PH
Peggy Holman
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 5:48 PM
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
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Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
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Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/>
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
BW
Birgitt Williams
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 6:29 PM
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in
April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
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Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It
has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as
increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life
in open space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
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Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in
April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
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On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
wrote:
> Dear Harrison,
>
> Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
> Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
> Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
> and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
> random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
> organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
> listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
> of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
> contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
> the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
> also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
> network was acknowledged.
>
> All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It
> has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as
> increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life
> in open space.
>
> Love,
> Peggy
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________
> Peggy Holman
> peggy@peggyholman.com
> Twitter: @peggyholman
>
> Bellevue, WA 98006
> 206-948-0432
> www.peggyholman.com
> www.journalismthatmatters.org
>
> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
> into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/>
>
>
> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get
> burnt, is to become
> the fire".
> -- Drew Dellinger
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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juanluiswalker@gmail.com
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 8:52 PM
Dear Harrison,
Feeling very interpreted by Peggy's words I would only like to add that today to celebrate your birthday I published on my Facebook the photo I send now attached remembering your unforgettable participation in the XIX WosOnOs of 2011 in Chile. Thank you very much and receive a big hug with love.
Juan Luis
De: Peggy Holman via OSList everyone@oslist.org
Enviado el: sábado, 2 de diciembre de 2023 18:49
Para: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Asunto: [OSList] Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com http://www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org http://www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/ Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
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Dear Harrison,
Feeling very interpreted by Peggy's words I would only like to add that today to celebrate your birthday I published on my Facebook the photo I send now attached remembering your unforgettable participation in the XIX WosOnOs of 2011 in Chile. Thank you very much and receive a big hug with love.
Juan Luis
De: Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
Enviado el: sábado, 2 de diciembre de 2023 18:49
Para: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org>
Asunto: [OSList] Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com <mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com>
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
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"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
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Viv McWaters
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 9:34 PM
Happy Birthday Harrison
It’s certainly worth celebrating you and Open Space, even though I can’t remember exactly when we met, I do remember where. It was at an uninspiring hotel just near Melbourne airport, organised of course, by dear Brian Bainbridge. Rob Chaffe was there too. How sad that neither are still with us. Like others have said, Open Space changed my life and introduced me to many wonderful people who pop up on this list, and always make me smile to know they, and others, are out there in the world opening spaces.
Many happy returns from Australia
Viv
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div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }Dear Harrison,
Feeling very interpreted by Peggy's words I would only like to add that today to celebrate your birthday I published on my Facebook the photo I send now attached remembering your unforgettable participation in the XIX WosOnOs of 2011 in Chile. Thank you very much and receive a big hug with love.
Juan Luis
De: Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
Enviado el: sábado, 2 de diciembre de 2023 18:49
Para: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org>
Asunto: [OSList] Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
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Kathy Minardi
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 9:48 PM
Dear Harrison,
Open Space changed my life too. I learned it from Peggy Holman and Anne Stadler (rest her soul in heaven). And Peggy introduced us to one another as I live in the DC region. You and I had lunch at a favorite restaurant in Georgetown and you shared so many many of your memories and stories with me! I treasure it.
Happy Birthday!
Kathy Minardi
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On Dec 2, 2023, at 4:35 PM, Viv McWaters via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:
Happy Birthday Harrison
It’s certainly worth celebrating you and Open Space, even though I can’t remember exactly when we met, I do remember where. It was at an uninspiring hotel just near Melbourne airport, organised of course, by dear Brian Bainbridge. Rob Chaffe was there too. How sad that neither are still with us. Like others have said, Open Space changed my life and introduced me to many wonderful people who pop up on this list, and always make me smile to know they, and others, are out there in the world opening spaces.
Many happy returns from Australia
Viv
Viv McWaters - from iPhone
On 3 Dec 2023, at 7:52 am, juanluiswalker--- via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Feeling very interpreted by Peggy's words I would only like to add that today to celebrate your birthday I published on my Facebook the photo I send now attached remembering your unforgettable participation in the XIX WosOnOs of 2011 in Chile. Thank you very much and receive a big hug with love.
