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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear friends in Open Space<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Last Friday we rode the wave of high performance together
with a bunch of almost 60 people. In the un-presence of “the man with the
hat” we had to ride the waves ourselves and boy it was a ride. At 9 am
people were arriving to have some coffee and to register – and of course
the networking began straight away. Some old friends meeting again, some new
interesting connections and lots of spirit and interest around the theme of our
gathering.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So the design of our meeting was to start with a little
transfer-in, inviting people to get to know each other (sitting in small
circles of 4-5). Then to set the stage we had the great fortune to have world
premiere for a video recording we made the previous week in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>... Our
collegue Rachel Assuncao was our producer and Larry Peterson “storyteller”
sharing from his rich experiences and his deep knowledge around the power of
selforganization, touching on several of the aspects HO has shared about in the
book. A couple of times we stopped the video, inviting participants to reflect
and also sharing some brief examples from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After this first hour we had some coffee and then off into
Open Space. Agneta and Anna Pia facilitated and people thrived in exploring
these issues during the rest of the day. We had plenty of open spaces in the
venue chosen (Uppsala Konsert och Kongress) –that we used for break outs.
Before our closing circle we gave the participants an opportunity to reflect on
the experiences regarding the process, using the Medicine Wheel as a framework.
It was a nice way to get at summary of their experiences regarding the process
and it was a good fit to the theme.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Closing circle was profound, people sharing from their
hearts. I am sure there will be some interesting follow up – both
individually and maybe also new invitations....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Swedish team wants to join the Germans in thanking <st1:place
w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place> for opening space for this to happen –
even if it was not all through a comfortable ride – it sure was high
learning in many ways and on many levels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Warm regards from OSI Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Through <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thomas Herrmann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thomas
Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-9</span></font><font size=2><span lang=SV
style='font-size:10.0pt'>8 97 81<br>
Open Space Consulting<br>
Pensévägen 4<br>
434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden<br>
Email: </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com"><span lang=SV>thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span></font><font
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color:black'>----------------------------------------------------<br>
Vill </span></font><font size=2><span lang=SV style='font-size:10.0pt'>du skapa
en välmående och effektiv organisation och ta tillvara hela dess potential?</span></font><span
lang=SV><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=SV style='font-size:10.0pt'>Open
Space Consulting erbjuder dig:<br>
* Lärtillfällen kring hälsa och balans i organisationer<br>
* Analyser av organisatorisk hälsa och balans<br>
* Handledning av effektiva och kreativa möten och konferenser<br>
* Utbildning av mötes- och processhandledare<br>
* Coaching för organisationer i förändring<br>
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