말라리아 퇴치를 위한 예방과 치료 및 교육을 위해 아프리카 라이베리아에서 오픈 스페이스를 열었던 Blake Mills이
OST를 창안한 Harrison Owen에게 보낸 서신을 소개합니다.
최고의 리더는 (((자기를 드러내지 않음으로써 일이 이뤄지게 하는 리더로서,)))
일이 끝났을 때 일에 간여한 사람들이 "우리가 그걸 해냈어!"라고 느끼게 하는 사람이다"
When the best leader's work is done, the people say "We did it ourselves." Lao Tzu.
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Susan – About a year ago I got a note from a friend who was also Opening Space
in Monrovia. I thought you might find it interesting – ho
Dear Harrison,
Just finished OS in an NGO office in Liberia that deals with malaria
prevention, treatment and education. (25 people, 13 topics, 1 day) In
the closing circle, I wished you had been there and thought of you
everytime someone said "This is our heritage of how we use to do it and
it feels good." " This is the first time we sit together in 4 years and
it is because of our Liberian past ."" "It is how they do it in our
villages and now it brings us closer together and we can be one team,
one program." "This is the first time I have seen everyone smile in our
office." "People were fully engaged in the room." Immense pride filled
the room. (I was asked to go to this office to do some team building. I
think it worked, wouldn't you say?)
This team has gone through major transitions from working with malarial
concerns in an emergency situation, just after the war to post emergency
work; from one country director's style to an opposite country
director's style; and a total change of expat management; all in the
last 3 months. And, you know what the # 1 topic out of the 13, after
they prioritized? LOVE, plain and simple and powerful. A committee is
now in charge of finding ways to express it in the office. I think the
country director was shocked at that choice but even more surprised that
a quiet man who pushes the broom, convened the topic.
I was a bit worried for the first hour as it was very slow moving and I
thought I had made the wrong choice, so I left the room and worked on my
laptop, to not control the group and close the space. Turns out, no one
had ever asked them before for their opinions. That was the hesitancy.
The ball started rolling after the first time period.
So, my dear, Harrison...it all comes around and back to Liberia, you and
your brillance at capturing the essence of the African culture and
bottling it up for the rest of the world to sip. You have touched their
hearts deeply. In the closing circle, they didn't thank me...at first I
was...gee, no praise for me bringing it to them...HA! "When the best
leader's work is done, the people say "We did it ourselves." Lao Tzu.
Harrison Owen
2011-08-11 오후 8:37, Michael M Pannwitz 쓴 글:
Susan – About a year ago I got a note from a friend who was also Opening
Space in Monrovia. I thought you might find it interesting – ho
Dear Harrison,
Just finished OS in an NGO office in Liberia that deals with malaria
prevention, treatment and education. (25 people, 13 topics, 1 day) In
the closing circle, I wished you had been there and thought of you
everytime someone said "This is our heritage of how we use to do it and
it feels good." " This is the first time we sit together in 4 years and
it is because of our Liberian past ."" "It is how they do it in our
villages and now it brings us closer together and we can be one team,
one program." "This is the first time I have seen everyone smile in our
office." "People were fully engaged in the room." Immense pride filled
the room. (I was asked to go to this office to do some team building. I
think it worked, wouldn't you say?)
This team has gone through major transitions from working with malarial
concerns in an emergency situation, just after the war to post emergency
work; from one country director's style to an opposite country
director's style; and a total change of expat management; all in the
last 3 months. And, you know what the # 1 topic out of the 13, after
they prioritized? LOVE, plain and simple and powerful. A committee is
now in charge of finding ways to express it in the office. I think the
country director was shocked at that choice but even more surprised that
a quiet man who pushes the broom, convened the topic.
I was a bit worried for the first hour as it was very slow moving and I
thought I had made the wrong choice, so I left the room and worked on my
laptop, to not control the group and close the space. Turns out, no one
had ever asked them before for their opinions. That was the hesitancy.
The ball started rolling after the first time period.
So, my dear, Harrison...it all comes around and back to Liberia, you and
your brillance at capturing the essence of the African culture and
bottling it up for the rest of the world to sip. You have touched their
hearts deeply. In the closing circle, they didn't thank me...at first I
was...gee, no praise for me bringing it to them...HA! "When the best
leader's work is done, the people say "We did it ourselves." Lao Tzu.