Juan Luis
De: Peggy Holman via OSList everyone@oslist.org
Enviado el: sábado, 2 de diciembre de 2023 18:49
Para: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Asunto: [OSList] Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.commailto:peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.comhttp://www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.orghttp://www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunityhttps://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
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Dear Harrison,
Open Space changed my life too. I learned it from Peggy Holman and Anne Stadler (rest her soul in heaven). And Peggy introduced us to one another as I live in the DC region. You and I had lunch at a favorite restaurant in Georgetown and you shared so many many of your memories and stories with me! I treasure it.
Happy Birthday!
Kathy Minardi
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2023, at 4:35 PM, Viv McWaters via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Happy Birthday Harrison
It’s certainly worth celebrating you and Open Space, even though I can’t remember exactly when we met, I do remember where. It was at an uninspiring hotel just near Melbourne airport, organised of course, by dear Brian Bainbridge. Rob Chaffe was there too. How sad that neither are still with us. Like others have said, Open Space changed my life and introduced me to many wonderful people who pop up on this list, and always make me smile to know they, and others, are out there in the world opening spaces.
Many happy returns from Australia
Viv
Viv McWaters - from iPhone
On 3 Dec 2023, at 7:52 am, juanluiswalker--- via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Feeling very interpreted by Peggy's words I would only like to add that today to celebrate your birthday I published on my Facebook the photo I send now attached remembering your unforgettable participation in the XIX WosOnOs of 2011 in Chile. Thank you very much and receive a big hug with love.
Juan Luis
De: Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
Enviado el: sábado, 2 de diciembre de 2023 18:49
Para: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org>
Asunto: [OSList] Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
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Jeff Aitken
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 10:54 PM
Appreciating the opportunity to "stroll down memory lane" in celebration of
Harrison and of Open Space!
It was my 31st birthday in February 1989. My mentors Antonio Nunez and
Howard Schechter had grown an MA program to embody the "Organization
Transformation" revolution, one that was partly inaugurated by the
publication of Harrison's first "Spirit: Transformation and Development in
Organizations" and by John D. Adams' "Transforming Work."
I was a student in the program, having transferred from the MA in
Anthropology, where I had begun learning with Angeles Arrien. It was the
powerful "talking circles" hosted by Antonio and Howard that drew me to
switch to their program on a quest for facilitation training. The two
programs shared an office suite in the CIIS campus building in San
Francisco.
The Symposium on Organizational Transformation had gathered in Monterey for
the first use of Open Space, and was meeting yearly in different places. I
missed the San Diego symposium in 1988, so it was a thrill to learn that
our school in San Francisco would host a two-day event with Harrison
facilitating! Not that I had any real idea what we were going to encounter!
The two days of Open Space introduced an embodied freedom of Being and
relating that was truly remarkable. (As we all know.) And to invite us into
this magic using only a simple introduction, a circle of chairs, and a
blank wall, was like an feat of mystical alchemy. I don't remember where
Harrison was during the two days (the old Persian martini bar down the hill
on Haight Street?) The closing circle was a festival of warm feelings,
songs, and appreciations for our deep learning. We quickly began using OS
for our program's student/faculty retreats, and I began to attend many OT
and OSONOS gatherings, and joined the MetaNet group space.
The genius of facilitating Open Space being "totally present and completely
invisible" was a gift that Harrison offered freely, and one of the greatest
gifts I have encountered. I don't have a martini in hand (am still with
morning coffee) but I raise it, and invite us to raise what we have, to
Harrison on your 88th. Boundless gratitude to you!
Jeff Aitken
Hilo, HI
Appreciating the opportunity to "stroll down memory lane" in celebration of
Harrison and of Open Space!
It was my 31st birthday in February 1989. My mentors Antonio Nunez and
Howard Schechter had grown an MA program to embody the "Organization
Transformation" revolution, one that was partly inaugurated by the
publication of Harrison's first "Spirit: Transformation and Development in
Organizations" and by John D. Adams' "Transforming Work."
