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<DIV> What have I learned from Open Space facilitations? (You asked for the
downside, as well!)</DIV>
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<DIV>1. People live up or down to your expectations.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Left alone, people will self-organize.</DIV>
<DIV>3. Senior executives frequently have a hard time believing that their
employees are competent, able to innovate on their own and worth listening to.
It's very threatening. Just like lawyers are often hard pressed to believe that
disputing parties can negotiate their own agreements in mediation, independent
of their attorney's protective, paternal arms. </DIV>
<DIV>4. The wisdom of a group is indisputable.</DIV>
<DIV>5. In the face of adversity (see #3, see our US political scene today, see
prevelance of violence in our world as the answer to too many problems), it is
hard to sustain a belief in the promise of OST. After all, if you can't sell it,
how can it happen?!</DIV>
<DIV>6. I'm not quitting.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Julie
Denny<BR>President<BR>Resolutions<BR>People talk...people listen...things
change.<BR><A title=http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/
href="http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/">http://www.resolutionsforyou.com</A><BR>31
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Julie
Denny<BR>President<BR>Resolutions<BR>People talk...people listen...things
change.<BR><A
href="http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/">http://www.resolutionsforyou.com</A><BR>31
Poe Rd.<BR>Princeton, NJ 08540<BR>CELL: 914-522-5214 <BR>TEL: 609-921-9021
<BR>FAX: 609-921-2255<BR><BR>32 West 40th Street - Ste. 3B<BR>New York, NY
10018<BR>TEL: 212-944-7271<BR>FAX:
212-944-0346<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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