Awesome story, thanks Suzanne ___
All is possible together > On 8 Dec 2017, at 19.58, Suzanne Daigle via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Thank you Christie for your beautiful note and for leading us to Ashley's > interview. No matter how familiar is the message or how often I hear it, I > feel its comfort, its resonant invitation and all the hope, joy, grief and > "awe" that goes with it. > > In your note you said: > > "Caring creates time, meaningful time." I have been thinking & talking with > colleagues a lot lately about the "care" part of healthcare & healthcare > education, and about how time and attention are necessary elements of > care...and truly, allowing for "meaningful time" can be powerful elemental > medicine. > > As I read this, I was triggered by the "caring that can happen at work" - a > caring connected to a spirit of community where passion and responsibility > are at play. I experienced both yesterday. > > It was related to my work with UPA (United Packaging Association) - a new > packaging networking association that got ignited from an Open Space > gathering in 2016. UPA members and guests celebrated the holiday season last > evening and visited a wonderful flavoring company called Monin, with its > family roots in Bourges, France. Their self-organizing ways of managing the > company hooked my heart and I had great difficulty containing my enthusiasm > and holding back my questions, wishing to remember and absorb every miracle > moment of my time with them. There were so many stories, so many little > things that they are doing - everyone totally invested in the work of the > business, passionate, having a place and having a voice. It is with such > pride that they shared their progress, their mistakes, their set-backs and > their leaps forward with clients, doing more for them and with them than > anyone could imagine. > > On the walls throughout their facility were large black and white, framed > professional photographs of every single employee, each capturing the essence > and spirit of the person - sometimes a smile, sometimes a special spark in > the eye or a whimsical expression. > > Their dedication, the excellence of what they do, their commitment, their > humility and the global place they have earned as leaders in the marketplace > attest to their culture, success and future prospects. > > Little wonder that they say working for Monin is to be part of a family. The > spirit of family extends beyond to everyone connected to them including > community and us at UPA last evening. > > I could not even begin to describe all those things that I noticed as we > toured - people on the job in their every day life doing what they do, taking > charge and in charge, with a pride of competency and collegiality that spoke > of decision-making by those closest to the work at hand. The important > measures of the business were there on the wall for everyone to see, written > not by management but again by people closest to the work. I could go on and > on about those items of continuous improvement, their breakthroughs, > technical expertise, commitment to excellence and the many ideas from people > across the company that adorned the bulletin boards in celebration of the > results from each of those initiatives. There were no labels attached to what > they do: lean, six sigma, self-management or indeed open space. They were > just doing the work. > > One story in particular struck me deeply. Partnering with a placement agency, > they hired a young man who was autistic on a trial basis to do a task that > was somewhat repetitive and crucially important to the overall manufacturing > process of this particular product. Andrew, now a regular employee, excelled > at this task!! Others had struggled with the routine of it, trying to avoid > being assigned there. Today not only has the entire organization learned > deeply about right fit, for right job (applies to everyone not just Andrew) > but now teammates regularly come by to work side by side with him on other > projects to keep him company. Outside the door of the small office where > Andrew works on the manufacturing floor is a plaque with his name on it and > the words "Pump Assembly". No one else in the company has a plaque with their > name on it. > > As joyous and exuberant as I felt being there, I could not help but also feel > sadness, and even grief, knowing that others who were also on the tour, as > touched as they were by what they saw, could not imagine a culture like > Monin's within their own companies. Just as someone cannot imagine the > passion and results that happen in Open Space compared to the closed and > controlling ways that we have of doing strategy and organizing work. All it > takes it to invite and open a bit of space. > > I believe that being in Awe of the Sacred is that coming home to those little > things in life that we notice, that give us hope and make our hearts sing. > Yesterday, Monin made my heart sing. Here a short write-up that I wrote now > featured on our UPA website. https://unitedpackagingassociates.com/upa-4-you/ > > > Suzanne > > > > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroupusa.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > Twitter @Daiglesuz > > >> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 1:19 AM, Christy Lee-Engel via OSList >> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >> Dear HO, >> >> Warm birthday wishes and blessings for ongoing joy and vitality, and I hope >> you had a stellar birth day! >> >> Thank You Very Much for all the gifts of your birth, and now these latest >> musings "In Awe of the Sacred." >> I am especially touched by your sentence "Caring creates time, meaningful >> time." I have been thinking & talking with colleagues a lot lately about >> the "care" part of healthcare & healthcare education, and about how time and >> attention are necessary elements of care...and truly, allowing for >> "meaningful time" can be powerful elemental medicine. >> >> Ashley Cooper and I were just chatting last week about you, and the profound >> gift that Open Space has been for each of us (I had just rediscovered a >> great interview she did with you in 2014 - transcribed here: >> http://tyhallock.blogspot.com/2014/02/harrison-owen-interview-inviting-flow.html >> ). We agreed that each of us felt like we were struck by lightening (in a >> good way!) when we first encountered the practice / values / experience of >> Open Space. >> Or another way to describe it would be of stumbling unexpectedly into a deep >> sense of being at home. Which to me is another one of the abundant names of >> god. >> >> I also very much appreciate your framing of Open Space as "not a method, >> procedure or process. It is pure invitation, and there is nothing there. It >> is all question with not an answer in sight." Open Space and zen koan >> meditation, which I am a fan of, have lots in common as I'm sure you know - >> both ways of "sitting the question," both deeply playful, seriously >> hilarious, liberatory in a right here right now way, so full of life and >> also not afraid of death. Like yerself, dear Harrison. >> The latest koan that my teacher-friend John gave a group of us recently: >> "There is nothing I dislike." >> After sitting with it for a while, it did Open up into a sacred Space of >> 'this, here, is the right place; right now is the right time; this life is >> my right life.' >> >> love and thanks from VERY dark and drippy Seattle (where it is still Dec 2 >> for a little while longer) >> Christy >> >> >> 2611 NE 125th St, Ste 240 >> Seattle, WA 98125 >> Clinic: 206.708.7172 >> Cell: 206.399.0868 >> >> "Every moment of freedom is amplified when we're together." - John Tarrant, >> Roshi >> >> >>> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 4:36 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList >>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >>> I have been asked on occasions (by myself and others) what did I do – >>> exactly. Truthfully I’ve never really had a good answer, but I’ve been >>> trying. The latest effort may be viewed at >>> http://openspaceworld.com/AweOfSacred_HarrisonOwen.pdf Please share if you >>> care. >>> >>> >>> >>> Harrison >>> >>> >>> >>> Winter Address >>> >>> 7808 River Falls Dr. >>> >>> Potomac, MD 20854 >>> >>> 301-365-2093 >>> >>> >>> >>> Summer Address >>> >>> 189 Beaucauire Ave >>> >>> Camden, ME 04843 >>> >>> 207 763-3261 >>> >>> >>> >>> Websites >>> >>> www.openspaceworld.com >>> >>> www.ho-image.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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