<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>In 2008 I facilitated an Open Space for a retail bankers' conference.</div><div>This was before the U.S. banking scandals came to the attention of the public and the government - and, might I add, to the attention of many banks who had wonderful true ethics and practice.</div><div><br></div><div>The theme: </div><div>The Future of Retail Financial Services <div>What are my opportunities? What are my issues?</div><div><br></div><div>Discussions included how to design banks as community centers, how better to finance homeowners and home buyers, and how these folks object to the sell-sell-sell nature of most banks.</div><div>They spoke of relationship, and community, and community+bank partnership.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, only truly caring bankers self-selected to come to this knowledge-exchange conference (part of which was in the form of dynamic discussions and workshops, then it shifted into Open Space for the next day).</div><div>So in this room, in this conference, in these people - you could see the heart and soul of yes, even the banking industry.</div><div><br></div><div>Things like this always remind me that amazing caring humans are everywhere...</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <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; 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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">PS Maybe we'll talk about some of this discovery about cultures and institutions at the Open Space on Open Space on March 6-8 in San Francisco. Let me know if you want more information - it would be a pleasure to have you join us...</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Lisa Heft</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">President Emerita, Open Space Institute US</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Opening Space</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div> </div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; ">-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [OSList] An offering!<br>From: "Harrison Owen" <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net"><span style="color: windowtext; ">hhowen@verizon.net</span></a>><br>Date: Mon, January 28, 2013 8:57 am<br>To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"<br><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org"><span style="color: windowtext; ">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Eleder – you old sour puss, kill joy, Grinch. Don’t you know that even Banks can spread some joy? Actually any time anybody wants to do a commercial as gorgeous as that one, I say bring it on! Sets a whole new standard that needs to be repeated (IMHO – which thanks to Artur I now know what that means). And since everything is open space (IMHO X 2), I guess even Banks can do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">J</span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">ho</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org"><u><span style="color: blue; ">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</span></u></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org"><u><span style="color: blue; ">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</span></u></a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Eleder_BuM<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 28, 2013 6:10 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OSList] An offering!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; ">Hi Anne and all friends around,<br><br>This music feels us with positivity, sure, and the stuff may resemble Open Space,...<br><br>I´ll add, anyway, that..<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><ul type="disc" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">it is a commercial for a bank (and this awakens not-so-uplifting emotions inside me :-o) and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">the concert seems quite different from self organized and emergent.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">...<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; ">long life and much love from Bilbao, on this bright day after some rainy weeks,<br><br><b><a href="http://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: rgb(191, 39, 126); ">@Eleder_BuM</span></u></a> </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(191, 39, 126); "> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; "><br><a href="http://www.burumapak.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: rgb(191, 39, 126); ">www.burumapak.blogspot.com</span></u></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(191, 39, 126); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; "><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(7, 55, 99); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><u><span style="color: rgb(191, 39, 126); "><a href="http://www.flowandshow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.flowandshow.blogspot.com</a></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>