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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>One of the confusing points about the multiple “OTs” is that for
a period there were happenings in both Europe and the USA. And the numbering
got a little confused, not to say overlapped. And yes I am sure there was one
in London or close to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><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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color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the
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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>Artur Silva<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 31, 2010 4:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Organizational Transformation Conferences (was: Re:
[OSLIST] ODWS - Journey through time; suggestions please !!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>Thanks for the links, Jack. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>In your historical map of OT (very interesting, indeed), there is
no reference to any OT held in (or announced to) London. But I am pretty sure
that I have been invited to one there (maybe OT25?). It is this one - I think -
that someone told me that was not realized due to a low number of
registrations. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>I would appreciate any clarification on that from other people out
there.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>I thank you for your comments, and I agree with many of them,
namely about this list.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>I am not so sure that I agree with you that the "foundations
of OST" (please search the archives to see the difference I make between
"foundations" and "principles") must evolve, because
everything else is evolving - or so it seems. Of course, using Web 2.0 tools we
can make a lot of new things (the OST NING is an example, I think, among many
others), but they do not mean necessarily that the minimalist foundations of
OST need to change.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>After all, humanity knows how to make children after many millennia,
and the old way still works pretty well, even if some new technologies also
enable some "new methods". But, believe me, it is not the same thing
;-)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>Warm regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:black'>Artur</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> Jack Martin Leith
<jack@leithcocreation.com><br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon, May 31, 2010 5:04:47 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSLIST] Organizational Transformation Conferences (was:
Re: [OSLIST] ODWS - Journey through time; suggestions please !!)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for raising this, Artur.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've pulled a couple of old web pages about the OT symposia
from my very dusty digital archives, blown off the cobwebs, and uploaded them
to <a href="http://www.leithcocreation.com/ot" target="_blank">www.leithcocreation.com/ot</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hope these are useful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In 1988, John Adams (<a href="http://www.eartheart-ent.com/"
target="_blank">www.eartheart-ent.com</a>) wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em>Sometime during the very early years of this decade [the
1980s], probably in 1981 or 1982, a large number of people began to use the
term organisation transformation to describe their work. During the Spring of
1982, a few of these people recognized each other at a conference outside of
Boston, and began to discuss their common interest in concepts like <span
style='color:#CC0000'>vision, purpose, spirit in the workplace</span> and <span
style='color:#CC0000'>global perspective</span>.</em><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Could it be that the ideas highlighted in red are taken as
read (sorry - no pun intended) these days, and that OD has - to some extent -
morphed into OT, as you mention?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The rest of the John Adams article can be found here: <a
href="http://www.leithcocreation.com/ot" target="_blank">www.leithcocreation.com/ot</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>With regard to your earlier email, I agree that PC is rife
in the Open Space community, and that it is not safe to raise certain issues -
not only in these posts, but beyond OSList.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Two years ago, Paul Levy and I announced a discussion
session, Open Space 2.0: Beyond the Dogma. The announcement triggered some
hostility and a heap of defensive responses. Paul received an item of what can
only be called hate mail from a prominent member of the so-called OS community
(perhaps more like what Scott Peck would call 'pseudo-community').<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Pseudo-community: Where participants are "nice with
each other", playing-safe, and presenting what they feel is the most
favourable sides of their personalities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've had similar responses to other posts, which is why I
rarely post to this list these days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>25 years down the track, if they survive that long, most
organisational concepts and tools have splintered and evolved. Open Space
hasn't, and I'm not sure this is a good thing. It seems to reflect a degree of
orthodoxy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I await howls of protest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you again, Artur. These things need to be said.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid
of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you
are just feeding the crocodile, hoping he'll eat you last. – Ronald
Reagan <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all>
Jack<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Jack Martin Leith<br>
Leith Co-creation<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 29 May 2010 19:19, Artur Silva <<a
href="mailto:arturfsilva@yahoo.com" target="_blank">arturfsilva@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Dear
all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Thanks
for the map, Jack.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The
map, and some clarifications by Harrison, reminded me of a different thing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>OST
was born in the "Organization Transformation Conferences". </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>In
WOSonOS in Berlin, I met a lady (that I cannot remember the name and later have
not seen her again to ask for the contacts) that told me that the last OT
Conference was to be held in London, but there were insufficient registrations
and it did not took place. Nor any other after that.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>In
ancient mails, in the OSLIST Archives, I can see that OT22 took place in
Scotland, in 2004, and OT23 was planned to take place in Milwaukee, in 2005. I
also remember to later receive an invitation to London, and I even considered
to go there (and profit to see my sister and my English family, in Brighton).
