Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling

2004-08-25 Thread Peggy S. Holman
Harrison, Thank you so much for this story. It is such a powerful reminder -- when there's disturbance, open space. Even when already in Open Space, open it wider. Your talk of your sleepless night reminded me of an experience during an Appreciative Inquiry Summit. The group of a couple hun

Re: An easy decision after all

2004-08-25 Thread Peggy S. Holman
Phil, Sorry I didn't read your message in time to offer another idea for the mix you had to work with. Something I frequently do with one day OS's is ask the people who take responsibility for session notes to e-mail them to me or whomever is esponsible for the report. This makes for pretty high

Re: OS and Documentary Filmmaking

2004-08-25 Thread Peggy S. Holman
Blake, While not exactly an Open Space, the U S WEST Open Space video was certainly jazz. I basically described what was going to happen to Justin Harris, who directed the film. He took it from there, randomly interviewing people, shooting lots of B-roll and following the stories of the peopl

Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling

2004-08-25 Thread Winston Kinch
Ho to you, Harrison; and to Birgitt... wk - Original Message - From: Harrison Owen To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling Larry -- they did give me some warning. Sort of like .

Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling

2004-08-25 Thread Harrison Owen
Larry -- they did give me some warning. Sort of like . . . there may be some "political stuff'' which I read as trouble. I told them not to worry. Everything works in Open Space. I didn't tell that what works. I figured we would find out. As for the timing, you are right -- my walk from the circ

Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling

2004-08-25 Thread Larry Peterson
Thanks for the truth Harrison - about the event and about your experience in it. Did you see any of it coming in the planning before the event? Sometimes it is a real surprise when the air is out, the dead moose in on the table and the spirit is ebbing. I'm not clear from your story when you "lef

Footprints in the Wind/sm 502

2004-08-25 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Footprints in the Wind/sm # 502 ooOOOoo oo There is a secret place we come from where we are already one. It is that place that gives us our exciting diversity and

An easy decision after all/ painters tape

2004-08-25 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Florian-- And for the image, many thanks, Florian! :-Doug. Know any Have-Tos? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change

Re: Unintend Consequences, Collateral Damage and Truth Telling

2004-08-25 Thread karen gorrin
There is a saying that goes something like this, "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was." These words feel relevant here. With the act of stepping aside, IMHO Harrison truly allowed room for ALL possibilities of outcome: the energy of t

Re: An easy decision after all/ painters tape

2004-08-25 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 8/25/04 2:00:15 AM, f...@begleitung-im-wandel.com writes: > try to fix only the top - > the pages will seem to breathe > like the wings of butterflies > > Thanks, Florian, for the poetry! Joelle * * == osl...@listserv.

Re: An easy decision after all/ painters tape

2004-08-25 Thread Florian Fischer
> painter's tape to tape the laws, AGENDA, NEWS, etc. to the wall. ... two strips top and bottom. On others, I boxed the page in - tape on all four sides. I stood back and looked at theroom, . ... I retaped them (thanks to painter's tape) with two strips, top and bottom - and they look more ope

Jake Jacobs & his co-authors request your help!

2004-08-25 Thread Martin Leith
News and a request ...Greetings from Bristol, in the west of England. Jake Jacobs, author of the book Real Time Strategic Change, and Julie Beedon, an RSTC and Open Space colleague here in the UK, have asked me to spread the word about the new book they've written with Dick and Emily Axelrod (deve

Poetry Celebration and Contest (thru August 30)

2004-08-25 Thread Jeff Aitken
Did any of the poems on this list affect you? Was there a net of words that caught something of beauty or meaning for you, even if only for a moment? I invite you to acknowledge the author of that poem (or authors of those poems) by offering your five votes to them. You don't need any special ex