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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Michele – if you delve through my very
basic website at <a href="http://www.fulcrum.com.sg/">www.fulcrum.com.sg</a> you
will, with a bit of luck and perseverance, find under OS some notes and
photographs of working with street children in Mongolia and Cambodia if that
helps…and always happy to answer other questions at any time<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nigel <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>30 Mount <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:place></st1:City></span></font><font color=navy><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel: +65 9639 2510</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>E-mail: </span></font><font
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w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michele Frankel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 20 July 2007 2:23 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Invisible Leadersip</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You've got me hooked. What else can you tell me about working with
large groups of street kids. Are you based in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Michele<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 7/19/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Harrison
Owen</span></b> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>>
wrote: </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Actually Michele I have worked with a number of groups of
kids, and my colleagues around the world have worked with many more – and every
time it was "standard" Open Space. In one case, Peggy Holman had the
pleasure of working with 1200+ street kids in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:place></st1:City>. I know Michael Pannwitz (<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>) has
worked with dozens of groups, most of them in schools. From their experience
and mine it is very clear that kids take to Open Space like ducks to water. And
all groups take care of themselves. Just like with adults. Not everybody in the
Open Space community is in as much favor of a nap as I am, but they certainly
have the opportunity – which I always take advantage of. And to date I have yet
to be "sacked" – of course another way talking about taking a nap
might be "to be sacked" (as in "in the sack.") </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>
[mailto: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@">OSLIST@</a><a
href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/" target="_blank">LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michele Frankel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:31
AM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<span class=e><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@<a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/"
target="_blank"> LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a></span><br>
<span class=e><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:
Invisible Leadersip</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you
leave a group of school students for a nap - you risk getting sacked!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Actors
however don't really notice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Al the
best.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michele<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On
7/19/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Harrison Owen</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank"> hhowen@verizon.net</a>>
wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Michele – I just can't resist.. When the facilitator
(Communications Skills) leaves the circle all together and goes and takes a nap
– that is Open Space. By the way, I suspect you will find that reading will not
get you there. Just do it! </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>
[mailto: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@" target="_blank">OSLIST@</a><a
href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/" target="_blank">LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU </a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michele Frankel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:53
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@
<a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/" target="_blank">LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Invisible Leadersip </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I don't
know why I am drawn to Open Space. I have not read enough yet of what it really
is but on invisible leadership in a theatre and a communication context I have
a few experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bringing
actors together to devise, they have in the past not only said 'we did it our
selves' but also we are going to carry one doing it - without leadership. It
was suggested on a panel at the theatre museum, that as a feminist woman
theatre director in the late 7O's early 80's , I was shy and or uncomfortable
with the notion of assuming leadership power. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Communications
Skills workshops with students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
facilitator sits slightly out of the circle. The facilitator uses I statements
or emphatics ( nods, gestures, listening sounds) , research has found, this encourages
other participants to speak more and have more words in each of their
sentences. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>'The art
is making it look like there is no art.'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Are there
many/any speech therapists, involved with open space?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michele<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On
7/19/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pankaj Bhargava</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:pankaj@people-builders.com" target="_blank">
pankaj@people-builders.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Very
true. And only such leadership builds institutions. Because when the work is
done, people say "we did it ourselves". Yet it is so uncommon to find
because the gratification for many comes from the thrill of being in spotlight
and being applauded for their charisma than the joy of having built people and
thereby an instituion. Yet all great companies have been built by many
invisible leaders. <br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Pankaj<br>
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-- original message --<br>
Subject: Invisible Leadersip<br>
From: Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net"
target="_blank"> hhowen@verizon.net</a>><br>
Date: 18th July
2007 3:32 pm <br>
<br>
A friend once said, the mark of a true leader is that you never notice<br>
him/her. I think it was Gandhi who said something like, with a good leader, <br>
the people think they did it all by themselves. Another friend who was the <br>
director of a very large federal agency (and my boss for a period of time)<br>
told me that every time he had to resort to an overt use of his position, <br>
power and authority, he had failed in some substantial respect. <br>
<br>
I know that we have been treated to the headliners on the conference circuit<br>
billed as "charismatic," "inspirational," "aggressive"
leaders. They <br>
probably have all of those characteristics, but I don't think any of them <br>
really make for good leadership. Those sorts of people tend to fill up<br>
