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Hege Steinsland
Sun, Dec 3, 2023 9:32 AM
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
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.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
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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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Toomas Trapido
Sun, Dec 3, 2023 10:02 AM
Dear Harrison,
I'm of course repeating many here, but meeting you in person and the 4-day
OST workshop definitely gave a new direction to my life! The only unique
contribution here is to remember that it took place in February 2003 in
cold and snowy Estonia, where you so graciously appeared being invited by
late Mikk Sarv and his colleagues, Robert Oetjen and me as well :) 20 years
have passed and OS has been used in Estonia thousands of times. The biggest
event took place in 2009 when more than 10000 Estonian people gathered in
500 places to discuss the future of Estonia using OST! :)
Happy birthday!
Toomas
Kontakt Hege Steinsland via OSList (everyone@oslist.org) kirjutas
kuupäeval P, 3. detsember 2023 kell 11:43:
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
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Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD
consultant
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From: Birgitt Williams via OSList [mailto:everyone@oslist.org]
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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
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Online
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| Online
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Online
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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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Dear Harrison,
I'm of course repeating many here, but meeting you in person and the 4-day
OST workshop definitely gave a new direction to my life! The only unique
contribution here is to remember that it took place in February 2003 in
cold and snowy Estonia, where you so graciously appeared being invited by
late Mikk Sarv and his colleagues, Robert Oetjen and me as well :) 20 years
have passed and OS has been used in Estonia thousands of times. The biggest
event took place in 2009 when more than 10000 Estonian people gathered in
500 places to discuss the future of Estonia using OST! :)
Happy birthday!
Toomas
Kontakt Hege Steinsland via OSList (<everyone@oslist.org>) kirjutas
kuupäeval P, 3. detsember 2023 kell 11:43:
> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
> Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
> My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
> Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
> workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
> there.
> I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
>
> Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
> Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
>
> All the best
> Hege Steinsland
> Sendt fra min iPhone
>
> 3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
> everyone@oslist.org>:
>
>
> 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
>> <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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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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For som strange reason, my computer has blocked my access to OSLIST --- so I couldn't say what I though and felt -- which is simply THANKYOU
ho
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On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 01:13:51 AM EST, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan@gmail.com> wrote:
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
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 HarrisonI 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… JWishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,I miss youTova AverbuchHolonCheck out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative ChangeTova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
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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
Birgitt WilliamsSenior 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 WorkshopsWhole Person Process Facilitation | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 | OnlineIndividual Health and Balance | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 | OnlineStrategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way | January 8-13, 2024 | Online
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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
"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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ho
7808 River FAlls DrivePotomac, MD 20854phone 301-365-2093
On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 01:13:51 AM EST, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan@gmail.com> wrote:
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
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 HarrisonI 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… JWishing you great health of body and soul, friendship and calm,I miss youTova AverbuchHolonCheck out my new book!
Initiating and Inviting Generative ChangeTova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
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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
Birgitt WilliamsSenior 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 WorkshopsWhole Person Process Facilitation | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 | OnlineIndividual Health and Balance | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 | OnlineStrategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way | January 8-13, 2024 | Online
>> Learn More & Register for any of these workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729Phone: 01-919-522-7750Like us on Facebook
Connect on LinkedIn
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
"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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Christine Whitney-Sanchez
Sun, Dec 3, 2023 10:38 PM
Happy birthday dear Harrison. I never see a turtle without thinking of you. Enjoy the outpouring of ❤️.
