Re: Creating Space in Construction (long'ish)

2008-03-17 Thread Brendan McKeague
Yes Doug - I learned quickly from my first error of judgement and grabbed a beer real quick! And yes - my feeling of being some sort of sacrificial lamb was highly present (could be a link to the season...!). I was conscious that the Org Psych consultant to the Alliance and the Alliance Innova

Re: Creating Space in Construction (long'ish)

2008-03-17 Thread Diane Gibeault
Congratulations Brendan, Again OS does it's magic. Would you now go ahead in using the butterfly and bee metaphor knowing as you said: to his amazement, there was no adverse reaction from the mob! Your hesitation was discussed just a few weeks ago at an OS training where a participant was goin

Re: Creating Space in Construction (long'ish)

2008-03-17 Thread douglas germann
Brendan-- On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 11:09 +0900, Brendan McKeague wrote: > they didn't know what I KNOW > that, when you're asking the right question and inviting the right > people, Open Space always works! Ooooh! I like that. It goes into my keeper quotes file! Thanks, Brendan!

Re: Creating Space in Construction (long'ish)

2008-03-17 Thread Harrison Owen
It seems to me that Butterflies and Bumble bees (by whatever name) are most important in the OS environment. More to the point, they will appear no matter whether named or not. I find that by naming them (always with a smile) people are alerted to the coming presence, and those who do it (Bumble an

Announcing the New Poet Laureate!

2008-03-17 Thread Karen Sella
Greetings All, First, a poem offering in gratitude: Being a Person Be a person here. Stand by the river; invoke the owls. Invoke winter; then spring. Let any season that wants to come here to make its own call. After that sound goes away, wait. A slow bubble rises through the e