<div dir="ltr">Hi <div><br></div><div>Coming back today from a 3 days OST in Africa, with 35 participants from more than 18 French speaking countries, I would like to share with you a few words from the closing circle.My hope is that this will help spread OST in Africa.</div><div>christine</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)">"It was a very important meeting
, thank you . What we heard was different than usual. " `</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)">"It was a very rich meeting ,
even for the very old leader that I am . " </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> "I am more than satisfied because for me
usually three days in one place is a waste of time . But there I learned a lot.
We will bring the recommendations of that meeting to the General Assembly
." </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> " Usually when we come to a workshop, we
put our computer on the table, open them
and spend 50% of our time working on our
daily problems . There I regret having brought my computer because I did not
use it. "</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(25,25,25)">"It was time to
find this way of working: it is important to get help from ones peers when you
have gone through many failure. </span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt">Big or small we face
the same</span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt">challenges. "</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(25,25,25)">"At first I did
not know why my organization had been invited. Because I did not know what my
role was, so I listened. And it got me thinking. I'll take up the results of this
meeting at the highest level "</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(25,25,25)">"At first I asked
myself many questions. Now I am very happy. First for discovering the method.
We are leaders and we know that we are very isolated. Here it was like a 3
days </span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt">collective intervision
. Then because it strengthened my conviction: we have many responsibilities and
we must take what interests us and what concerns us. It is for us to take move
forward. Finally I would like to share the emotion I felt when I</span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt">felt the real motivation of wanting to change
the world through what we do. "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24pt"><span style="color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Arial;line-height:24pt">en français </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">« C’était une réunion très importante, merci. On a vu des
discours différents par rapports à d’habitude. « </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">« C’était une réunion très riche, même pour le très
vieux responsable que je suis. »</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">"Je suis plus que satisfait car pour moi d'habitude 3
jours au même endroit c’est une perte de temps. Mais là j’ai beaucoup appris.
Nous allons porter les recommandations de cette réunion à l’assemblée
générale ».</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">"D’habitude quand on arrive à un atelier, on ouvre nos
ordinateurs et on travaille à 50% à nos problèmes quotidiens. Là je
regrette d’avoir apporté mon ordinateur car je ne l’ai pas utilisé. « </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">"Il était temps qu’on trouve ce genre de fonctionnement
: c’est important de se faire aider de ses pairs quand on a vécu beaucoup
d’échec. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Grands ou petits on a les mêmes défis. « </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">"Au début je ne savais pas pourquoi mon organisation
avait été invitée. Comme je ne savais pas quel était mon rôle, alors j’ai
écouté. Et ça m'a fait réfléchir. Je vais remonter les résultats de cette
réunion au plus haut niveau »</span></p>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';line-height:21.3333339691162px">« Au début je me posais beaucoup de questions. Maintenant je suis très content. D’abord pour avoir découvert la méthode. Nous sommes dirigeants et nous savons que nous sommes très isolés. Ici c’était comme une grande intervision collective de 3 jours. Ensuite car cela a renforcé ma conviction : nous avons beaucoup de responsabilités et nous devons prendre ce qui nous intéresse et qui nous concerne. C’est à nous de nous bouger avant tout. Enfin je voudrais partager une émotion que j’ai ressenti à sentir la vraie motivation de vouloir changer le monde à travers ce que nous faisons. »</span><br></div></div>
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