I was a student in the program, having transferred from the MA in
Anthropology, where I had begun learning with Angeles Arrien. It was the
powerful "talking circles" hosted by Antonio and Howard that drew me to
switch to their program on a quest for facilitation training. The two
programs shared an office suite in the CIIS campus building in San
Francisco.
The Symposium on Organizational Transformation had gathered in Monterey for
the first use of Open Space, and was meeting yearly in different places. I
missed the San Diego symposium in 1988, so it was a thrill to learn that
our school in San Francisco would host a two-day event with Harrison
facilitating! Not that I had any real idea what we were going to encounter!
The two days of Open Space introduced an embodied freedom of Being and
relating that was truly remarkable. (As we all know.) And to invite us into
this magic using only a simple introduction, a circle of chairs, and a
blank wall, was like an feat of mystical alchemy. I don't remember where
Harrison was during the two days (the old Persian martini bar down the hill
on Haight Street?) The closing circle was a festival of warm feelings,
songs, and appreciations for our deep learning. We quickly began using OS
for our program's student/faculty retreats, and I began to attend many OT
and OSONOS gatherings, and joined the MetaNet group space.
The genius of facilitating Open Space being "totally present and completely
invisible" was a gift that Harrison offered freely, and one of the greatest
gifts I have encountered. I don't have a martini in hand (am still with
morning coffee) but I raise it, and invite us to raise what we have, to
Harrison on your 88th. Boundless gratitude to you!
Jeff Aitken
Hilo, HI
TA
Tova Averbuch
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 11:16 PM
Dear Harrison
I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new
paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply
disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met
OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back
home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me
and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so
intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate
I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on
Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and
friends, are all moments I cherish.
Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher
who changed my life more than anybody else.
On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how
blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To
thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and
more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought
into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of…
J
Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
I miss you
Tova Averbuch
Holon
Check out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative Change
https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867
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Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in
April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
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wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has
been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing
numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open
space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
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Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
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Dear Harrison
I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new
paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply
disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met
OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back
home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me
and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so
intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate
I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on
Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and
friends, are all moments I cherish.
Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher
who changed my life more than anybody else.
On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how
blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To
thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and
more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought
into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of…
J
Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
I miss you
Tova Averbuch
Holon
Check out my new book!
*Initiating and Inviting Generative Change
<https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867>*
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*Subject:* [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in
April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
[image: Picture]
*Birgitt Williams*
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
*Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.*
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On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has
been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing
numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open
space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/>
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burnt, is to become
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Donnan Stoicovy
Sat, Dec 2, 2023 11:31 PM
Happy Birthday, Harrison! So fortunate to have you as a part of my professional learning. Blessing to you as you celebrate your 88th birthday!
Open Space change my approach to so many learning situations. I was just explaining it to someone on Friday who listened but was unwilling to let go of her plan for a meeting. I will circle back at another time.
Best wishes to you for good health, enduring friends and continued learning!
Donnan Stoicovy
On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:16 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:
Dear Harrison
I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and friends, are all moments I cherish.
Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher who changed my life more than anybody else.
On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of… J
Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
I miss you
Tova Averbuch
Holon
Check out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative Change https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867
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Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs. Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com http://www.dalarinternational.com/
Upcoming Workshops
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Happy Birthday, Harrison! So fortunate to have you as a part of my professional learning. Blessing to you as you celebrate your 88th birthday!
Open Space change my approach to so many learning situations. I was just explaining it to someone on Friday who listened but was unwilling to let go of her plan for a meeting. I will circle back at another time.
Best wishes to you for good health, enduring friends and continued learning!
Donnan Stoicovy
> On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:16 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Harrison
> I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
> In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and friends, are all moments I cherish.
> Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher who changed my life more than anybody else.
> On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
> Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of… J
> Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
> I miss you
> Tova Averbuch
> Holon
> Check out my new book!
