<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">The dance my wife Maureen and I have been talking about in our work and in our lives (the same thing for us) for years now is the Dance of Leader and Follower. And the Dance of Leader and Follower is Open Space:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Look at what it means to be a leader today. And we mean leadership in the sense that every one of us is called to be a leader and a follower at various times in our day. When you look at leadership over centuries, during the 2000 years before Christ, leadership was characterized by physical domination. "If I conquer you, you follow me." Then we moved into the last 2000 years up till today, which has been largely leadership through intellectual domination. "I have the information and I'll let you know when it's time for you to know." It’s the foundation upon which our corporations, religious institutions and governments have been based. The hierarchical business models all stem from this thought process.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">But, like it or not, we’re moving into a new model of leadership that is calling for new foundations to support it. It's one based on what we call a Wisdom Web. We’re currently living in an age of information overload. If I want to continue to be a hierarchical leader, I’m fooling myself to believe I can contain and control all the information and decision-making that is required to run a business or family today. I need to know when to lead and when to step back and encourage others to lead.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Here’s an example. Imagine a time when most of us were in the third or fourth grade. Our teacher asks us to write a paper on Martin Luther King and we have three weeks to do it. So the first two and a half weeks we spend time at the library with our friends looking through the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, the card file and the encyclopedia. The last few days we write the paper. When we come back to class, chances are the teacher still had more information on Martin Luther King than we did. And the old style hierarchical model says that the teacher, at the head of the class, is the most knowledgeable in the room. She'll tell us when it's time for us to know.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Now switch your mind to a classroom of fourth graders today having the same assignment. They go home the first afternoon and log onto the internet. In five minutes they have 537,000 entries on Martin Luther King and have to spend the next three weeks sifting through information, rather than the gathering of information we had to do. A very different skill and one we weren't really taught to think about. When they come back to class, chances are at least one of those kids, if not more, will have a piece of info on King that the teacher doesn't have. In fact someone might have gotten the email address of the great grandson of King, emailed him, and found out something no one else has ever known. If the teacher goes with the old style model of hierarchy, she will shut that student down for knowing more than she does. When you operate under the principle that knowledge is power, anything that threatens that power is unacceptable. Now it's not that the teacher had bad intentions, it's just that the societal model said she was to be in control to be considered a successful teacher, and control was maintained through gate-keeping knowledge. Today's teacher, operating on that old principle, will disengage a student faster than you can imagine. We need to begin to let all knowledge into the room, any room. And that means stepping back and letting others take the lead, or stepping up to lead if we normally follow.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">We call this transition our world is in, The Dance of Leader and Follower. If a man asks Maureen to dance, current rules say that he leads and she follows. So that even though they've never met, they can pretty much figure it out. Now imagine that those rules were thrown out. This gentleman and Maureen get up to dance, but what happens next? Well, she needs to stop a second and ask herself the question, "What dances do I know? When should I be leading/following?" He needs to ask himself the same thing. Then they need to ask each other a series of questions so that they better know the other. When the music starts, they now have a good chance that they'll do OK. We call the music the culture of the organization or the society. Put on any type of music, and as long as we're going through those questions, we'll be all right, and it doesn't matter what company we work for or who we’re in relationship with.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Because we have so much more knowledge at our fingertips, we can't afford to attempt to gain power by controlling it. There's no longer any way to do that. And leaders who haven't seen that yet are going to eventually fall like the Berlin Wall.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">And the only way for me to do The Dance of Leader and Follower is to better know myself and where my strengths and passions lie, and then to ask the pertinent questions to better know and understand others. My knowledge is no longer contained in my head, but in the web of people I connect with as well. That’s true power. </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">So that being said, we are in a time where it's beginning to be crucial to better know others and ourselves. The State of Grace Document (</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">www.stateofgracedocument.com</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">) is one way to do that. And when we ask the questions and exchange the info before the dance starts, we're more apt to be successful. If two people start dancing without the info, step all over each others feet and get in an argument, then stopping to exchange information at that point would be a hell of a lot tougher.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Open Space is another way to create a platform through invitation, passion and responsibility to better do the Dance of Leader and Follower. In fact Open Space is the Dance of Leader and Follower in motion. The dance between being and doing - on an individual and group level simultaneously.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV>So, the dance takes us to more dancing - more doing and being in the moment as passion arises, as invitation reaches out and joins us, as meditation stills us, as internal knowing moves us to action, as action leads us to reflection, as we know ourselves better, then share ourselves, new passions emerge and the dance goes on...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Being both Leader and Follower, both Feminine and Masculine, Doing and Being - is the paradox of our transition time.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What comes next is up to us.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>with grace and love,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Zelle</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Zelle Nelson</DIV><DIV>Engaging the Soul at Work/State of Grace Document/Know Place Like Home</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>www.stateofgracedocument.com</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:zelle@knowplacelikehome.com">zelle@knowplacelikehome.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>work/home: 828.693.0802</DIV><DIV>mobile: 847.951.7030</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Isle of Skye</DIV><DIV>2021 Greenville Hwy</DIV><DIV>Flat Rock, NC 28731</DIV><DIV>USA</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 25, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I think it is fair to say that the female/male (feminine/masculine) dance</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">has been something of a marathon. Occasionally it really flows, as any good</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">dance/dancers might hope for. For myself, I remember those occasions as</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">extraordinary moments. But then I love to dance. At other times there are a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">lot of feet that get stepped. And sometimes, one partner or the other simply</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">gets swept off the floor and/or chooses to retire -- which makes the dance</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">something of an oddity, not to say virtually impossible.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">So if Open Space is a dance, where does that take us?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Harrison</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Harrison Owen</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">7808 River Falls Drive</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Potomac, Maryland 20854</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Phone 301-365-2093</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Skype hhowen</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Open Space Training <A href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Open Space Institute <A href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">www.openspaceworld.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Personal website <A href="http://www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">archives Visit: <A href="http://www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----Original Message-----</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: OSLIST [<A href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>] On Behalf Of Pat Black</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:05 AM</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: <A href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: The Da Vinci Connection -- Open Space and the Feminine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As some of my favorite books are being offered for reading I would like<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to add another.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Layne Remonds's When The Woman Were Drummers has some<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">interesting insights about the change in balance.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>According to Redmond<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">there was also a corresponding change in the relationship to the drum's<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">purpose and who played it.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>There are many vase pictures of woman <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">holding round disk objects.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Before woman had access to the acadamy most<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">male archeologists discribed those disks as cakes.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Gimbutus says they<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">are drums.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Redmond is a frame drummer herself and I think, quite a<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scholar on the history of the frame drum.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I seem to remember some<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">issues between Moses and his sister Miriam before leaving Eygpt.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I am<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">no Old Testament scholar but seem to remember that Miriam was a drummer<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and there were some power struggles between her and Moses.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I think it<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">was the people that insisted Miriam be included.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>That would at least<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">date this struggle in the balance between the masculine and feminine to<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that time.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pat Black</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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