Take any newspaper, any day..........

[Gerard Muller]

Hello Harrison,

I agree - and while I enjoyed reading John's book,
it is description + analysis, but there can be a long
way from knowing to acting.

I am sure many of you may have the same sense
of reading something, or seeing something and
thinking "opening space for this issue could really
be great". And then sort of wait for the opportunity
to gently parachute itself down from heaven.

While I remember how frustrating I found it after
my first Open Space to wait nine months for the second
to "happen", I have since learnt how blind I was for all
the opportunities which I did not see but were there.

So wouldn't a discussion about which opportunities
each of us - or together - we can take to act on those
issues in the news we feel most passion for be nice ?

It could be one of the topics discussed at
the 6th Scandinavian Open Space on Open Space.
Come and join us - you, too Harrrison - the tree we planted
when you last were here is now25 feet tall........

Greetings from Svenmark,




Gerard Muller					
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621		Skype: openspace1
Mail: gm at openspace.dk






On May 23, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:

> Gerard -- You are HOT! I mean with your words :-) Take any the 
> headlines
> (main and column headlines) of any good news paper anywhere in the 
> world and
> you can't help but find at least a dozen juicy spaces to be opened. 
> Actually
> this is an old technique called trend analysis, practiced most 
> famously by
> intelligence analysts in World War II, and more recently by John 
> Nesbit of
> Megatrends fame.
>
> Harrison
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> Subject: Take any newspaper, any day..........
>
> For example “Politikken” of this morning, already the first two pages
> there are four important spaces to be opened.
>
>
> How can we keep offering the same - or a better- level of service to
> citizens in spite of having fewer employees ?
>
> How do we withdraw from Irak creating as much value - and with as
> little damage as possible ?
>
> How do we dramatically improve quality in our homes for the elderly /
>
> How do we save our poultry sector ?
>
> And I notice it is like that, each day. Probably the same in other
> newspapers, other countries.
>
>
> How do we create enough capacity to do all that ?
>
> Another interesting issue, which maybe - only maybe -  will be
> discussed at the 6th Scandinavian Open Space on Open Space. Come and
> join us !
>
>
>
>
> Gerard Muller							Thomas
> Herrmann
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