> Initiating and Inviting Generative Change <https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867>
>
> Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com <mailto:tova@tovaaverbuch.com> ; +972 52 8305343
> WEB <https://tovaaverbuch.com/>I Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Tova-Averbuch-%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9A-169672313219111>I LINKEDIN <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tova-averbuch/>
>
>
>
>
> From: Birgitt Williams via OSList [mailto:everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>]
> Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM
> To: Peggy Holman <peggy@peggyholman.com <mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com>>
> Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>>
> Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
>
> Dear Harrison,
> Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs. Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
>
> By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
>
> You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my life from our friendship.
>
> with love,
> Birgitt
>
>
>
>
> Birgitt Williams
> Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
> Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
> www.dalarinternational.com <http://www.dalarinternational.com/>
>
> Upcoming Workshops
> Whole Person Process Facilitation | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 | Online
> Individual Health and Balance | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 | Online
> Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way | January 8-13, 2024 | Online
>
> >> Learn More & Register <http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/> for any of these workshops here.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
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> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote:
>> Dear Harrison,
>>
>> Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
>>
>> All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
>>
>> Love,
>> Peggy
>>
>>
>>
>> _________________________________
>> Peggy Holman
>> peggy@peggyholman.com <mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com>
>> Twitter: @peggyholman
>>
>> Bellevue, WA 98006
>> 206-948-0432
>> www.peggyholman.com <http://www.peggyholman.com/>
>> www.journalismthatmatters.org <http://www.journalismthatmatters.org/>
>>
>> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/>
>>
>>
>> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
>> the fire".
>> -- Drew Dellinger
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Suzanne Daigle
Sun, Dec 3, 2023 1:23 AM
Dear Harrison,Wow 88…like an infinity sign representing the timeless influence and inspiration that you had on so many of us by introducing Open Space. Your gift was the gift of a more vibrant life, full of spirit, deep friendships and love. With a multiplier effect that is impossible to describe. Something we experience that is bigger than words. Like life. I got hooked in 2009 and the feeling of it never left me. It just grew and grew.
Today may you feel the shared love and appreciation from so many of us, as described by colleagues here and others who may not know it’s your birthday today.
Big hugs,
Suzanne from Canada not too far from Camden Maine where many met by the sea, with a picture here of you on the waters there
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Happy Birthday, Harrison! So fortunate to have you as a part of my professional learning. Blessing to you as you celebrate your 88th birthday!
Open Space change my approach to so many learning situations. I was just explaining it to someone on Friday who listened but was unwilling to let go of her plan for a meeting. I will circle back at another time.
Best wishes to you for good health, enduring friends and continued learning!
Donnan Stoicovy
On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:16 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison
I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and friends, are all moments I cherish.
Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher who changed my life more than anybody else.
On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of… J
Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
I miss you
Tova Averbuch
Holon
Check out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative Change
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
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Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM
To: Peggy Holman <peggy@peggyholman.com>
Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org>
Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs. Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
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On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life in open space.
Love,
Peggy
_________________________________
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Twitter: @peggyholman
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Sun, Dec 3, 2023 6:13 AM
Happy birthday Harrison.
Of all the things I have learned from you, perhaps the most important is
how you have continually gifted Open Space Technology to the world. The
principle of “trust the people” in every way is the essence of facilitating
Open Space. But it is also the principle of how to host a community of
people within an organization, a network, a global community.
Open Space Technology changed the way I work, and has been massively
influential in so many important areas of work and life and community. And
it was through your convening and generosity that I discovered many of the
key collaborators that have been my partners and friends and teachers and
colleagues over the past 28 years.
So a personal thank you to join this chorus of love and gratitude. Thank
you for always operating from Spirit and inviting it the flow between us
all.
Have a happy birthday!
Chris
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 5:23 PM Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Wow 88…like an infinity sign representing the timeless influence and
inspiration that you had on so many of us by introducing Open Space. Your
gift was the gift of a more vibrant life, full of spirit, deep friendships
and love. With a multiplier effect that is impossible to describe.
