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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Just tell your client to relax and take a
deep breath. It’s all going to work. The people will be the people, and
what you see is what you got. Could be that they will collectively decide to
destroy the company, but that is probably not too likely. Of course I do
remember a time when a small company asked me for an Open Space on their
future. We did it, and by lunch time on the first day they had all concluded
they didn’t have a future. The President was a mite surprised, but
nobody else was. The company was essentially dismantled there and then –
however by dinner time, there were two new businesses. Time at the bar was
beneficial. To the best of my knowledge those two business are alive and doing
very well, thank you. Like I said – It always works, but sometimes not
quite the way you might have anticipated. I guess you could call all that
“risky”, but I fail to see the risk. One way or another, that old
company was done. That’s the truth. The truth was owned, and life went
on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Enjoy it. I always do.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Catherine Pfaehler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Wednesday,
February 18, 2009</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>4:41 AM</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSLIST] Fear in the face
of an upcoming OST-meeting</span></font></p>
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lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 2013”, the goal is to find out what needs to
happen until then to secure the company’s well-being economically and
socially.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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.).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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?”)</span></font></p>
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lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With love, Catherine</span></font></p>
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