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<br>To All:<br>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to you who helped me last week as I prepared for the
OS experience. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I send you a report of what happened—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first day was slow and difficult.<span style=""> </span>We started late in the day, and the energy
was low.<span style=""> </span>Something interesting was going
on with some of the participants in the circle—they seemed distracted and
nervous.<span style=""> </span>But <span style=""> </span>I stayed calm and non anxious (as I
could)<span style=""> </span>trusting that what happened
needed to happen.<span style=""> </span>I kept hearing two
kinds of responses from the people—1)<span style="">
</span>What’s the catch?;<span style=""> </span>The other
2)<span style=""> </span>This will never work.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the second morning, it took off.<span style=""> </span>The people engaged in conversations, I got
out of the way, and OS did its magic.<span style="">
</span>They self-organized.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the third and closing day, with the report printed and
the closing circle ready to happen, I had an interesting experience.<span style=""> </span>We thought many people had left because we
did not see them around.<span style=""> </span>At the request
of the leader, I set-up a much smaller number of chairs in the circle and
printed reports.<span style=""> </span>When the closing circle
happened, butterflies came out of the woods and the corners.<span style=""> </span>Far more people were still present than I or
the leadership expected.<span style=""> </span>It was an
unexpected but pleasant surprise.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So it went well.<span style="">
</span>After the experience, some got it, some didn’t, but all were scratching
there heads impressed with the mystery of what had happened.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A question—</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">I used
1 and ½ hour sessions, knowing that when it’s over it’s over. It worked well because it allowed space and a pace that was not rushed. Have you
ever done an OS where you did not even schedule the sessions—you simply
let them happen as they need to happen, or is this schedule a needed “basic
bones” of the structure?</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again for your assistance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Craig</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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