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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Very Good point Chris: “That space will open. That
is a risk depending on how you look at things. and depending how well prepared
you are to deal with an open space.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And to carry it further, I have told clients that the real risk
of Open Space is that it’s usual results will occur. To wit, people who
have previously seemed to be dull, uncreative, reclusive, and unhappy will
suddenly show themselves to be vibrant, innovative, engaged – and worst
of all they almost always have fun. This can be a real shock, especially for
those who have made a living “motivating” these employees, creating
training programs for inspired leadership and the like. For all their efforts,
to say nothing of the money they consumed, the only thing that really needed to
be done, get out of the way, and let the people be the people. Not a career
enhancing move as seen by many HR Departments. After all they could be out of
business </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>But the real risk is that when you have a bunch of creative,
inspired folks who want to get on with the business, it is quite like that they
will do just that – GO. That could mean a major change of plans at the
old place of business. It could also mean an exodus to greener pastures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Creating the space for inspired performance is no big deal. Just
an ordinary day in Open Space. Living with all of that can be something of a
test.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Phone 301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.openspaceworld.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Corrigan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: online open space article<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Probably more true to say that open Space FEELS risky to
those used to command and control. What is the real risk of Open Space?
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<p class=MsoNormal>That space will open. That is a risk depending on how
you look at things. and depending how well prepared you are to deal with an
open space. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>----<br>
Chris Corrigan<br>
<a href="mailto:chris@chriscorrigan.com">chris@chriscorrigan.com</a><br>
http://www.chriscorrigan.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 2010-04-21, at 6:01 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Nice article Christine, but I am not quite sure what the risk
is??? Perhaps that Open Space “works?” That would be truly
appalling! If it were true most of the agony that people go through to reduce
risk and gain certainty of outcome in gatherings of various sorts would be seen
for what it is – pretty much a waste of time. Or something.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Harrison Owen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Christine Whitney
Sanchez<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I sent this out when the list was down so I'm not sure that
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<p class=MsoNormal>Connect Your Meetings recently published an online article
entitled "Open Space Meetings" with the tag line:<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Sometimes risky, the unscripted
format is popular, productive and powerful.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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