Suzanne, Thanks a lot for this wonderful story!!
Agustín Enviado desde mi iPhone El 9/12/2017, a la(s) 4:33 a. m., Thomas Perret via OSList <[email protected]> escribió: > Awesome story, thanks Suzanne > > ___ > > All is possible together > >> On 8 Dec 2017, at 19.58, Suzanne Daigle via OSList >> <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> Twitter @Daiglesuz >> >> >>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 1:19 AM, Christy Lee-Engel via OSList >>> <[email protected]> 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 >>>> <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> 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/[email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> 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/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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/[email protected]
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