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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'>Dear Catherine<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'>A few years back I had a situation where
we had planned a 2 day conference about the future of a company. About a month
ahead of the OST conference there was a decision made which meant that about
15% of the staff of 120 would be outsourced – which of course had effects
of fear and grief. So to make a long story short, we included a storytelling
session in the design, using the first morning – until lunch – and then
into Open Space. Although I would have preferred having the storytelling the
night prior to the meeting it made huge difference (we think anyway) and the
managers were more or less chocked by how far this group went – actually actionplanning
for how they would prepare and make the shift...and singing a song in the
evening – thanks and good bye! <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'>The weeks prior to the conference were not
that nice with lots of fear coming out on different occasions...so there was
fear on many levels before the conference!<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'>Warm regards & good luck<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'>Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81<br>
Open Space Consulting<br>
Pensévägen 4<br>
434 46 Kungsbacka, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com">thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Från:</span></font></b><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Catherine Pfaehler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 18 februari 2009
10:41<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> [<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>]
Fear in the face of an upcoming OST-meeting</span></font><span lang=SV><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Speaking of fear: I happen to prepare for an
OST-meeting, in which the participants want to find the new strategy of a small
graphics and printing company, which also offers workspaces for handicapped
people. The head of the company took part in an OST-meeting in November and
decided to use the same approach for his strategic planning task, thus
involving all his main employees (and some of the handicapped people as well).
They created a great invitation which states, amongst other things, that people
will think, discuss and act on that day as if the company was theirs. The theme
is “Impulse <st1:metricconverter ProductID="2013”" w:st="on">2013”</st1:metricconverter>,
the goal is to find out what needs to happen until then to secure the
company’s well-being economically and socially.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now he tells me that about one third of his people
are fearful about what’s coming up and creating alliances to prevent
change. Some of them cling to their machines and don’t want them to
become outdated, which however is inevitable (no more spare parts available etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What is a useful input I could offer him in this
situation? The meeting will be on March 27<sup>th</sup>. (He loves sayings and
keeps publishing them inside the company. I have asked if he knows one about
fear. The one from A Course in Miracles is a bit too far out for his people
– so I asked if perhaps it would be enough to post a question on the
bulletin board stating “What is fear?”)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With love, Catherine</span></font><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Catherine Pfaehler Senn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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