holding space

[Merav Yanai]

Dear Eva,
I was realy sory to hear about the murdered - I thought that at that
part of the world life are getting "normally", and as I learn it was a
mistake or a question about "what normal life means?"
I was realy sory because we do not have so many weman at our parlment
and each one of them is very importanat for democracy !!!
And, thinking of you at that day - I am sure that it was imposible to
open a space for someone when you can't even breath but I am very proud
and appriciate that you could.
Always here (almost) for you even if it's not on line.

Merav yanai
Israel

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Eva P
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:39 PM
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Subject: holding space


Hello,
Today is a sad day here in Sweden - our foreign affairs minister Anna
Lind has been murdered. The news breaked out while I'm in a place where
I have been facilitating/training a group of people in leadership. Anna
Lind was stabbed with a knife yesterday afternoon right here in
Stockholm and the news said that she was badly injured but no one spoked
about the risk that she could die. This morning just a second before I
got the news, a thougth flew through my head - what if.., what will I as
a facilitator do with my group, then the thought flew away again. And
then I knew - that the worst thing had happen. I prayed for help and I
got it - I felt that I was helped to do the best I could do to navigate
the group and myself through the day, and holding space for us all. And
I was on my way to send a mail to ask for help from you all out there,
but I just couldn't do it (actually I did not dare). But you all helped
me anyhow just that I knew that you where all out there and "only" by
thinking about that gave me strength and power. "Let your soul be your
pilot, let your soul guide you" as Sting puts it - Thank you for letting
me be a part of this community. Eva

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>From  Mon Sep 15 19:43:46 2003
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Artur, Joelle, Lisa;

There was a time not so long ago when I would have engaged deeply in this
discussion, comparing and contrasting the different models, arguing for one
approach versus another and so on. But I'm not interested in doing that any
more - it consumes so much time and energy, and I'm not convinced that it
accomplishes anything, other than giving me a chance to display my fine
feathers. It certainly doesn't bring me peace. So I'm going to thank you for
your contributions (which I've posted at
http://www.martinleith.com/blog/blog0026.html) and leave it there.

Before signing off, I just want to rectify a common misconception about Real
Time Strategic Change. Here goes: It is most definitely NOT a recipe, but a
set of principles that apply equally to working in a meeting setting, and to
working outside that setting, in "normal" day to day work life. Jake Jacobs
allowed his arm to be twisted by Steve Piersanti (I hope I've spelled that
correctly) from Berrett Koeler Publishers, who felt that a set of principles
wasn't enough to fill a book, and that some sort of "give us a clue"
sequence of activities was needed. So far as I'm aware, most RTSC
practitioners don't even use Gleicher's  "D x V x F > R" model popularised
by Richard Beckhard - what some people call the "burning platform" approach
to change management.

One of my favourite quotations (does anyone know who said it originally?)
is: 'That's all very well in practice, but does it work in theory?' I find
that I care less and less about things working in theory.

Thanks again, Artur, Joelle, Lisa.

Martin Leith Limited
Specialists in Open Space and Co-creation

Martin Leith Limited, 1 Princes Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 2DT, United
Kingdom
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