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Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br>
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I am presuming that since you are in my database, you know something
about me and Open Space. If I am in error, please forgive. However, if
you have been wondering what we can do post 9/11, here is a suggestion.
Open some space to let the healing begin.<br>
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If ever there was the necessity for Opening Space, NOW is precisely
the moment. Under a cloud of fear, people and societies inevitably close
down, and actions take place at the most basic reactive level. I suspect
this is totally automatic, natural, and probably necessary as a coping
mechanism for dealing with the unthinkable. So there is no wrong here,
but as a long term strategy, it really will not work -- for all the
reasons we know all too well. This is evolution in reverse, back down
into the caves of our psyche. Remaining in those caves will make the
horror of 9/11 seem like child's play. And there is an alternative,
we know it, and we can help. Not by ourselves, of course -- but wherever
space is opened, in whatever way that happens (Open Space Technology is
not the only path for sure), Spirit shows up, and healing can
begin. We don't need a plan, a program, a consensus -- just do it.
Whenever, wherever, and however that is possible. Just do it.<br>
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The opportunities are infinite. Right at the moment, creating the space
for folks to gather as we all consider where we are and where we are
going is critical. And down the road, just a little bit, we must consider
the hard practicalities of dealing with a battered economy
necessitating greatly enhanced efficiency and effectiveness on the part
of our organizations and social systems. When time is short, stakes are
high, and resources constrained -- we know from 16 years global
experience in thousands of instances -- Open Space delivers. Or more
exactly, people deliver in Open Space. It works. <br>
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This is not a commercial, for Open Space is, and has always been free. If
you know what I am talking about, and consider yourself a practitioner,
please, I beg you, get on with the business wherever that may be
possible. If you want to know more, the necessary resources are instantly
at hand. Click on
<a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" eudora="autourl">www.openspaceworld.com</a>
This website supports our training programs, but you don't need training to open space. Anyone with a good head and a good heart can do it. This means you. For a quick introduction (all you need to get started) click on <a href="http://openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm" eudora="autourl">http://openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm</a> . And when you need more, there are lots of books and supportive colleagues.<br>
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And of course, if can help in any possible way, please let me hear from you. Good luck<br>
<br>
Harrison<br>
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Harrison Owen<br>
7808 River Falls Drive<br>
Potomac, MD 20854 USA<br>
phone 301-469-9269<br>
fax 301-983-9314<br>
Open Space Training <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" eudora="autourl">www.openspaceworld.com</a> <br>
Open Space Institute <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" eudora="autourl">www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
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