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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Daniel,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br>Thank you for an interesting line of thought. What I am thinking is that there is also the aspect of a person standing up and speaking for a passion that they have (be it in the form of raising a topic or just speaking in a break out session) and in that way claiming authority. In your essay, authority seems to always come from someone else. And of course authority only is there when others believe it to be there. But the initiative to bestow authority on me does not always come from others. I can also initiate that process of authorizing myself by taking responsibility for my passion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Koos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Van:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>Namens </b>Daniel Mezick via OSList<br><b>V</b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>erzonden:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> maandag 30 november 2015 0:13<br><b>Aan:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [OSList] What's authority got to do with Open Space ?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>What's authority got to do with Open Space ? Apparently nothing at all, at least on the surface... <br><br>Wait. Once we peek under the surface, what do we actually find?<br><br>This completely heretical essay attempts to answer at least part of that question. <br><br>The context is the use of Open Space in a large business enterprise, convened with intent to explore the potential for making a very big, very complex enterprise-wide change. <br><br>{Please note, the word "authority" might trigger feelings of: <i>soul-sucking bureaucracy</i>, unfair and <i><u>illegitimate leadership hierarchy</u></i>, and the like. Some "triggered" readers may want to opt-out of continuing at this time...)<br><br>Authority Distribution in Open Space:<br><a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/</a><br>Open Space is a most interesting format for "gathering,", also known as "meeting." <br><br>What exactly is going on in Open Space?<br><br><img border=0 width=144 height=145 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D12B3C.68BFD6D0"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Daniel Mezick<br>Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.<br>(203) 915 7248. <a href="http://www.DanielMezick.com/">Bio.</a> <a href="http://www.NewTechUSA.net/blog/">Blog.</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielMezick">Twitter.</a> <br>Book: <a href="http://theculturegame.com/">The Culture Game.</a> <br>Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/OpenSpace-Agility-Handbook-Daniel-Mezick/dp/0984875336">The OpenSpace Agility Handbook.</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>