Something we experience that is bigger than words. Like life. I got hooked
in 2009 and the feeling of it never left me. It just grew and grew.
Today may you feel the shared love and appreciation from so many of us, as
described by colleagues here and others who may not know it’s your birthday
today.
Big hugs,
Suzanne from Canada not too far from Camden Maine where many met by the
sea, with a picture here of you on the waters there
[image: image0.jpeg]
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Happy Birthday, Harrison! So fortunate to have you as a part of my
professional learning. Blessing to you as you celebrate your 88th birthday!
Open Space change my approach to so many learning situations. I was just
explaining it to someone on Friday who listened but was unwilling to let go
of her plan for a meeting. I will circle back at another time.
Best wishes to you for good health, enduring friends and continued
learning!
Donnan Stoicovy
On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:16 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:
Dear Harrison
I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new
paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply
disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met
OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back
home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me
and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so
intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate
I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on
Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and
friends, are all moments I cherish.
Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher
who changed my life more than anybody else.
On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how
blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To
thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and
more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought
into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of…
J
Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
I miss you
Tova Averbuch
Holon
Check out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative Change
https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867
[image:
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1cwHpXJdjcmQLlbdNAkgj8HapMTCKkqx1&revid=0B_yNcHN0z41LWjV3OHhYZE5sNk1ZTXVtK3R1cy9POXl1eERvPQ]
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD
consultant
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From: Birgitt Williams via OSList [mailto:everyone@oslist.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM
To: Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com
Cc: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison,
Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met
in April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
life from our friendship.
with love,
Birgitt
[image: Picture]
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
Whole Person Process Facilitation | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 |
Online
Individual Health and Balance | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 |
Online
*Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way *| January 8-13, 2024 | Online
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
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On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
network was acknowledged.
All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It
has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as
increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life
in open space.
Love,
Peggy
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Twitter: @peggyholman
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
www.journalismthatmatters.org
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
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burnt, is to become
the fire".
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Happy birthday Harrison.
Of all the things I have learned from you, perhaps the most important is
how you have continually gifted Open Space Technology to the world. The
principle of “trust the people” in every way is the essence of facilitating
Open Space. But it is also the principle of how to host a community of
people within an organization, a network, a global community.
Open Space Technology changed the way I work, and has been massively
influential in so many important areas of work and life and community. And
it was through your convening and generosity that I discovered many of the
key collaborators that have been my partners and friends and teachers and
colleagues over the past 28 years.
So a personal thank you to join this chorus of love and gratitude. Thank
you for always operating from Spirit and inviting it the flow between us
all.
Have a happy birthday!
Chris
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 5:23 PM Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
> Dear Harrison,
> Wow 88…like an infinity sign representing the timeless influence and
> inspiration that you had on so many of us by introducing Open Space. Your
> gift was the gift of a more vibrant life, full of spirit, deep friendships
> and love. With a multiplier effect that is impossible to describe.
> Something we experience that is bigger than words. Like life. I got hooked
> in 2009 and the feeling of it never left me. It just grew and grew.
> Today may you feel the shared love and appreciation from so many of us, as
> described by colleagues here and others who may not know it’s your birthday
> today.
> Big hugs,
> Suzanne from Canada not too far from Camden Maine where many met by the
> sea, with a picture here of you on the waters there
> [image: image0.jpeg]
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <
> everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
>
> Happy Birthday, Harrison! So fortunate to have you as a part of my
> professional learning. Blessing to you as you celebrate your 88th birthday!
>
>
> Open Space change my approach to so many learning situations. I was just
> explaining it to someone on Friday who listened but was unwilling to let go
> of her plan for a meeting. I will circle back at another time.
>
> Best wishes to you for good health, enduring friends and continued
> learning!
>
> Donnan Stoicovy
>
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:16 PM, Tova Averbuch via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Harrison
> I embarked on a journey to the USA in 1997 determined to find a new
> paradigm of change work in organizations. A year passed and I was deeply
> disappointed for I moved my family and found nothing. Luckily by 1998 I met
> OST through and the User's guide and in 1999, a moth before heading back
> home to Israel, I met you in a week's seminar. Meeting OST had changed me
> and the work I do in the world in a profound way.
