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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Peggy -- The reading list does go on! Actually my favorite, in terms of just a good read is “Out of Control” done by the used-to-be editor of Wired. <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><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207-763-3261<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'>Websites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="%20www.openspaceworld.com"> www.openspaceworld.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSLIST </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peggy Holman via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 01, 2014 1:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Open Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Fwd: Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A good place to start for sure Harrison! When I was working on the chapter on complexity for the upcoming book on Dialogic Organization Development, I went through the bibliographies of people who work with complexity and organizations (Meg Wheatley, Ralph Stacey, Harrison Owen, Uri Merry, Frances Westley). The books you reference appeared in all of them.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A couple others: Mitchell Waldrop’s Complexity, which is a great history of the birth of the Sante Fe Institute. Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is also widely referenced. He doesn’t talk about self-organization but he sure describes it!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly, Gregory Bateson was also widely read. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peggy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Peggy Holman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com">peggy@peggyholman.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter: @peggyholman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The Open Circle Company<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>15347 SE 49th Place<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Bellevue, WA 98006<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>425-746-6274<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.peggyholman.com/">www.peggyholman.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enjoy the award winning<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/">Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system"><span style='color:purple'>Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 29, 2014, at 7:46 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John – the literature on self organization is massive, and to be honest a number of years have passed since I felt myself to be marginally informed. That said, there are three books that I found to be most helpful, and all – to the best of my knowledge – are still in print. In historical order they are: “Order out of Chaos,” Ilya Prigogine, “Chaos,” James Gleick, and “At home in the Universe” Stuart Kauffmann. I would suggest starting with “Chaos” – which is the best written and pulls together lots of wonderful strands. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Drive</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-365-2093</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207-763-3261</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Websites</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="x-msg://80/%20www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="x-msg://80/www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSLIST </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><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 [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Baxter via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 28, 2014 10:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Daniel Mezick; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Great idea Daniel</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Stigmergy I am familiar with (from Mark et al from Collabforge in Melbourne - did his PhD on stigmergy and collaboration! Public book in the works now), but I know there is much more there.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>The main references to self organisation in the sciences I have come across so far, I have not been able to track down due to being out of print and the like...</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Tracking down such refs and mapping the gems from them is exactly the kind of thing I imagine myself doing over summer.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>I've now saved those links to my reference list : )</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>If anyone can recommend a good primer or iconic text in self-org systems from the sciences (or otherwise) I'd appreciate your recommendation.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Cheers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663300'>John Baxter</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Cocreation Consultant & </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Co</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Create Adelaide Facilitator</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><a href="http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>jsbaxter.com.au</span></a> | <a href="http://cocreateadl.com/" target="_blank">CoCreateADL.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>0405 447 829</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'> | </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>@</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>jsbaxter_</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about <b>City Grill</b>!</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Summary and links: <a href="http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/" target="_blank">cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There are many well-established words that are used to more precisely discuss self "organization" in the biological and social sciences. I wonder if actively using some of these well-defined words might be helpful in the discussion.<br><br>Example: stigmergy<br><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=define+stigmergy" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=define+stigmergy</a><br><b>Stigmergy</b> is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a next action, by the same or a different agent.<br><br>More details<br><a href="http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/Stigmergy.html" target="_blank">http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/Stigmergy.html</a><br><a href="http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/StigmergyAndSelf.html" target="_blank">http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/StigmergyAndSelf.html</a><br><a href="http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/FourPrinciples.html" target="_blank">http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/FourPrinciples.html</a><br><a href="http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/IntertwinedPrinciples.html" target="_blank">http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/IntertwinedPrinciples.html</a><br><br>Daniel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/26/14 8:25 PM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Hello facilitators of self organisation</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Let's take a moment to consider self organisation, as 'field' or 'practice'.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>I am scoping a summer project at the moment (in the southern hemisphere!).</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>I have been reading and learning all I can about self org. There is less than I expected at the heart of self org practice, but much more than I realised in intersecting fields (e.g. in governance, democracy, community organising, management, change, systems...). There are also unanswered Qs about what 'self org' <i>is</i> (indeed, if it is anything at all).</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>It might be worthwhile formalising this, through a focused research project, and sharing the results in a report or the like.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Possible focus questions that come to mind for me are</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>- what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>- what would someone need to know to be an 'expert' in self org?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Would appreciate your perspective, as a practitioner-facilitator-fellow wave rider:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>What (if anything) do you think deserves to be done?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Who should be involved in doing it?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for contributing to the quest!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663300'>John Baxter</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>jsbaxter.com.au</span></a> | <a href="http://cocreateadl.com/" target="_blank">CoCreateADL.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>0405 447 829</span><span 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