Chris, I´m curious about your work with Churches? Do you have something more to share from your experience? I`m working with Church and structure myself.
Hege 24. juni 2013 kl. 19:59 skrev Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com>: > Hey Barry... > > INteresting that you THINK there is a lot of bureaucracy to undo before > proceeding. Of course that may alos be true, but I note that it didn't seem > to stop your competitors from offering something that completely finished you > guys off. > > This is the time for the two feet, no? The purest moment for > entrepreneurship, passion and responsibility... > > I'm helping lots of organizations die these days - many of them are Churches. > But the demise of the struture does always mean the demise of the need. > When need, passion and responsibility becomes detached from structure, > something new can flow. > > Good luck with it! > > Chris > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Barry Owen <bar...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Owen <ba...@paretorealtyllc.com> > Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:06 AM > Subject: Re: [OSList] Leadership denial? > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > Hi Annamarie, > > I care because I feel there's a needed space for a strong association for > this group of professionals who are all independent contractors. > > A local place to go to be among colleagues and peers and to learn and share > and grow. > > I'm not attached to the current association staying alive. In fact for years, > I have secretly thought that it should . . . Why hasn't it? > > there's a complex local, state, and National bureaucracy to navigate , , , > and there are some key "benefits" and tools this bureaucracy controls which > necessitates the existence of this local association. > > We've got a LOT of undoing to do before we can do . . . and a lot of big egos > to deal with along the way. > > I've already begun my own work with dealing with this and am hopeful that > what we do now will facilitate a new and improved association in the future > :-) > > Thank you for your insight > > b > > Barry Owen > Principal Real Estate Broker > Pareto Realty, LLC > \pə-ˈrā-(ˌ)tō\ > The Vital Few > > Website http://ParetoRealtyTN.com - NEW > blog http://BarryOwensBlog.com > > Subscribe to my Blog Daily > Subscribe to my blog weekly > > Learn About The Life Rhythm Way > > 102 Woodmont Blvd Suite 242 > Nashville, TN 37205 > 615-502-2080 > Call me: 615-568-2123 > > Connect with me @ Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Skype Barryo06 > > Simply & BOLDLY Living the FourFold Way in Open Space! > > Quintessentially connected to the real estate industry to offer the ultimate > experience for Home Buyers and Sellers in Middle Tennessee! > > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Annamarie Pluhar > <annama...@pluharconsulting.com> wrote: > Hi, > > And most of the time I lurk. Your email.. yes, isn't it awful when we can see > something but are powerless to do anything about it. > > So: Why do you care so much? What does this association do for you that > suggests it shouldn't die? > Maybe you are being called to go and create something better! > > Annamarie Pluhar > > Pluhar Consulting > http://www.pluharconsulting.com > 802.451.1941 > 802.579.5975 (cell) > > > > On Jun 23, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Barry Owen <bar...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I haven't spoken here in a while . . . here goes . . . >> >> I've gotta vent for a moment. I'm a member of an association which is >> literally on the brink of extinction because their entire source of income >> evaporated due to 2 things - The economic downturn . . . and the advent of >> new technology and crafty competitors who have figured out how to "give for >> free" the very service (Continuing Education) this association has (for >> years) controlled locally as its primary income. >> >> There are MANY members who have great ideas (including me) of creative ways >> to shift with the new environment (adapt) and survive, but the Leadership >> has created an iron wall of protection for the way they've always done >> things. >> >> I've offered - suggested - written "white papers" - Sat on their board of >> Directors to be a voice . . . but the "Leadership" chooses to be blind and >> deaf. >> >> The most recent meeting I attended was sad indeed as the leader spoke for 45 >> minutes about all of the doom and gloom . . . and dutifully had a "reason" >> that every new suggestion that surfaced could not work . . . Most of it >> centered around not wanting to violate "current policy" >> >> I'm at the point of realizing that my efforts are for naught and that my >> best course of action very well may be to do nothing . . . and let it die. >> >> Maybe when the death nears, the current Leaders will leave, and we can >> breathe new life into whatever remains. >> >> This is case study on a simple truth: >> >> We cannot "SELL" Open Space Technology to Leaders in denial that their >> personal need to control will likely be the death of their organization. >> >> True? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > --- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > Upcoming workshops > > Authentic Leadership In Action - Halifax, NS, Canada > Designing Strategic Change from the Inside Out > June 16 - 21, 2013 > > Art of Hosting - Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration > November 11-14, 2013, Bowen Island, BC, Canada. > > Upcoming Art of Hosting in Toronto, Montreal, Chicago and San Francisco. > Email me for more information. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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