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<P><FONT SIZE=2>G'day Harrison</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I returned from Easter break this bright Autumn morning to this!!! </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"The real issue for me is not only the separation of passion and responsibility, but also the assignment of responsibility in an arbitrary fashion. The way things are done in the "standard" bureaucratic hierarchy; there is little if any chance that the folks who are responsible will actually care about what they are doing. To be sure, one can attempt to induce caring by threats, power, and compensation -- but what sort of caring is that? To me this seems to be an almost perfect prescription to insure that any job done will be accomplished to minimum standards, if at all. Talk about inefficiency all accomplished in the name of Efficient Organization."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Harrison</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You Beauty! You've manage to sum up this phenomena so succinctly and simply; it's a gift. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This ties the whole "what's wrong with our current organizational model" to how open space can transform organizations for me. It's about PASSION. The passion I most often see in organizations is ego or power games but not the real stuff for which the organization exists. Indeed, "Managers" often turn into a type of watchdog role keeping tabs on others and ensuing their passions don't get away on them. Anyone with a real passion for their work is often seen as a bit of a liability as they may get carried away by their enthusiasm.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Excitement is for after work at the bar or, if you're really adventurous, you could throw yourself off a bridge with a bundgy attached to your ankles!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is what open space has opened my eyes to: that I can work from my deepest, most life giving passions. I can manifest my inner being in my daily life. I don't have to shelve myself until after work time, I don't have to reserve this to a retreat in a monastery in a remote place somewhere.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Great stuff</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mike Copeland </FONT>
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