Dear Ana, Cara Ana I was touched by you words. You said "the business companies and organizations in general still tend to use traditional methods for meetings or for solving problems". It is the same here in the netherlands of I quess in many business companies here in our part of the world. As I started to look at Open Space as a very very traditional way of meeting (it's basis strxuture is very old. sittin gin a circle and having people talk about things they care for) clients seemed to be more interested in Open Space: The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes." Marcel Proust. So I am sure that you will have lots od clients willing to go with you on the discovery of Open Space. muito saodades warm regards Met vriendelijke groet,
drs. C.J.P. (Carla) Vliex __________________________________ senior Adviseur Twynstra Gudde Adviseurs en Managers Stationsplein 1, 3818 LE Amersfoort Postbus 907, 3800 AX Amersfoort Telefoon 033 4677376 Mobiel 06 53 927407 E-mail c...@tg.nl <mailto:c...@tg.nl> Internet www.twynstragudde.nl <http://www.twynstragudde.nl/> <outbind://13-0000000087ADE2CC8EE0D41196F700508B69A4720700BA4287B39656D4 1196DF00508B69A4720000011195020000E7803080BCD7024EA6D8CDF142206EBF000010 31F2A30000/cid:173271415@13112007-384F> De informatie verzonden in of met dit bericht is afkomstig van Twynstra Gudde en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Het bericht kan vertrouwelijke en persoonlijke informatie bevatten. Indien dit bericht u abusievelijk is toegezonden, wordt u vriendelijk verzocht onmiddellijk per e-mail of telefonisch contact op te nemen met de verzender van dit bericht en wordt u verzocht dit bericht te vernietigen. Openbaarmaking, vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding en/of verstrekking van deze informatie aan derden zonder toestemming van de verzender is niet toegestaan. The information sent by or through this email message, has been sent by Twynstra Gudde and is only for the strict use of the addressee. In the event you are not the intended recipient you are kindly requested to contact the sender of this message by email or by telephone immediately and delete this message. It is not permitted to publish, copy, circulate and/or provide any of this information without permission of Twynstra Gudde. ________________________________ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of ana castanheira Sent: vrijdag 19 september 2008 01:00 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: a moment to remember Dear list, Its probably the first time writing to you. During the last one year and a half Ive been following your conversations, your perspectives, your insights. I believe Ive been learning from all of you. Ive been practicing OST in Portugal, mostly in Portuguese language but with a few limitations; after all Im working alone with an unknown method to most of people. Portugal seemed to me at first sight a difficult country to implement this method. Although the culture is very open, the business companies and organizations in general still tend to use traditional methods for meetings or for solving problems. Nevertheless the few experiences I had, people did told me in the end, that they really enjoyed having the freedom and the space open for creativity. The first steps are always the harder to take. And that leads me to last 7 to 9 of September in Porto where I had the pleasure of being invited by Ted Ernst to co-facilitate Wikisym the 4th international event around wikis you can see more in http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/index.php/OpenSpace This was certainly the event that made me realize how much I want to continue to do Open Space. It was a such a fulfilling experience. I noticed something very curious whatever is taken as a talking stick, theres always a soul that tells a beautiful deep and unexpected story about it. On this event I happen to choose a natural stick coming from a beautiful plant growing outside university gardens. >From something completely out of the technological world an amazing story was told: a plant once seeded on a dry vast corner of the world in spite of severe climate conditions, was so beautiful that would always be able to grow and for that called the joy of the childrens flower. I cannot thank Ted enough for all the amazing things Ive learned about me as a facilitator. After all I also can facilitate OSTs in Portugal dont matter the conditions. Peace. Ana "If you want to go faster, go alone. If you want to go further, go together." African proverb * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
