Bravo Suzanne!!!^^ You are just a marvelous butterfly...
Love from rainy Seoul, Spark 2012. 8. 13. 오후 8:22에 "Artur Silva" <arturfsi...@yahoo.com>님이 작성: > Marvelous, Susanne. Thank you. > > The document from Jorge Amigo is of special interest to me, and I will ask > him if he will be so kind to send me a copy in a separate mail. > > See you in London > > Hugs > > Artur > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Suzanne Daigle <sdaig...@gmail.com> > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:01 PM > *Subject:* [OSList] Life in Open Space as a "Butterfly" > > Hello Everyone, > > WOSonOS London - October 2012... I registered but I have not yet purchased > my plane ticket or made hotel reservations. I made the decision with my > heart, impulsive and intuitive, and not my head (Can I justify and afford > another trip to yet another part of the world?). As I have been hanging out > with this decision all summer, a bit like a butterfly, I was reminded today > about all that I love about Open Space and how much it has transformed my > life. > > This week is but a sampling of the life bounty that has come my way > because of Open Space. As I write this, I am setting my strategic and > analytical self aside to whole-heartedly and vulnerably celebrate how > wonderful is this community of Open Space. > > This week I got an email missive from Alan Stewart, my dear Brit friend > who I met in Taiwan in 2009, who resided before in Hong Kong and now lives > in Australia. He was sharing his recent invitations and proposals to the > Conversare <http://conversare.net/> process that he conceived a while > back, which seems to be such a natural social complement of Open Space -- > "strangers coming together in conversation". Such passion, vision and > commitment -- a hero's journey that Alan is on to bring conversation back > into the fabric of our everyday lives everywhere. He is such a special > friend! > > Christine Koehler of Paris and the gang who published the first French > EBook (Livre Blanc <http://www.forum-ouvert.fr/>) were also emailing back > and forth this week with more exciting plans ahead. > > And then yesterday, I received a wonderful summary document (in Spanish) > from Jorge Amigo in Chile who I had met at WOSonOS. He was replying to my > request for more information on the series of Open Space events that he had > facilitated in a major bank a number of years ago. The Bank President had > described this work as "Revolutionary", in the way of a "Radical Democracy" > that had been "critical to the success of their bank". In one year, 3000 > employees (45% of their population) participated in 19 Open Space events, > generating 320 reports that led to about 1500 proposals for innovation. I > was hypnotized by all that Jorge shared. I could see that passion and > responsibility were vibrantly present in the way he engaged with this > client which became infectious. Today, I also count Jorge as a dear friend! > > Another email this afternoon, this one from Harold Shinsato, who I first > met at Sleeping Lady in Washington State, where I also met Harrison Owen. > Harold's email is bubbling over with excitement and gratitude (recent > happenings, upcoming event, some great books mixed in with a joyous > celebration of our friendship). Every month, we meet by phone with others > who are part of OSI US <http://osius.org/content/about> (Open Space > Institute). Our meetings are in the spirit of Open Space, holding and > sharing space, while taking care of business. These live voice conference > call conversations are so precious and now we are just bursting with the > idea that more people could join in, to share what is happening in their > world around Open Space. We have plans to make this happen using Maestro > Conference. It is on our list of projects for this year. > > And then mid-afternoon today, Skype alerts me to a message. It is from > Arun Wakhlu in India, who I met through Peggy Holman. That's all it took, > a short email introduction and there we were on Skype a number of month > moons ago -- total strangers connecting from India to Florida, talking > virtually as if we had known each other a lifetime. Arun was planning a > Global Gathering in Caux Switzerland in July 2012. Part of it would be in > Open Space, the East inviting the West in shared leadership, igniting a > movement to co-create Oneness in the World by exploring how to integrate > universal values into the fields of Economy, Environment and Education. > Today I received these links of a beautiful event that will live powerfully > in the heads and hearts of those who attended. Its spirit will also live > on as many share stories, photos and the essence of what happened there. I > invite you to check this out. Global > Gathering<http://onewholesomeworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/global-gathering-on-one-wholesome-world/>with > Pictures<https://plus.google.com/photos/110110336913856642322/albums/5773493871430882225?banner=pwa&authkey=CJrty-zImt2F3QE>! > Enjoy! > > I celebrate all this with you, overwhelmed with gratitude as the newbie I > still feel myself to be in this wonderful community of Open Space. > Twenty-six years ago, Harrison had this idea of Open Space Technology and > he opened the space for others to join, create and co-create -- he did not > monetize, franchise or certify. > Because of this, thousands upon thousands of people are experiencing the > magic of friendship, of freedom, of choice, of courage and of engaging > fully in life to make a difference. > I have met so many precious friends all over the world since 2009 -- > something that *never would have happened if not for Open Space*. What > also would not have happened is me writing this to you. I remember how > scared I was to press the infamous “send” button when I first joined the OS > list. > I looked at the veterans of Open Space, those who seemed so much wiser and > smarter than me and I held back. But then when I met many of them in > person, I got to see the generous spirit, deep humanity and perfectly > imperfect vulnerability of who they are and through them, I saw a bit of my > own greatness. > So my dear colleagues and friends, on these final Olympic Days, I hope > that you will do as I did in the past and impulsively make the journey to > WOSonOS. Then maybe this butterfly will turn into a bee, generating the > extra money that will take me to London in October to meet many of you! > > Cheers, > Suzanne > -- > Suzanne Daigle > NuFocus Strategic Group > 7159 Victoria Circle > University Park, FL 34201 > FL 941-359-8877; > CT 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > twitter @suzannedaigle > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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