space, and hog the stage. It may look good under the klieg lights, but in my <br>
own experience it is a real downer when it comes to individual and <br>
collective performance in an organization.<br>
<br>
I doubt that anybody is ever totally present and absolutely invisible, but<br>
that is not a bad ideal. It creates a lot of space in which good things can <br>
happen.<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place><br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
</a>] On Behalf Of Craig<br>
Gilliam<br>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:01 AM <br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
</a><br>
Subject: Re: Report from the field<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place> wrote:<br>
"No question that experience is a plus when it comes to the subtle art of <br>
doing nothing, being fully present, and totally invisible."<br>
<br>
These three descriptive images struck a deep cord in me--1) the art
of<br>
"doing nothing, being fully present, and totally invisible." <br>
<br>
I am not certain what I am asking, but here is a attempt to ask or invite <br>
conversation on this notion of invisibility. I both love it and hate
it!!!<br>
<br>
My question is around the image of totally
invisible. Wow! at the danger <br>
of revealing my own "stuff," that one is tough, but
powerful. Especially in <br>
<br>
a "game or culture" where I believe invisibility is counterintuitive. Some<br>
of it or maybe a lot of it is ego, but does this word invisible mean <br>
different things in different situation or contexts? If there is a <br>
difference, how does one separate unhealthy invisibility from healthy,<br>
needed transparency, vulnerability and "not being seen"?<br>
<br>
I like OS not only as a technology/methodology, but as a way of being and <br>
doing leadership in all contexts and as a way of learning about systems..<br>
Does invisibility have a shadow side? Is there sometimes when as a
leader, <br>
invisibility, if not practiced artfully, whatever that means, can be <br>
counter-productive or a way of not taking responsibility?<br>
<br>
The bigger question I am trying to get at is: I would love to hear
more<br>
discussion about this notion of leadership and invisibility. While
it <br>
strikes deep, I am working to understand the implications and effect. <br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Craig<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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From: Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">
hhowen@verizon.net</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: Report from the field<br>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:16:53 -0400<br>
<br>
Alan - I like what you are doing here! And yet I felt a cautionary flag fly<br>
at some points. You said (the sponsor said), "I invite everyone to express
<br>
your passion and responsibility for things you feel are important. Let's see<br>
where Open Space takes us!" Nice, and I also think it is worth
while<br>
remembering that Open Space doesn't take us anywhere. We do the
"taking." <br>
Open Space, as a process, only invites us to do what we all can and do do,<br>
naturally. Success for me occurs when we get rid of the middle man (OST).<br>
And I find these thoughts take me further to consider the role of the <br>
facilitator. No question that experience is a plus when it comes to the<br>
subtle art of doing nothing, being fully present, and totally invisible :-).<br>
I think it is also true that anybody with a good head and a good heart (more <br>
heart than head) can play the role very effectively - just as effectively as<br>
someone with years of experience! It is not only that Open Space is
so<br>
simple (which it is), it is also just natural, which is another way of <br>
saying that everybody has equal access, provided they choose to walk through<br>
the door. The other day I got a note which said in part, "I was surprised
to<br>
find out that there was a hierarchy in the OST community and everyone having <br>
a specific place to hold, voices are not equal and politics prevails in<br>
certain circuits Just the same old same old... I'm not sure this is
what<br>
you envisioned with OST." I have no idea what the specific circumstances <br>
were, and less interest in finding out. But presuming that we have the<br>
creeping tentacles of elitism sneaking in - a good dose of the Law of Two<br>
Feet and a clear recognition of the Universal License of Open Space <br>
(everybody has one by birth) should do the trick. Or something.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_____<br>
<br>
From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU </a>] On Behalf Of Alan<br>
Stewart<br>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:47 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Subject: Re: Report from the field<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Harrison and All <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Picking up your focus on respect and how it emerges .<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tom Atlee, who you may be aware of, < <a
href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/" target="_blank">http://www.co-intelligence.org/</a>><br>
<a href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/" target="_blank">http://www.co-intelligence.org</a><br>
<br>
articulates very nicely the 'reason' why processes such as Open Space are so<br>
critical to bringing forth a spirit of 'We are in this together.'<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Or, in these words which I found when poking around in Jack Ricchiuto's <br>
<<a href="http://www.designinglife.com/" target="_blank">http://www.designinglife.com/</a>>
<a href="http://www.designinglife.com/" target="_blank">www.DesigningLife.com</a>
, to help promote<br>
awareness of<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"Our behaviors change only if we decide to belong together
differently.." <br>
<br>
<br>
Margaret Wheatley, author of '<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">A
Simpler Way</st1:address></st1:Street>' <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tom notes: "Co-intelligence, dialogue and democracy all flourish best
among<br>
peers. It isn't a matter of everybody being equal in every way. It is a <br>
matter of everyone having comparable power to influence the outcome of their <br>
interactions and, most importantly, everyone giving each other respect.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
This is, unfortunately, seldom the case. Most of us have deeply ingrained <br>
ways of not respecting each other -- sometimes without even knowing it. This <br>
is one of the main reasons that we need "processes" and
"facilitators" to<br>
help us get good results from our meetings and conversations." <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
As those of us who facilitate/host conversing processes know, the according <br>
of respect occurs spontaneously and naturally when conditions for self<br>
organizing are in place. And that this happens (at least for now) in the <br>
hands of skilled and experienced process facilitators working with sponsors <br>
who intuit the potential value in letting go of control.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
In the case of the group with whom Vivien Pau and I were working in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:place></st1:City> <br>
last week:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The notion of 'circularity', which comes from cybernetics - the study of <br>
self organizing systems (or of how 'one thing leads to another') - may be<br>
