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rich, passionate, and extraordinarily well written! And I’ll take you up on the
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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 10:41
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Open Space Magic</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>,<br>
<br>
I celebrate these past few months in finding my voice, a voice that I always
had but never spoke loudly or clearly enough. Yes you are right: what was
there to be anxious about? I don't need more education, more experience, more
and more. I will use what I have and that will be good enough. All these
years of reading books, of me <i><span style='font-style:italic'>gently </span></i>guiding
people in the direction of open and authentic conversations and never fully
speaking my mind and my heart or giving it my best shot to get the job done.
Open Space was the trigger that gave me my courage. <br>
<br>
Something else happened. How often I revered others who told the story that was
in my heart and mind rather than telling my own story which is basically the
same story. Why have I placed people like you, Diane Gibeault and so many
others on a pedestal feeling such gratitude for what you are doing to
help people engage in real conversations, discover their passions and act upon
those passions to make a meaningful contribution in this world. By doing so, I
have robbed myself of the equality and my gifts that are so much part of living
systems and self-organizing. <br>
<br>
For me the real story is my witnessing of so much pain in our organizations at
every level. I had a career with many wonderful moments. I took many risks but
it was never enough. I saw such hurt, apathy and cynicism. So many people
leave their heart, their emotions and their intuition at the door when they
cross that threshold. How many times have I watched one improvement
program after another come through those revolving corporate doors with the
promise of growth, of efficiency, continuous improvement and better financial results
and then see them fail because we never acknowledged the very important
subjective elements of common sense, passion, intuition, gifts, conversations
with the ownership and pride that can only come when we, the people, become the
creators and the experts giving it our all together. <br>
<br>
As I read about you talking about the emperors who have no clothes, I heard
myself uttering these same words so many times especially now when there is
truly no place to hide. How often I have heard myself talk about us
enabling the addict by trying to cushion or delay their fall. There are many
addictions in corporate life where we have done the very same thing under the
guise of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>helping</span></i>. And then look
at all the times, we water down what we do and lose the essence of it all
because we think people can't deal with taking responsbility for what they are
passionate about which is what Open Space is all about. I want to fight for
doing it right and while Open Space may not be the only way, it's good enough
for me. There's lots of work to be done: complex problems that need addressing,
with an urgency of yesterday and all hands on deck. <br>
<br>
Great damage was done centuries ago when we split science (the supposedly
objective, fact-based and data driven) from the spiritual (emotions, subjective
and intuitive) thus robbing our work environment and the serious business of
life from living in the natural system of harmony, natural deaths and rebirths.
That's why I joined IONS and why I'll be facilitating Open Space at the conference
on Harvest day. <br>
<br>
So now, as I get off <i><span style='font-style:italic'>my </span></i>pedestal,
I feel energized that it is time to invite <i><span style='font-style:italic'>everyone
</span></i>to the grown-up table through Open Space. I never liked being
relegated to the kiddie table when I was young and I know others feel as I do.
So <st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>, I owe you a good martini and will
admit that I prefer my gin to yours, with olives over cucumbers but that's ok
cause I have my voice now and "different is good"!<br>
<br>
Suzanne</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen@verizon.net><br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:47:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>
Subject: Re: Open Space Magic</span></font><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
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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.” </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><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!!</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><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!</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><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!</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><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. </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><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.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Open Space Magic</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>We lived the Open Space
magic!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>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>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Suzanne <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>941-359-8877<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>203-722-2009 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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