[OSList] New Tales from Open Space? (was:Re: Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly")

Mon Aug 13 13:42:24 PDT 2012

Dear Artur,

What you wrote is amazing and coincidental!

This weekend I happened to come across "The Tales from Open
Space"<http://www.openspaceworld.com/Tales.pdf>
and I read it from cover to cover, quickly and savoring every story in it.
I was so grateful for the insights, candor and depth in each of those
articles -- in awe at the generosity of everyone who contributed and
Harrison's short intro notes at the beginning of each . A Global Open Space
treasure!

*I know these stories and tales are as relevant today as they were then*.
This is not to dismiss your suggestion Artur in any way.  I think it is a
fabulous idea -- one that may not require any coordination at least to
start -- perhaps it would suffice to have a place to park or drop  these
stories into almost like a virtual book that is being created one chapter
and one story at a time.  The Tales certainly provide a great model to
follow.  Maybe folks who are techie oriented could suggest
something....including space for videos, pictures and more too. (Thx Koos)

Now that said, here is what my inner voice has been telling me. *JUST DO
IT!  Open Space that is!
*
I know it and I've always known it and I think we, in this community, all
know it too.  *This work is only meaningful and powerful if we all just do
it!

*Yes, we all know that we can't describe or sell Open Space.  It is
something to be experienced and when people do (with all the right
ingredients in place), stuff happens, leadership happens, innovation
happens, creativity and connection happen in ways that are as predictable
as they are unique.

*Another story will not convince anyone*. Though the stories are always
inspiring and wonderful to share and learn from.

*So Artur, I say yes to Stories with a Caveat*.  Let's not wait for these
Stories to be written to jump into Action on Open Space.  Let's all be
inviting and facilitating, more and more...everywhere! Then maybe the
stories that we will be writing will be in "real time": "fresh" and "hugely
relevant" with just as much "depth" and "passion" as the stories of past
events. Right on Kerry, Phelim and all the Improbablese!

A  little over three years ago, I made a commitment to facilitate or
co-facilitate (assist) at least 1 Open Space per month and for over a year
I did just that.  I was fearless then. Now it's time to get back in the
saddle big time. Less writing, less planning, less procrastinating and more
invitation and action. Knocking on doors, picking up the phone, listening a
lot, getting related on the issues, assessing if Open Space is the right
fit for the situation and trusting myself, clients and others. Yes it may
mean rejection...but it will all be worth it because space will open anyway
in the conversations!

My passion has always been to bring Open Space to the Workplace and the
time to do this work has never been so ready, so right and so ripe as
evidenced by Conscious Capitalism
<http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/>which Claudia Alarcon, an Open
Space mate, introduced me to.  It's a
movement of people (leaders and others) who get that business is more than
the bottom line.  The book Firms of
Endearment<http://www.firmsofendearment.com/>co-written by folks
involved in Conscious Capitalism, creates all the
context we should ever need to move forward quickly and purposefully in
Open Space.

Thank you to those who have been telling me to  "*just do it"*.  "I got it
and I'm doing it...starting NOW!"  Dare I say (one) 1 per month...?

*Yes* or perhaps more as"* I do not want to die, a life unlived!" *-- Cause
that's how powerful this process of Open Space has been for me and many
many others before me.