useful in understanding what transpired. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Being treated with respect was not a novel experience for the participants<br>
in this instance. For what was readily apparent to us was that the CEO (an<br>
Aussie) habitually accorded respect and trust to his colleagues. This led <br>
him to take a 'risk' of bringing in OST for the company's deliberations even <br>
though he had not ever experienced it. He did so at Vivien's suggestion,<br>
whose professional judgment he trusted having engaged her services last year <br>
with good outcomes. In turn the team of 40 people 'dived in' when trusting <br>
the process as their 'boss' - who they greatly respect - said it was OK.<br>
None of these other people had ever heard of OST prior to the event. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
We supplied the form of words with which the CEO introduced the Open Space <br>
component. These concluded with:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"I invite everyone to express your passion and responsibility for things
you <br>
feel are important. Let's see where Open Space takes us!"<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
As I reported the process fitted very well with their existing ways of <br>
interacting with each other. And their consistent feedback at the closure <br>
indicated their delight that Vivien and I had accepted their invitation to<br>
open space for them.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Now they have the language and the experience to carry them forward with <br>
greater vigor and awareness. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And we are inspired likewise.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
My observations on the role of young women as integral team members brings<br>
this to mind:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but <br>
for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and<br>
ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never..<br>
Soren Kierkegaard<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Go well<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
<br>
...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
<br>
From: Harrison Owen <mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net"
target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net </a>><br>
<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<br>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:15 PM<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: Report from the field<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Alan - the experience of respect in Open Space is a first for many people,<br>
and may be the first step to renewal, creativity, and for some, healing. <br>
There seems to be a natural progression from respect to trust to hope. At <br>
least I have seen it play out that way on countless occasions. This<br>
progression is most obvious (and most needed) in highly conflicted<br>
environments. I guess it is most obvious there because people usually<br>
experience so little respect that it comes as very much of a surprise. It is <br>
a constant wonder to me that people can survive in situations bereft of <br>
respect and literally dripping with a level of pathology that for me is<br>
incomprehensible. It is an even greater wonder (mystery) that these same <br>
people can consider this situation to be "normal." If the
"situation" were a <br>
concentration camp, that makes a certain amount of sense - but more often<br>
than not we are talking about a "perfectly respectable" business or <br>
corporation. Then again, I guess it is not so strange for the standard <br>
organizational structure seems perfectly designed to limit, even eliminate,<br>
essential human connection, to say nothing of respect. Folks are locked in <br>
boxes and deprived of information all in the name of efficiency, <br>
effectiveness and productivity. The name of the game is fear and control.<br>
Nothing new here, and hardly a deep insight - but under the circumstances <br>
Open Space is definitely revolutionary, if only because people are invited <br>
to leave their cages. The greatest wonder may be that we are ever invited to<br>
open space.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_____ <br>
<br>
<br>
From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank"> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
On Behalf Of Alan<br>
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Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:54 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Subject: Re: Report from the field <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hi All<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
To resume the flow post July 4 holiday and Live Earth connectings (still<br>
going strong in the Western hemisphere) ...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Here for your information is a brief report on a happening last week in the <br>
East which you may find helpful for your<br>
<br>
purposes. This is slightly adapted from what I sent it initially to a<br>
marketing agent here in <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place>.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"Am back after a very productive few days in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:place></st1:City> co-facilitating a <br>
workshop which featured an Open Space component for the senior management<br>
team of a large international hotel company. This was with my friend and<br>
colleague Vivien Pau.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
They got Open Space in one. By this I mean there was no stopping the flow of <br>
respectful interaction. For example, the CEO and the most recent recruits<br>
talked to each other animatedly if they found themselves in a session which<br>
they felt strongly about.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
>From your barest soup con [small taste] experiencing of group conversational <br>
processes you may have a glimpse that when all feel totally respected and<br>
included remarkable outcomes are likely.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Among these are new found deeper relationships and associated questioning<br>
from which emerge changed mindsets, creativity, innovation, collaboration, <br>
commitment. The overall result? $ and Joy.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The immediate outcome of the two day event was a clear set of strategies by<br>
which to achieve defined goals by the end of next year.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And a request for me to change my flight so as to stay on to party with them <br>
after the closure. <smile><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The 40 people present - from all around <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> - included several young<br>
women, ie around age 30-35 (in my 'take') who were very articulate and who<br>
contributed with great confidence. Wondrous to observe! <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
You may be most heartened to know that organisations whose financial success<br>
is based on such an open corporate culture exist in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. For others are<br>
sure to follow when given the opportunity to notice what may happen when <br>
they engage the services of skilled facilitators."<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
With warm regards<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Going well<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
<br>
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