject: Re: OS Certification and Water
>
>
>>$25 sounds a little high, but maybe $9.95 if you throw in a signed glossy
>of
>>yourself, Harrison (just kidding).
>>
>>There will always be people who want to sell certification for everything.
>It
>>has rubbed me the wrong way for a long time. The older I get, the less
>>enraged I've become. There are a lot of ways to get from San Francisco to
>New
>>York.
>>
>>I'm a certified executive coach. What does that mean? Especially because
>the
>>kind of coaching that I do assumes that all of the knowledge, wisdom,
>>creativity, and resources reside within the client/colleague.
>>
>>In the Zen tradition we refer to it as "Selling water by the river." It's
>>crazy, but there will always be somebody selling people water even though
>>they're right next to the river. And there will always be people who want
>to
>>buy it. Some people obviously need to pay and others don't.
>>
>>Good teachers always point out that the teacher is not the Way and that
>>everyone has to find their own Way. "Please, don't follow me". And still,
>>people stand in line to buy the water, while the whole show is going on
>right
>>next to the river.
>>
>>By the way, those that point out the fact that the river is right there,
>end
>>up selling the most water. They just don't charge as much per gallon.
>>
>>All my best,
>>Scott
>>
>>Scott Stillinger
>>Stillinger & Associates
>>1148 Patterson Lane
>>Pacific Grove, CA 93950
>>tel             831.655.2602
>>fax             831.648.1544
>>email:  Stillinger at aol.com