Humbled, in awe, and so touched by this post http://www.facebook.com/notes/dr-claudia-gross/from-tahrir-square-to-open-space/162135083924389 and thank you Harrison for mentioning it again. What is happening in Egypt feels so huge, beyond anything we can almost conceive. These past few weeks there's been so much on the OS list, and just today reading what Chuni has written with the county leadership in the New Jersey Children's System of Care and what Gilbert has described about the Open Space planning work of Karolina Iwa with executives and companies in Warsaw, it feels so inspiring as if signaling a world shift on so many levels. It's almost beyond words and yet to say nothing does not do justice to the work that is being done by our Open Space colleagues. I salute you and thank you all so much for sharing what is happening!
Suzanne On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > When I read Claudia’s Facebook note (I posted the URL) I thought it was > significant. But then I read it again and found a real nugget – a real > thought shaker. In case you missed it, I have copied it below: (“it” is – > guess what – Open Space)**** > > ** ** > > “What it also *can* do, however, is awaken creative potential, train soft > skills and reflect the structural issues of a society. Moreover, it does so > in a new and cost-effective way. It was a stroke of luck that in Egypt a > whole nation found its Open Space right there on Tahrir Square. On that > square (or was it a circle?), the new democratic rules of the game were > tested and practiced. And what works in Egypt can also function in Tunisia > – and hopefully soon in Syria, Jordan and Libya too. That is why political > foundations and institutions active in development cooperation should use > the opportunity to train local facilitators and trainers, develop an Arabic > Open Space manual, and systematically support Open Space initiatives. At > present, no region of the world is more in need of open spaces to discuss > its societies’ political future than the Arab world”**** > > ** ** > > Thank you Claudia!**** > > ** ** > > Harrison**** > > ** ** > > Harrison Owen**** > > 7808 River Falls Dr.**** > > Potomac, MD 20854**** > > USA**** > > ** ** > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)**** > > Camden, Maine 20854**** > > ** ** > > Phone 301-365-2093**** > > (summer) 207-763-3261**** > > ** ** > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> **** > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website)**** > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > 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 > > -- 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
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