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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'>REAL invitations are (in my book) those that can be refused. The understanding of that “latitude” is very culturally specific, I find. But members of a particular culture rarely, if ever make a mistake. It may just be matter of a raised eyebrow, “inside” code word – but they “get it.” All of the above may just seem like academic garbage (probably true) – but for me it is the central reason why the invitation must be created and issued by “the folks” and NOT the facilitator. Certainly we can help, but we will never know the language.<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'>Harrison<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'>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 Dr.<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 Beaucauire 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'>www.openspaceworld.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.ho-image.com<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 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>Bhavesh Patel via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 15, 2016 7:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] a substantial difference<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thanks all for this conversation.<br><br>"<i>having the conditions for engagement</i>" is definitely about "</span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>an authentic invitation to engage</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>" and I think it is much more than that as well. <br><br>For me it brings in the history and experience of the participants, and what sort of experiences they have had. It also brings in culture and what participants are used to. I live/work in a country where taking initiative was a no-no for 60 years. I have also worked in countries where stepping out as an individual is seen as very dangerous.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>So creating the conditions for engagement and personal leadership is a really deep question!<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Smiles Bhav...<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10 August 2016 at 22:50, Harold Shinsato via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Birgitt, Harrison, Eva for this question!<br><br>Engagement is considered very valuable. There's been an annual gallup poll around U.S. employee engagement levels, and the latest one shows it's only 32%. They're participating as employees, but they're not really showing up. <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/188144/employee-engagement-stagnant-2015.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gallup.com/poll/188144/employee-engagement-stagnant-2015.aspx</a><br><br>Gallup has estimated the cost of this lack of engagement is "$450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year". <a href="http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/162953/tackle-employees-stagnating-engagement.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/162953/tackle-employees-stagnating-engagement.aspx</a><br><br>I'm not the origin of this story, and I doubt it really started with the formal use of Open Space in bringing Agile practices into software organizations (thank you Daniel Mezick!), but engagement is really considered critical in getting a successful and lasting shift towards agile processes and an agile mindset.<br><br>Although Open Space doesn't guarantee engagement, it does prevent a critical factor in this lack of engagement. Which is enforced participation. Open Space helps show how space actually is open for people to step forward for what they love as an act of service (thank you Peggy Holman for showing me this way of thinking about Open Space).<br><br>Unless we offer <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>an authentic invitation to engage, one that is welcoming as well as being an invitation we can safely decline, the most we can get is their butts into the room. We won't get their hearts.<br><br>Can we coerce engagement? Full engagement? My sense is no. Maybe we can trick people, but engagement by fraud isn't real engagement.<br><br> Harold<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 8/10/16 10:05 AM, Eva P Svensson via OSList wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Birgitt and al, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>great distinction, I so often experience that there are great engagement in an Open Space Technology meeting and also in the follow up meeting afterwards but when it comes to action planning people suddenly start to look down, the voices becomes more silent etc and it’s difficult to get the energy for actions.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I will here after talk about both participation and engagement and what that means for the participants and the sponsors.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>:o)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Eva<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bästa hälsningar</span><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#1F497D'>Eva P Svensson</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:olive'>EPS Human Invest AB</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:olive'>Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:olive'>Medlem i Beyond Performance Group</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:olive'>"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer"</span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA</span><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Besöksadress; 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Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></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>10 aug. 2016 kl. 16:38 skrev Birgitt Williams via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harrison...one of the aspects of you that I love is that when you participate, you engage. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I witness many people participating and appearing engaged. And yet upon probing after a participatory meeting, engagement was not sufficient to create follow on action. I feel that this distinction between having a participatory meeting and having the conditions for engagement is important somehow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Blessings,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:52 PM Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Love to participate… and engage. So what so I do?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ho</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Dr.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-365-2093</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucauire Ave</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207 763-3261</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Websites</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ho-image.com/" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Birgitt Williams via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> OS list<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] a substantial difference</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear friends and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>One important question is "do you want to participate?". Hence participatory methods.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Another important question is "do you want to engage?". A totally different question with a different energy, both in its inquiry and its answer.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The question that we align ourselves with as facilitators makes a substantial difference in our approach. I am wondering about the impact on our outcomes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Make a great day!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Birgitt Williams</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>President & Senior Consultant of Dalar International Consultancy, Inc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.dalarinternational.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.dalarinternational.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Co-founder of the Extraordinary Leadership Network </span><a href="http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Co-founder of the Genuine Contact™program and author of The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership </span><a href="http://www.genuinecontactway.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.genuinecontactway.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Co-owner of the Genuine Contact Co-owners Group Ltd. </span><a href="http://www.genuinecontact.net/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.genuinecontact.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Supporting leadership development for leading in a culture requiring agility and flexibility in a performance environment of constant change.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Leadership development at your own pace? Become a member of the Extraordinary Leadership Network </span><a href="http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> to participate in an online leadership development program designed to increase the leadership skills and capacity you need to perform in a performance environment of constant change. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PO Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>phone: 1-919-522-7750</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OSList mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Harold Shinsato<br><a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a><br><a href="http://shinsato.com" target="_blank">http://shinsato.com</a><br>twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/hajush" target="_blank">@hajush</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>