Keepin' Busy

[Glory Ressler]

Thanks Doug!
Your appreciation (keep it comin' bro - lol) stimulated me into remembering 
another meaningful story about OS/OST...

In my work developing and delivering a pan-Canadian (schools held across the 
country) leadership school for the non-profit sector, Open Space Technology 
was extensively used in conjunction with story circles, which we called 
'Great Conversations'.

One result was that leaders participating from the Canadian far north began 
to see how their personal and organizational visions connected to each other 
and to the larger community. As a result, they are now pursuing a 
territorial coalition/network across non-profit sub-sectors with a focus on 
"building healthy communities." This was determined to be the focus that 
would potentially include the largest group of non-profits organizations 
possible.

This group also had a breakthrough concerning challenges around 
collaborating with the aboriginal peoples of the area (which has been 
historically unsuccessful - think silos). They came to realize that they 
needed to listen more to the aboriginal stories before offering their own - 
and to learn from their experience rather than assume that had something to 
teach.

Glory :-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:02 PM
Subject: Keepin' Busy


> Glory--
>
> Your story about the boy with autism is one of those meaningful stories I
> was asking about. Wow.
>
>                              :-Doug.
>                              What wants to happen in your communities?
> 

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