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<P><FONT size=2>Suzanne- your story is amazing... naturally taking me to the
memories of my father who passed away years ago.<BR><BR>Regarding books on OS,
recently we had completed translation of Wave Rider and got it published with a
title"Self Organizing: Number One Power the Move World"(<A
href="http://openspace.kr/2010_so/">http://openspace.kr/2010_so/</A>) via a
publisher who understands Self Organizing nature of our lives on this
planet.<BR><BR>Actually we also have a completed Korean version of OST User
Guide which will soon be published after promoting SO for sometime with OS
events.<BR><BR>We'd like to pay our tribute to HO, the father of Open Space
Practice, and other fathers who has been helping us grow in our lives of being
an intentional Nexus of Caring for humanities from our heart. I also commemorate
this with all OS friends in our OS World.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Happy
Father's Day... :-)<BR><BR>With Much Gratitude,<BR><BR>S<BR><BR>Spark<BR>Open
Space Institute of Korea,<BR>Open Quest Squad<BR>3rd Fl., Samkyung Bldg.,
372-10, Seokyo-dong,<BR>Mapo-gu, 121-210, Seoul,
Korea<BR>spark@openspace.kr<BR>Phone: 02-353-6356<BR>Mobile: 010-7247-0636<BR><A
href="http://www.openspace.kr">http://www.openspace.kr</A><BR><A
href="http://www.seri.org/fr/frIntro.html?fno=217692">http://www.seri.org/fr/frIntro.html?fno=217692</A><BR><A
href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org</A><BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology</A><BR><A
href="http://www.artofhosting.org">http://www.artofhosting.org</A><BR>"Liberate
the leader in each of us"<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: OSLIST
[<A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>]
On Behalf Of Suzanne Daigle<BR>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:43 PM<BR>To:
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>Subject: Happy Father's Day (very
long)<BR><BR>Hello to my dear Open Space family,<BR><BR>This is a story about a
daughter, a father and Open Space. Something happened in Berlin in May, but the
story started a long time ago and with buckets of gratitude, I want to gift it
to all of you, my Open Space family, hoping what happened to me also happens to
you.<BR><BR>While at the WOSonOS in Berlin, I happily spotted the Open Space
Technology Guide in Italian on the Access Queen Auction table. I was
determined to bid and win this valuable book with the intent of giving it to my
dad, an Italian aficionado who is now fluent in Italian after more than a decade
of learning the language, traveling to Italy to visit many Etruscan ruins and an
avid reader of Italian newspapers on the internet. He is 80 years old. I overbid
the young Michael Pannwitz a few times; he graciously stopped bidding when he
saw how much I wanted it. As I was collecting my prize, I had the good
fortune of running into Gerardo De Luzenberger, who had translated this
wonderful guide. I asked him if he would inscribe it for my father
which he did, in Italian. I would have to wait until I returned to Florida
to know what he wrote. My intention then was for dad to read Gerardo’s
note and perhaps scan a few pages in the book, which hopefully might give him a
better understanding of Open Space. Lord knows he had heard me talk about it
often enough, like a smitten teenager with a new boyfriend.<BR><BR>I have
struggled to explain OS to dad (and many others) in terms that he could relate
to. As a retired radiologist and student of life in everything from
science, to ancient history, art and music , Dad has always been someone more
focused on data, facts, and accuracy than on the workings of people
dynamics, collaboration, and large system transformation which he sometimes
described as politics with too many controlling leaders – probably lots of truth
to his assessments.<BR>Throughout my life, dad and I had had more than our share
of talking “at” each other rather than “with” each other in the ways of many
daughters who want to be like their dads yet fail to realize that it's more
about being yourself and living the best of who YOU are. That said, our debates
are similar to those everywhere with facts and wanting to prove something
blocking us from the essence of what's important..<BR><BR>Well things are
different now between us because of Open Space. Yes we still talk about
facts but we also talk about the "other stuff"<BR>too. We share in ways we
have never shared before, with an easiness and joy of just being together. He
tells me stories of his youth, of his life, dozens and dozens of them, some I've
heard, many I have not.. We laugh and we share with mom listening on quietly as
entertained by the stories as I am. What's also really different now is
how interested he is in the details and essence of the work I am doing. Still
sometimes hard for me to explain it to him but I'm getting better at
it.<BR><BR>The ITALIAN Open Space guide was a big breakthrough and I still smile
at what happened. Well dad read the ENTIRE book from COVER to COVER.<BR>He
was glowing in his assessment of how easy it had been to read, describing the
excellence of the translation which according to him, captured the essence and
feel of the English language in which it had been conceived now written in the
new language that he loves. Was I ever surprised but should I have
been?<BR><BR>And then here’s where the fun begins. Boy did I get
grilled! All of a sudden he was interrogating me about the Open Spaces I
had been involved in this past year, asking if they had fully met the criteria
outlined by this chap Harrison Owen, a guy he evidently admired as he glowingly
described his common sense and “tell it like it is” style which is also dad's
style. Of course dad was referring to the Open Space event that have: a
real issue of concern, high levels of complexity, diversity, voluntary
self-selection and a decision time of yesterday. He asked me about my
“topic themes” , the groups and who they were, and about the book of proceedings
and reports. Admittedly, many of my early ventures in Open Space were
timid and did not fully conform but at least I was plunging in. My mom,
who was eavesdropping on our telephone conversation that day, tried to mediate
what became heated and passionate discussions between us. In the end,
probably the best compliment a daughter can get from her dad is to hear
him<BR>say: Sue you’re going to be really good at this; you’re made to do this
kind of work. And then the conversation opened up in a whole new direction
with us animatedly talking about all the situations and possibilities of where
Open Space can make a huge difference in the world, the stuff he cares about and
the stuff I care about. The list was endless.<BR><BR>Now as I come out of
our second annual Open Space with my NuFocus family having spent 2.5 intense
days together looking at our international future and possibilities I see
the same powerful breakthroughs between the guys and the girls that make
up our company. The layers peel off, gently at first when we started a few years
ago and then so very fast as we revel in being together, exploring our future
and just being ourselves. Open Space is a precious gift. I see it as
the invitation to take that first big bold step of courage as it was for us: to
bravely be who we are, to notice ourselves and others and then just get on with
our beautiful life.<BR>Magic in so many ways!<BR><BR>So Gerardo, thank you
translating the OS guide and for your personal note to my dad and Harrison well,
Happy Father’s Day. Who knows maybe you and dad will one day enjoy a
martini together, which is something else you have in common besides being
“straight talkers”. Happy Father's day to all the OS dads out there as I
wish you all the same beautiful journey of love with your kids as I have with my
dad (and my<BR>mom) in this last chapter of their lives.<BR><BR>Yes, much has
changed in my life since I met Open Space and what I realize now, more and more,
is that this simple STORY is the STORY of many, people in all kinds of
situations, people with passion who want to make a difference. Simple stories
because of the predictable patterns that unfold and that allow us to release the
unique leadership that's inside of each of us. These individual insights of us
as leaders are the true building blocks of community and a collective. It
all starts with the "simple" stories of who we are.<BR><BR>Much love to
all on this Father's Day,<BR>Suzanne<BR><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Suzanne
Daigle<BR>NuFocus Strategic Group<BR>7159 Victoria Circle<BR>University Park, FL
34201<BR>FL 941-359-8877;<BR>CT
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