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Michael,<br>
<br>
Thank you for the reminder about invitation. I hear that a lot these
days and not just in the context of Open Space. I hear about "the
Spirit of Invitation" - which also means giving people the space to
decline.<br>
<br>
How do you suggest to clients that invitation is a good way to do
business? What else does that mean? What changes when your clients
do business by invitation? What are the other places your clients do
business from?<br>
<br>
It makes complete sense what you are saying about putting your
passions out there. It sounds like the law of two feet in action.
The more I practice it the more worthwhile my invitations become -
because I'm becoming a better party that people would want to use
their two feet to come to.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
<br>
On 5/16/11 7:57 PM, Michael Herman wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTikaqTaYZqtd0Tf6=ac1wyFd+C8aQA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">for quite a while now, harold, i've described opening
space as a practice in invitation. in addition to all of what
that means in the meetings and events i've facilitated, for me
it's also meant that i go wherever i'm asked, whenever i'm able.
<br>
<br>
it's also meant that i've been suggesting to clients that
invitation is a good way to do business. i've felt it important
along the way to also be in the position of issuing invitations,
not as a way to make money, though that did happen, but first as a
way to be doing and experiencing the same thing that i've inviting
others into. i think the experience of putting my own passions
out there made me a better consultant to others. <br>
<br>
my working definition for leadership is "practice made visible."
so to the extent that i've worked to practice os in my own
life/work/issues, it seemed important to share that journey
openly. that's what i've done in my website, for instance,
sharing all of my working notes over a number of years. so to me,
the way to do more open space is to do more open space, and post
the notes (my notes, not my clients' notes, that is.)<br>
<br>
sometimes it also helps to live simply. <grin><br>
<br>
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