But later I could not. But that exchange of mails is lost with a computer that
crashed many moons ago.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>If
there is anyone that can complete the story from OT22 to the last one that took
(or not) place, I would be grateful. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>I
would also like to understand why the OT Conferences died (without any trace
that I could discover in the Internet).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>And
why have the OT Conferences died if the distinction between OD and OT is IMHO
more needed now than ever before?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Maybe
this can be somehow related with my previous post. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>If
there is no longer a clear distinction between OD and OT, than OST and all the
other "large group facilitation methods" belong after all to the same
stream - OD. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Interesting,
don't you think?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Artur</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> Harrison Owen <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thu, May 27, 2010 10:34:02 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSLIST] ODWS - Journey through time; suggestions please !!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jack – I have always loved your “map” –
if only because it provides me and (indirectly I presume), and Open Space
Technology with an impressive lineage which is at once colorful, although
perhaps undeserved. It is true that my first public foray into the realm
of Organization Transformation happened at a regional conference of ODN
(Organization Development Network) – I gave a paper. What is also true is that
at the time I had no real clue what Organization Development might be, where it
came from, or what it might be useful for. My inspiration, training and
experience came from a rather different place, including but not limited to a
layman’s understanding of the New Physics, a rather deeper understanding of the
myth and ritual of the ancient near east, and an appreciation of a variety of
(what now would be called) esoteric traditions. Strange things like Tibetan
Buddhism, Sufi thought (Rumi), some deep learning at the feet of (West) African
Shamans, the work of Joseph Campbell, Ken Wilbur – and other assorted
denizens of the Fringe. I wouldn’t claim academic expertise for most of this,
but existential, on the ground experience for sure. Truth to tell, when
Organization Transformation first reflected the light of day it was not viewed
in a positive fashion by the powers that be (were) in the world of OD.
Definitely heretical! Off the Wall! Out of Sight!! Some still feel that way, I
am sure – but times change. And a lot of the people who found the idea of
Organization Transformation radically abhorrent became friends. I can’t say we
have always agreed – but we are friends.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>And then we come to Open Space
Technology. It does not come from, nor is it part of the great tradition
(lately created) of Large Scale Interventions. It began as it remains – The
product of two Martinis (and before that the Big Bang)! There was no
careful research, no critical analysis of preceding efforts – just a little Gin
and (much less) vermouth. And with all that as ancestors, you got to keep
it simple. – Sit in a circle, create a bulletin board, open a market
place – and Go to work. Hasn’t changed a bit ever since. But I am sure that our
understanding of what happens has gone a lot deeper – which is not to say that
we are getting anywhere near the depths we must achieve. But we are moving in
the right direction, I think. And it is fun.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> OSLIST
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack Martin Leith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: ODWS - Journey through time; suggestions please !!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks
for mentioning the map, Michael.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I've
just uploaded it to my server in case anyone wants to see it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here's
the URL: <a
href="http://www.leithcocreation.com/documents/history-of-large-group-methods.doc"
target="_blank">www.leithcocreation.com/documents/history-of-large-group-methods.doc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It's
a big file ... sorry ... I don't have time right now to make it any smaller.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jack<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
27 May 2010 15:05, Michael Herman <<a href="mailto:michael@michaelherman.com"
target="_blank">michael@michaelherman.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>i'll
second jeff's recommendation of marv weisbord's 'productive workplaces.'
that was the first thing that came to mind here. another was a map that
jack martin leith did some years ago, showing overlapping development paths of
various methods and leading practitioners. jack?<br>
<br>
m<br>
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<br>
--<br>
<br>
Michael Herman<br>
Michael Herman Associates<br>
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312-280-7838 (mobile) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:39 AM, VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE <<a
href="mailto:mail@visuelle-protokolle.de" target="_blank">mail@visuelle-protokolle.de</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span
style='color:navy'>Dear Gerard,<br>
<br>
Our friend Jon Jenkins, who sadly died recently, said as the father of the IAF
Method Database, that right now the three most important elements in our
profession are VISUALIZATION, STORYTELLING and ONLINE METHODS.<br>
<br>
Greetings from Italy<br>
<br>
Reinhard Kuchenmüller<br>
<br>
<br>
VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE® <br>
<a href="http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de/" target="_blank">www.visuelle-protokolle.de</a><br>
+39-0566-88929<br>
</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:navy'><br>
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Am 27/05/10 08:16 schrieb "Gerard Muller" unter <<a
href="http://gm@openspace.dk" target="_blank">gm@openspace.dk</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear
All,<br>
<br>
At the upcoming Organisational Development World Summit (see <a
href="http://www.odworldsummit.org/" target="_blank">http://www.odworldsummit.org/</a>,
which is organised in collaboration with several organisations and communities
- amongst which several who are on this list , we are organising part of the
program as a special journey through the history of our profession, before we
move into it’s future.<br>
<br>
I would like to ask for your help in identifying what you feel are the 2-3
elements which deserve a place in this journey. This could be either in the
history of the profession (a book, a bit of research, the birth of an
method or theory), or in the history of the society around (political,
technological, ...).<br>
<br>
If you have a specific idea how to represent the elements which come to mind,
that would be great.<br>
In the case of a publication, it could be the book itself, in the case of an
event maybe the invitation,<br>
a poster, pictures. But we’ll also have space for filmclips and music.<br>
<br>
Please mail any ideas to my E-mail at <a href="http://gm@openspace.dk"
target="_blank">gm@openspace.dk</a>, in the course of the coming week.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your assistance !!<br>
<br>
Greetings from Denmark,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Gerard Muller<br>
<br>
Open Space Institute Denmark<br>
Phone: (+45) 21269621<br>
Mail: <a href="http://gm@openspace.dk" target="_blank">gm@openspace.dk</a><br>
Skype: openspace1<o:p></o:p></p>
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