<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Great analogy, Harold.  Thanks!</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">  <br></font><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Christine</font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Christine Whitney Sanchez</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Phoenix, AZ 85048, USA</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">+1.480.759.0262</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><a href="http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com">www.christinewhitneysanchez.com</a></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">www.innovationpartners.com</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><a href="http://www.collaborativespark.com">www.collaborativespark.com</a></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Harold Shinsato wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">    Dear Arno,<br>    <br>    Open Space is a bit analogous to organizational meditation if you    think about it.<br>    <br>    A traditional leader is similar to the ego in our consciousness,    with the illusion of command and control. In Open Space, the    "leader" takes a breather and just watches what's present in the    psyche of the organization and lets it surface - "how fascinating" -    and then refuses to refocus the organization on any one topic at    least during the time of the Open Space.<br>    <br>        Harold<br>    <br>    On 11/12/10 1:45 AM, Arno Baltin wrote:    <blockquote cite="mid:4CDCFEAB.5010309@tlu.ee" type="cite">Hi      everybody!      <br>      <br>      I have seen on the list comments from listers with connections to      mediation. I am intersted in possible overlappings of these two      methods.      <br>      After expressing once my skepsis on traditional conference      arrangement (on a mediatiors annual conference) I was encouraged      to suggest alternatives. I suggested OS. This idea developed into      search for a mix of mediation and OS. The min. program is still      dividing annual meeting between time for presentations and OS. The      max. program could be some arrangement including OS and mediation      practice.      <br>      So, what you think?      <br>      <br>      Arno      <br>      <br>      *      <br>      *      <br>      ==========================================================      <br>      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>      <br>      ------------------------------      <br>      To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,      <br>      view the archives of <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu:</a>      <br>      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a>      <br>      <br>      To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:      <br>      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a>      <br>      <br>    </blockquote>    <br>    <br>    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>      Harold Shinsato<br>      <a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>      <a href="http://shinsato.com">http://shinsato.com</a><br>      twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/hajush">@hajush</a></div>  </div>  * * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>*
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