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<DIV><SPAN class=330234409-30062005><FONT face=Verdana color=#800080>Catching up
some readings, rembering the Open Space's I was in one way ore another involved
in the main thing I have learned or what grew is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330234409-30062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#800080><STRONG>Thrust</STRONG> in other people and in myself and in the
process of Open Space. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330234409-30062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#800080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330234409-30062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#800080>Carla</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Met vriendelijke groet,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>drs. Carla Vliex</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Masud
Sheikh<BR><B>Sent:</B> woensdag 29 juni 2005 00:36<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> What have I
learnt<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some weeks ago I had promised to
write more about what have I learnt from OS.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have participated in a few OS
programs spread over a few hours (less than half a day).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I participated in one multi-day OS
program, which was part of the annual conference of SoL (Peter Senge’s
initiated Society for Organizational Learning) in 1999.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I traveled from
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pakistan</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> for the
conference, which was held in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New Hampshire</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (I was
still feeling comfortable about using up my savings).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The format of the conference
changed (from whatever) to OS during the last week or so before the
conference. The change happened after I left </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pakistan</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – I was
stopping off in the former mother country of all English-speaking nations of
the world. There appeared to have been a rebellion by potential participants.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So, while I had come to learn, I
found that the conference largely became a marketplace for consulting
offerings of participants.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I felt the co-ordination was
loose, and spent most of the OS time in open space (rather than Open Space),
i.e. the coffee shop & suchlike.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">However, I did find spirit
permeating some of the large group sessions. This had happened earlier in the
Core Competencies Course, run by Peter Senge & Bill Isaacs for
SoL.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So, to me the spirit seemed more
because I was with co-learners than because there was any impact of Open
Space.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Whatever I have learnt
subsequently about OS is through this list. For me, the implications of The
Law (for life generally, including the final time the law is used by humans)
have great significance. The other profound principle for me is “When it’s
over, it’s over”. I guess this is what HO refers to when he talks of grief
work. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take care, all of
you</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Masud
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Courage
is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing
point - C.S. Lewis </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>* *
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