[OSList] Peter Block

Sun Jun 17 04:46:58 PDT 2012

Bhavesh, Joanne, Elaine and others,

Peter Block's book Stewardship "Choosing Service over Self-Interest"
...seems like a lifetime ago, busy as I was in my career, climbing the
corporate ladder.  Something stirred inside me when I read that book in
November 1993.  It was the beginning of a journey, the spark that changed
everything!  Amazing that it took until 2009 in Ottawa with Diane Gibeault
and Joanne Mantha when I first experienced Open Space for me to unleash the
power and purpose of my own leadership with others -- a leadership that is
about vulnerability and invitation, rolling up our sleeves together and
jumping into life.

I pulled out the Stewardship book a few minutes ago, smiling at all that is
underlined and highlighted, with notes in the margin everywhere. With a
passion to invent and invite "new work in a new economy" in our
organizations and corporations, I know that this book will stir my soul
again in the most grounded way. It will give me the courage to continue
inviting our corporate leaders to open space so that the workplace can
become the communities we need them to be.

I quote this brief paragraph from Stewardship on page 43
"Stewardship is the willingness to work on ourselves first, to stay in
intimate contact with those around us, to own our doubts and limitations,
and make them part of our dialogue with others. Our humanness is defined
more by our vulnerability than our strengths. This is something different
from leading from the heart, or walking our talk, or articulating a vision".

On another note, for those interested in transforming organizations and the
workplace, you may want to check out "Conscious
Capitalism"http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/
<http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/>Claudia Alarcon, from the Scrum world
in technology who I met in Orlando when Harrison facilitated there,
introduced me to this organization and movement. Claudia and I have since
become Open Space playmates.

Suzanne

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Joanne Mantha <joanne.mantha at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Wow this is truly magical!
> I will be seeing Peter Block in Halifax this Monday for a training
> organized by Alia Institute.
> I will let him know how much you care.
> Cheers
> Joanne
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> From: elaine.hansen at hansen-rd.com
> To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:46:19 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Peter Block
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> Ahhh – yes!  We are ALL connected to one another – we only need eyes to
> see.
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> And now you are connected to Peter through me as I am in Cincinnati and
> part of Peter’s A Small Group community for more than 8 years. J
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> *...in the end, it is the reality of personal relationship that saves
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Bhavesh Patel
> *Sent:* Friday, June 15, 2012 2:37 PM
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> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Peter Block
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> How the world is so interconnected, that Peter worked with Peggy, and
> Peggy works with someone I just started working with, and someone who just
> offered me a place on a course knows someone who my former boss just had as
> a speaker at an event he just organised last month... and the story
> continues...
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> On 15 June 2012 20:59, Elaine Hansen2 <elaine.hansen at hansen-rd.com> wrote:
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> Bhavesh,
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> Curiosity here. Can you tell me more about what “surprises you”?
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> Thx
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> *Elaine S. Hansen*
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> *Hansen Resource Development Inc <http://hansen-rd.com/>*
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> *...in the end, it is the reality of personal relationship that saves
> everything.*
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> *Thomas Merton*
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Bhavesh Patel
> *Sent:* Friday, June 15, 2012 12:30 PM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Peter Block
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> GOSH, it's all so connected... which continually surprises me!!!
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> THANKS Christy...
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> On 15 June 2012 18:32, Christy Lee-Engel <cdleee at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Bhavesh,
>
> Peter is a big ol' fan of Open Space! See this lovely little video
> featuring some work that he invited our Peggy Holman and Anne Stadler to do
> with him in his chosen hometown of Cincinnati:
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> http://www.abundantcommunity.com/home/new_narrative/peter_block_the_cincinnati_narrative.html
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> cheers,
> Christy
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Bhavesh Patel <bhavmail at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Peter Block on Open Space!!!
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> “I increasingly question whether the expert-driven model of change is ever
> useful and believe that, in most instances, giving recommendations simply
> breeds dependency and distracts from confronting clients with their own
> responsibility.” – *Flawless Consulting by Peter Block 2nd Ed. P.xviii*
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