*Suzanne*, the butterfly who is going back to being an industrious bumble
bee.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A second though on this.****
>
> I was really impressed by the candid mail from Suzanne and by all the
> cases she mentioned.****
>
> After some time, I have felt that the international OST community was in
> need of same *recent success stories *and other uses of OST around the
> world.****
>
> The "Tales from Open Space" that Harrison edited is from 1995 and can no
> longer be considered as "recent cases" that one can present to prospect
> sponsors.****
>
> And the recent stories are dispersed and no one has access to the majority
> of them.****
>
> I wonder if we could not consider the possibility of****
>
> 1) Each of us makes available on this thread (or elsewhere) some more
> recent applications of OST around the world. (This can be long papers or
> very small accounts). ****
>
> 2) Someone do some editing on that and make it available as an e-book with
> the most interesting and complementar stories in different countries and
> types of customers. (As you have already begun that, are you interested in
> doing this editing, Suzanne?)****
>
> 3) Eventually, as it happened with the French e-book, which Christine
> Koehler pioneered and edited, this e-book can later be more consolidated
> and published has a real book of "New Tales on Open Space" (we could
> continue to use the green front page, but probably a more clear green - at
> least in my country, clear green is the color of hope)****
>
> This would be very useful as I am more and more convinced that OST (and
> other forms of unconferences) will have a very important role in the
> organizational and societal transformation that will surely happen in the
> next few years (is already happening, I mean).****
>
> What do others think about this? Shall we discuss this in the London
> WOSonOS?****
>
> Warm regards****
>
> Artur  ****
>
>
>
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>
>
>  *From:* Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2012 12:20 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
>
> Marvelous, Susanne. Thank you.
>
> The document from Jorge Amigo is of special interest to me, and I will ask
> him if he will be so kind to send me a copy in a separate mail.
>
> See you in London
>
> Hugs
>
> Artur
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:01 PM
> *Subject:* [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly"
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> WOSonOS London - October 2012... I registered but I have not yet purchased
> my plane ticket or made hotel reservations. I made the decision with my
> heart, impulsive and intuitive, and not my head (Can I justify and afford
> another trip to yet another part of the world?). As I have been hanging out
> with this decision all summer, a bit like a butterfly, I was reminded today
> about all that I love about Open Space and how much it has transformed my
> life.
>
> This week is but a sampling of the life bounty that has come my way
> because of Open Space. As I write this, I am setting my strategic and
> analytical self aside to whole-heartedly and vulnerably celebrate how
> wonderful is this community of Open Space.
>
> This week I got an email missive from Alan Stewart, my dear Brit friend
> who I met in Taiwan in 2009, who resided before in Hong Kong and now lives
> in Australia. He was sharing his recent invitations and proposals to the
> Conversare <http://conversare.net/> process that he conceived a while
> back, which seems to be such a natural social complement of Open Space --
> "strangers coming together in conversation". Such passion, vision and
> commitment -- a hero's journey that Alan is on to bring conversation back
> into the fabric of our everyday lives everywhere. He is such a special
> friend!
>
> Christine Koehler of Paris and the gang who published the first French
> EBook (Livre Blanc <http://www.forum-ouvert.fr/>) were also emailing back
> and forth this week with more exciting plans ahead.
>
> And then yesterday, I received a wonderful summary document (in Spanish)
> from Jorge Amigo in Chile who I had met at WOSonOS. He was replying to my
> request for more information on the series of Open Space events that he had
> facilitated in a major bank a number of years ago. The Bank President had
> described this work as "Revolutionary", in the way of a "Radical Democracy"
> that had been "critical to the success of their bank".  In one year, 3000
> employees (45% of their population) participated in 19 Open Space events,
> generating 320 reports that led to about 1500 proposals for innovation. I
> was hypnotized by all that Jorge shared.  I could see that passion and
> responsibility were vibrantly present in the way he engaged with this
> client which became infectious. Today, I also count Jorge as a dear friend!
>
> Another email this afternoon, this one from Harold Shinsato, who I first
> met at Sleeping Lady in Washington State, where I also met Harrison Owen.
> Harold's email is bubbling over with excitement and gratitude (recent
> happenings, upcoming event, some great books mixed in with a joyous
> celebration of our friendship). Every month, we meet by phone with others
> who are part of  OSI US <http://osius.org/content/about> (Open Space
> Institute).  Our meetings are in the spirit of Open Space, holding and
> sharing space, while taking care of business. These live voice conference
> call conversations are so precious and now we are just bursting with the
> idea that more people could join in, to share what is happening in their
> world around Open Space. We have plans to make this happen using Maestro
> Conference. It is on our list of projects for this year.
>
> And then mid-afternoon today, Skype alerts me to a message. It is from
> Arun Wakhlu in India, who I met through Peggy Holman.  That's all it took,
> a short email introduction and there we were on Skype a number of month
> moons ago -- total strangers connecting from India to Florida, talking
> virtually as if we had known each other a lifetime. Arun was planning a
> Global Gathering in Caux Switzerland in July 2012. Part of it would be in
> Open Space, the East inviting the West in shared leadership, igniting a
> movement to co-create Oneness in the World by exploring how to integrate
> universal values into the fields of Economy, Environment and Education.
> Today I received these links of a beautiful event that will live powerfully
> in the heads and hearts of those who attended.  Its spirit will also live
> on as many share stories, photos and the essence of what happened there. I
> invite you to check this out. Global Gathering<http://onewholesomeworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/global-gathering-on-one-wholesome-world/>with
> Pictures<https://plus.google.com/photos/110110336913856642322/albums/5773493871430882225?banner=pwa&authkey=CJrty-zImt2F3QE>!
> Enjoy!
>
> I celebrate all this with you, overwhelmed with gratitude as the newbie I
> still feel myself to be in this wonderful community of Open Space.
> Twenty-six years ago, Harrison had this idea of Open Space Technology and
> he opened the space for others to join, create and co-create -- he did not
> monetize, franchise or certify.
> Because of this, thousands upon thousands of people are experiencing the
> magic of friendship, of freedom, of choice, of courage and of engaging
> fully in life to make a difference.
> I have met so many precious friends all over the world since 2009 --
> something that *never would have happened if not for Open Space*.  What
> also would not have happened is me writing this to you.  I remember how
> scared I was to press the infamous “send” button when I first joined the OS
> list.
> I looked at the veterans of Open Space, those who seemed so much wiser and
> smarter than me and I held back.   But then when I met many of them in
> person, I got to see the generous spirit, deep humanity and perfectly
> imperfect vulnerability of who they are and through them, I saw a bit of my
> own greatness.
> So my dear colleagues and friends, on these final Olympic Days, I hope
> that you will do as I did in the past and impulsively make the journey to
> WOSonOS.  Then maybe this butterfly will turn into a bee, generating the
> extra money that will take me to London in October to meet many of you!
>
> Cheers,
> Suzanne
> --
> Suzanne Daigle
> NuFocus Strategic Group
> 7159 Victoria Circle
> University Park, FL 34201
> FL 941-359-8877;
> CT 203-722-2009
> www.nufocusgroup.com
> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
> twitter @suzannedaigle
>
>
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Suzanne Daigle
NuFocus Strategic Group
7159 Victoria Circle
University Park, FL 34201
FL 941-359-8877;
CT 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroup.com
s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
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