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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Re: the flash in the pan thing.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m concentrating a lot right now on
what happens afterwards with clients. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’m growing increasingly reluctant
to stage one off OST meetings unless we have really dealt with post-event
follow-up to support what gets opened in the organization or community. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’m focusing my efforts on working
with clients to find ways to support the responsibility part of OST, which is
the challenge.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Without it, passion
is all you have and that’s fine, but not usually enough to make things
happen.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>OST invites responsibility
and passion and so we need to create outlets to take that flow in the
organization or community or we cut short many of the benefits of the process,
and especially those benefits that the cynics might find most attractive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Think of it as releasing the storage of
water in a reservoir.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If you have
not properly dug irrigation channels and prepared for how the water will be
used, much of it will simply run away to the sea. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’d rather carefully prepare irrigation
channels for the amount and quality of the energy released in OST than to
simply open space and hope the organization or community catches on to what’s
happening.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is certainly not to say that I am in
the business of determining outcomes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>It’s more like shining a light on the really powerful potential outcomes,
like organizational and personal transformation and ensuring that the leadership
is prepared to support these should they arise.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Resourcing action plans is easy.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>What happens if everyone in your team
suddenly gets passionate and decides to take the whole enterprise in a new
direction? <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Saying “no”
or “maybe we’ll look at that” is sometimes not the best answer…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>---<br>
CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Bowen Island</span></font></st1:City><font
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</span></font><st1:State><font size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>BC</span></font></st1:State><font size=2
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<a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:chris@chriscorrigan.com">chris@chriscorrigan.com</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>(604) 947-9236<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Mike Copeland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="11" Day="30" Year="2003"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Sunday, November 30, 2003</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="14" Minute="29"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>2:29 PM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: outcomes</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>G'day
Chris</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I get
this cynical stuff a bit myself: "OST is just another theory or
gimmicky facilitation method."</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I believe
OST is not just a process or a new theory but possibly the way humans work best
when they tap into their inner most being and work from there. When one
gets use to working from one's core (passion, response-ability) after a while
there seems no other way to be! Strange thing is, because this way of being is
soooooo... foreign to most people they will say and do anything to avoid
working from their inner self. Its part of the human journey: "to
slay the dragon upon whose every scale are the words 'thou shalt!'"
(Joseph Campbell) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I've come
to realise resistance, criticism and cynicism are reflections more of the
people's relationship to themselves than any inherent flaws in OST. My response
is usually to accept their complaints and realise this is where they are at and
"the space is always open."(Helen Patterson)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I must
admit to feeling that whenever people say there are faults in open space they
are still fixed in a "Thou Shalt" mode, still waiting for someone to
come up with the one, right, true way. There is no such thing! "The
way" is within each of us. There is nothing in open space that will
tell you what to do. The limitations are only as limited as your imagination.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I also
here you about the one off nature of an OST meeting. I felt this after our
initial team meeting back in August. No sooner had we finished what was a
memorable two days of talking and meeting, like I have never experienced in our
team before, than we all ferreted back into our little cubby holes to get back
to the 'real' work. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
"flash in the pan" experience is why we are trying OST as an
organisation wide practise. Some people want it, others are open, others see it
as some wacko gimmick. I'd say we are all at different levels of slaying that
dragon, and that's fine. Whoever comes are the right people, Whatever
happens is the only thing that could have. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If open
space is singing you as much as it has me, a one off meeting will not suffice.
Get out out of the frying pan and into the fire!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All the
best </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mike Copeland </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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