> In 2000, you wrote you were coming to Israel to teach with me. I was so
> intimidated and happy at the same time. No words to tell you how fortunate
> I felt. Working together in Israel and Rome, meeting again in POP on
> Whidbey Island, spending time in my home with my family, colleagues and
> friends, are all moments I cherish.
> Sometimes we agreed sometimes we fought but you are the person and teacher
> who changed my life more than anybody else.
> On your birthday it is a good time to remember and tell the story of how
> blessed I feel for being your friend, learning and working together. To
> thank you for having my back every time I needed it and opening more and
> more gates in my soul, as the space I opened was not enough…
> Thank you and bless you for all the richness and encouragement you brought
> into my life, and for some of the unnecessary burdens you helped let go of…
> J
> Wishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,
> I miss you
> Tova Averbuch
> Holon
> Check out my new book!
> *Initiating and Inviting Generative Change
> <https://tovaaverbuch.com/?page_id=867>*
> [image:
> https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1cwHpXJdjcmQLlbdNAkgj8HapMTCKkqx1&revid=0B_yNcHN0z41LWjV3OHhYZE5sNk1ZTXVtK3R1cy9POXl1eERvPQ]
> Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD
> consultant
> tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
> WEB <https://tovaaverbuch.com/>I Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/Tova-Averbuch-%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9A-169672313219111>
> I LINKEDIN <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tova-averbuch/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Birgitt Williams via OSList [mailto:everyone@oslist.org]
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM
> *To:* Peggy Holman <peggy@peggyholman.com>
> *Cc:* Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org>
> *Subject:* [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
>
>
> Dear Harrison,
> Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met
> in April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day
> trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all
> that you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs.
> Larry Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I
> continue to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada.
>
>
> By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I
> have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with
> you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's
> get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the
> Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne
> Stadler and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a
> networked system of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute
> in the USA to be the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance
> as we all were in co-creating and emerging.
>
>
> You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my
> life. I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my
> life from our friendship.
>
>
> with love,
> Birgitt
>
>
> [image: Picture]
>
>
>
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
> *Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
> development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.*
> www.dalarinternational.com
>
>
> *Upcoming Workshops*
> *Whole Person Process Facilitation* | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 |
> Online
> *Individual Health and Balance* | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 |
> Online
> *Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way *| January 8-13, 2024 | Online
>
>
> >> Learn More & Register
> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/> for any of these
> workshops here.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/16+Sunny+Acres+Dr.,+Etowah,+North+Carolina,+USA+28729?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <
> everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Harrison,
>
>
> Just a few words to celebrate you. We met in 1995 when a friend from
> Antioch University Seattle sent me an article from Training Magazine on
> Open Space Technology and I called you. It changed my life. You gave words
> and a framework to something I’d been playing with: the importance of
> random encounters for creativity and innovation — for “learning
> organizations" to flourish. Of course I joined the party. WE started this
> listserv. When you came to Seattle as part of your world tour with the idea
> of forming the Open Space Institute (OSI) in 1996, I was one of 7 who
> contributed $10 so we had the $70 required to apply for nonprofit status in
> the US. We quickly learned that our colleagues in Australia and Canada, who
> also formed OSI’s, expected that we add -US to our name. We did. And a
> network was acknowledged.
>
>
> All this is to say happy birthday Harrison. Thank you for being you. It
> has been a ride! May we continue to be present to what emerges as
> increasing numbers discover the challenges and opportunities of living life
> in open space.
>
>
> Love,
> Peggy
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________
> Peggy Holman
> peggy@peggyholman.com
> Twitter: @peggyholman
>
> Bellevue, WA 98006
> 206-948-0432
> www.peggyholman.com
> www.journalismthatmatters.org
>
> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
> into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/>
>
>
> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get
> burnt, is to become
> the fire".
> -- Drew Dellinger
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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