CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-19 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Brendan-- Hmmm It may be that she wanted you to be the invader :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ---

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-17 Thread Brendan McKeague
Very interesting story, Brendan. But was she really "an invader"? What did she "invaded"? Artur Good question Artur - thanks for it. It has got me thinking - I can see that I've used the term from an internal and external perspective Internal - as she started to speak me, I had the feeling int

Re: CONVERSATION WITH AN INVADER

2004-12-17 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Brendan, dear Artur! What a wonderful gift questions are! Great reflection, it reminds me of Marvs and Sandras work with their Training on "Facilitating the Whole System in the Room" where one element is to keep reminding oneself (when praised, criticized, attacked, ignored, invaded on) that t

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

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