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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>The conversation has gone beyond this, but
I have no trouble getting executives to type their own notes.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This is especially true if the theme is about
executive issues, something for which they have a passion.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A recent Executive Team met in Open Space to
develop their next strategic directions (directions for Executive Leadership
which is not the whole organization.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>They were only 13 but they certainly wanted to type their own notes as
they and the CEO would use them for deciding what was of priority for Executive
Team attention.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>They wanted to get it
right!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>They did, they loved it and now
two more Open Space events at various levels in the organization are happening
with likely more to come – to engage energy on key directions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Larry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Larry Peterson</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Associates in Transformation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Toronto, ON, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>416.653.4829</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>larry@spiritedorg.com</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://www.spiritedorg.com"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.spiritedorg.com</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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