CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-16 Thread Brendan McKeague
G'day folks I had a rich open space experience a couple of weeks ago - with a group of departmental managers on a 'corporate planning conference', at a most beautiful five-star resort hotel overlooking the deep blue Indian Ocean about three hours drive south of Perth - the environment was superb

War and Empathy by Dr. Wayne Dyer

2004-12-16 Thread Anu Parmar
~ thought my fellow OSTers out there might enjoy this article ~ Anu Parmar War and Empathy by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer We invite you to tune in to a radio interview with Dr. Dyer this coming Thursday evening on Coast to Coast with George Noory. You can listen online at www.coasttocoastam.com. Local b

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-16 Thread Chris Corrigan
Dynamite story Brendan...this is exactly the way to handle these types of situations, and god knows I've had my fair share. Perhaps it might be pointing us towards a truism: in Open Space issues that lurk below the radar will generally get dealt with below the radar. In other words if the dead m

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-16 Thread Esther Ewing
Brendan: I love your story and I love how you refused, gently but unmistakably, to be drawn out of your role of holding the space and refused to allow the space to be closed even a bit, handing back responsibility to the open spacers. Well done! Regards Esther G'day folks I had a rich open

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-16 Thread Artur Silva
--- Brendan McKeague wrote: > G'day folks > > I had a rich open space experience a couple of weeks > ago - with a group of > departmental managers (...) Very interesting story, Brendan. But was she really "an invader"? What did she "invaded"? Artur __ Do you

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-16 Thread Lisa Heft
Ay, Brendan! You wrote: < I went off to the lobby for a quiet sit and a coffeethen one of the managers came over and sat down beside me, with a look of serious concern on her face... > I feel like I was sitting with you having a coffee and listening to this manager with you. They were so luc

Re: How do you get out of the way?

2004-12-16 Thread averbuch
Hi Chris, mmp and all How about :" I am getting out of your way?" as the text to say? Sometimes this feels like the most genuine text for me and this is what I say. Thinking of it now I realize this especially happens when I have the sense I went too long or was too self indulgent in my opening.