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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We’ve all had the experience. Opening a space that
just wouldn’t stop -- getting deeper and richer. This past weekend I had
the privilege of being with a group from </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Columbia</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Business</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>School</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>. It was not just your normal group of
soon-to-be-MBAs, but also included folks who were well along in their careers.
Officially this was the Spring Retreat of the Creativity and Personal Mastery
Course run by my old friend Shrikumar Rao, which in itself is not your everyday
B-School course, nor is Shrikumar your everyday B-School professor. But that is
a longer and different story. One the participants sent me this poem –
and it definitely rang my bell. Maybe we ought to keep this one around for the
next time somebody asks us for a recent client evaluation of Open Space,
particularly an evaluation from the Business World. </span></font><font
face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Harrison</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi Harrison:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I just wanted to thank you so much for the Open Space
experience this weekend. It was truly magical. I am enclosing a
poem I wrote after the retreat.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I look forward to keeping in touch.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All the best,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Carol</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Open Spaces</span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tibetan bells</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Open spaces</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Safest people</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Safest places</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Magic creeping</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Moving, talking</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Seedlings hatching</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dancing, walking</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Weaving, moving</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sharing spaces</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Open hearts</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Open places</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Selves emerging</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Gifts abounding</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Fabric breathing</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Heartspeak sounding</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Patterns forming</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Voices blending</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Moving, weaving</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Never ending.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>Carol J.
Morley, CFA<br>
Managing Director<br>
tel </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>212.616.7422</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'><br>
fax </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>212.616.7499</span></font></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Harrison Owen</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7808 River Falls Drive</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Potomac</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Maryland</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>20854</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>301-365-2093</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Skype hhowen</span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open Space Training</span></font> <a
href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></font></a> </p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open Space Institute</span></font> <a
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>www.openspaceworld.org</span></font></a></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Personal website</span></font> <a
href="http://www.ho-image.com/"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.ho-image.com</span></font></a>
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