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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Suzanne – that you
found the Open Space for your company useful did not surprise me, but it
certainly is pleasing.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> And I for one found your description anything
but gushy. Quite the contrary it was moving and insightful. I particularly
liked, “After our own Open Space summit, I now know without a doubt that
Open Space works. How could it not? It’s all about self
organizing and shared leadership, a living system and the laws of nature. Yes <st1:place
w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>, you have been singing the tune for a long time.
I get it! We get it! And for us, what we want to do now is be Wave Riders
by living Open Space from the inside out in our community of practice.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You made my day! Thank
you!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is so simple, so
natural – and the “it” is not Open Space. The “it”
is our appreciation of ourselves and our organizations as living, natural,
self-organizing systems. The magic occurs when we fully become what we already
are – intentionally. Open Space may get us there, but the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>there</span></i> was there way before Open Space. It
will be there long after Open Space has (thankfully) been hung out to dry. Isn’t
it interesting how we have anxiety attacks wondering whether it will work? The
wonder would be if it didn’t work!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is probably worth
while to consider the source of our anxiety. Why on earth would we doubt that
Open Space (self-organization) would work? Given what know about the history of
the cosmos, the failure of Open Space is about as likely as the failure of
Gravity, and for much the same reason. But we do doubt – strongly supported
by most of our training, many of the books, and the social pressures which tell
us that effective organization (our lives) can only be achieved courtesy of The
Leader who will plan, guide, direct (control) the proper course of events. We
all know that – and so Open Space not only can’t work, it shouldn’t.
The fact that The Leader is clearly an emperor without clothes and that the
control He (we) seek is nothing but an illusion doesn’t deter us. Such is
the power of our history and tradition. And isn’t it sad that sensible
human beings are confined to such constricted space? Isn’t it
wonderful when they discover, as you did – that your bondage is self
imposed!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We had some discussion
here a while back about what to do with, or for, all those folks who are
nervous about Open Space. One might suggest “other” approaches that
may seem a little less radical for those who are concerned to preserve the pre-ordained
hierarchy and maintain their personal control. In all honesty I have no small amount
of difficulty with that approach. One might suspect proprietary interest and
prejudice -- Open Space or Nothing! But as one who desperately hopes that we
can take off the training wheels, retire Open Space, and just go for the ride –
perhaps I can be absolved. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My reasons have to do
with what in other fields is called “enabling.” Those who deal with
various forms of addiction, alcoholism in particular, have identified individuals
in the addict’s life, who with the best of intentions, actually sustain
the addiction – by being helpful. With that “help” the addict
is enabled to avoid the harsh facts of his/her existence and continue in the
destructive patterns. I think we could be accused of being enablers. In
our desire to be helpful we offer approaches that apparently sustain the
(client’s) need for control. I find this troubling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Suzanne Daigle<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:15
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>We lived the Open Space magic!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>Exhausted, exhilarated, in awe and filled with
gratitude…Wow! Wow! Wow! Our budding company, which is almost two
years young, just completed its third Partner Summit. As a community of <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>wholistic </span></i></b>partners
joined by our associate marketing company colleagues and a handful of close
business friends, we decided to give it our all , invest and immerse ourselves
in a full-blown Open Space. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>It was a time of transformation, of discovery, of intense
reflection and emotions, of intimate sharing of dreams, fears and hopes all
under the big tent of Open Space. Diane Gibeault, who had trained about a
third of us in Ottawa (English and French sessions), guided us through our two
and a half days of emergence and convergence which culminated in a flurry of
action-packed initiatives that we each feel so passionate about and so deeply
committed to. There are no words to describe the magic of what happened
there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>There were many funny moments. Like the night before we
started when we discovered there was no electricity in our chosen Open Space
venue. We knew the place was in construction and had seen the cement floors,
exposed ceilings, bare white walls now adorned with the 4 Principles, Law of 2
feet, Market place, etc. Then there was the weather: dark and gloomy
every day except for the final morning which meant that the natural light we
had planned on from all those windows still kept us in the dark. We
connected cables from the corridor to manage our newsroom equipment. It was all
part of the chaos and confusion, of the birthing and letting go. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>In a frenzy of activity, we helped in the prep creating the
posters, the forms, designing the invitations, creating a banner with the theme
of "Inventing our future". We wanted to learn and experience
EVERYTHING as participants so that one day, we would truly know what our
clients would live and feel when they tasted their first Open Space. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>I got the OS bug at an Art of Hosting event. Trusted my
gut and attended the Open Space training in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:place></st1:City>. Was then totally hooked after helping
a friend facilitate her first Open Space. From there, it was Wave Rider
at Sleeping Lady. Now next week, I’m taking the big leap by hosting my
first Open Space at the Ions Noetic Science conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tucson</st1:place></st1:City> on Harvest Day. I will be surrounded
by many friends of Open Space and feel confident (though I will have
butterflies in my stomach) that self organizing will work there too. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>After our own Open Space summit, I now know without a doubt
that Open Space works. How could it not? It’s all about self
organizing and shared leadership, a living system and the laws of nature. Yes <st1:place
w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>, you have been singing the tune for a long time.
I get it! We get it! And for us, what we want to do now is be Wave Riders
by living Open Space from the inside out in our community of practice. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>So Diane Gibeault, Barbara Hebert, Sharon Joy Kleitsch,
and my Sleeping Lady friends…, Larry, Anne, Roosevelt, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Sherry</st1:PersonName>, Anh, Colette, Elaine, Dan, Jun, Robert,
Dale, Tenneson, Brian, Teresa, Ashely, Joan, Elena and so many others, thank
you for inspiring me in Leavenworth. What a precious gift! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>If any of you are in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tucson</st1:place></st1:City>
for the IONS conference next week, come join us on Sunday afternoon June 21<sup>st</sup> .
The theme of this Open Space Harvest is <b><u><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Global Shift: Next steps</span></u></b> and if you come "Be ready to
be surprised!"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>Suzanne <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>941-359-8877<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'>203-722-2009 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%'><a href="mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com">s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nufocusgroup.com">www.nufocusgroup.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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