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<p class="MsoNormal">We lived the Open Space magic!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Exhausted, exhilarated, in awe and filled with gratitude…Wow!
Wow! Wow!<span style=""> </span>Our budding company, which is
almost two years young, just completed its third Partner Summit. As a community
of <i><b>wholistic </b></i>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.<span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> <br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<span style=""> </span>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.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There were many funny moments.<span style="">
</span>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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I got the OS bug at an Art of Hosting event.<span style=""> </span>Trusted my gut and attended the Open Space training
in Ottawa. 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 Tucson 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. <span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After our own Open Space summit, I now know without a doubt
that Open Space works.<span style=""> </span>How could it
not?<span style=""> </span>It’s all about self organizing and
shared leadership, a living system and the laws of nature. Yes Harrison, you have been singing the tune for a long time. I
get it!<span style=""> </span>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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So Diane Gibeault, Barbara Hebert, Sharon Joy Kleitsch, and my Sleeping Lady friends…, Larry, Anne, Roosevelt, Sherry, 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!<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If any of you are in Tucson for the IONS conference next
week, come join us on Sunday afternoon June 21<sup>st</sup> <span style=""></span>. The theme of this Open Space Harvest is <u><b>Global Shift: Next steps</b></u> and if you come "<span style=""></span>Be ready to be surprised!"</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Suzanne <br></p><p class="MsoNormal">941-359-8877</p><p class="MsoNormal">203-722-2009 (c)<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com">s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nufocusgroup.com">www.nufocusgroup.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
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