Namaste,
Christine
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On Dec 3, 2023, at 8:49 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
For som strange reason, my computer has blocked my access to OSLIST --- so I couldn't say what I though and felt -- which is simply THANKYOU
ho
7808 River FAlls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
phone 301-365-2093
On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 01:13:51 AM EST, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan@gmail.com> wrote:
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
<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
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
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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
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 for any of these workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
Connect on LinkedIn
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
"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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Audrey Hepburn
Mon, Dec 4, 2023 4:08 AM
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500 people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
Audrey Hepburn
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Founder&CEO
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Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
Wechat：gulobano
Email： openspace_china@126.com
Tel： 86-18600086781
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| From | Hege Steinsland via OSListeveryone@oslist.org |
| Date | 12/03/2023 10:32 |
| To | chris.corriganchris.corrigan@gmail.com |
| Cc | Suzanne Daiglesdaigle4@gmail.com,
Harrison Owenhhowen@verizon.net,
OSList everyone@oslist.org |
| Subject | [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison! |
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList everyone@oslist.org:
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
<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
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
WEB I Facebook I LINKEDIN
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
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 for any of these workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
Connect on LinkedIn
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
"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 and friends i Open Space！
Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500 people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
Audrey Hepburn
| |
郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
Founder&CEO
|
|
Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
Wechat：gulobano
Email： openspace_china@126.com
Tel： 86-18600086781
Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
|
---- Replied Message ----
| From | Hege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org> |
| Date | 12/03/2023 10:32 |
| To | chris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> |
| Cc | Suzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net>,
OSList <everyone@oslist.org> |
| Subject | [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison! |
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
WEB I Facebook I LINKEDIN
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
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 for any of these workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
Connect on LinkedIn
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
"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
Mon, Dec 4, 2023 9:07 AM
Dearest Audrey,What a birthday gift your email is at this moment in time to our Open Space family and to all. In a world of geopolitics that rips at our heart, you are bringing the possibility and showing the way of new births and new beginnings working towards Harrison’s call for 8 Billion people in meaningful conversation.
Reading ALL the birthday emails and letting the stories sink in, so many of them, past, present and future, spoken and unspoken, has the feeling of bringing us all together in this work, big and small, at a time when one could so easily sink into despair.
Such overflowing gratitude I feel right now for this great gift of Open Space from Harrison that connects us all so deeply. Such LOVE I feel for all the people I met and got to meet through Open Space along the way.
Please forgive me for letting my emotions get the best of me in saying all this. I feel as if we were in a closing (opening) circle together.
I now pass the talking stick.
Thank you,
Suzanne
203-722-2009
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 4, 2023, at 12:09 AM, Audrey Hepburn <openspace_china@126.com> wrote:
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500 people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
Audrey Hepburn
郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
Founder&CEO
Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
Wechat：gulobano
Email： openspace_china@126.com
Tel： 86-18600086781
Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
---- Replied Message ----
FromHege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org>Date12/03/2023 10:32 Tochris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> CcSuzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net>,
OSList <everyone@oslist.org>Subject[OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD consultant tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
WEB I Facebook I LINKEDIN
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
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 for any of these workshops here.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
Like us on Facebook
Connect on LinkedIn
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
"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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Mon, Dec 4, 2023 10:02 AM
Dear Harrison,
I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a
great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again.
Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet
somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and
it keeps me hope for the humanity.
Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
Funda Oral
www.fundaoraltoussaint.com
4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published
in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National
publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used
Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500
people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG
files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
Audrey Hepburn
郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
Founder&CEO
Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
Wechat：gulobano
Email： openspace_china@126.com
Tel： 86-18600086781
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Date 12/03/2023 10:32
To chris.corriganchris.corrigan@gmail.com chris.corrigan@gmail.com
Cc Suzanne Daiglesdaigle4@gmail.com sdaigle4@gmail.com,
Harrison Owenhhowen@verizon.net hhowen@verizon.net,
OSList everyone@oslist.org everyone@oslist.org
Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
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Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD
consultant
tova@tovaaverbuch.com ; +972 52 8305343
WEB https://tovaaverbuch.com/I Facebook
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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]
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*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
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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".
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Dear Harrison,
I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a
great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again.
Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet
somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and
it keeps me hope for the humanity.
Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
Funda Oral
www.fundaoraltoussaint.com
4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
>
> Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
> I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published
> in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National
> publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
>
> The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used
> Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500
> people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG
> files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
>
> Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
>
> Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
>
> Audrey Hepburn
>
> 郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
> Founder&CEO
> Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
> Wechat：gulobano
> Email： openspace_china@126.com
> Tel： 86-18600086781
> Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
>
> <https://dashi.163.com/projects/signature-manager/detail/index.html?ftlId=1&name=%E9%83%91%E6%99%93%E7%90%BC%EF%BC%88Audrey+Hepburn%EF%BC%89&uid=gulobano%40126.com&iconUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmail-online.nosdn.127.net%2Fwzpmmc%2F685e47fee803962c3c37c93e794df49f.jpg&company=Open+Space+Technology+Beijing+Co.%2CLtd.&email=Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com&position=Founder%26CEO&items=%5B%22Wechat%EF%BC%9Agulobano%22%2C%22Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com%22%2C%22Tel%EF%BC%9A+++++++++86-18600086781%22%2C%22Peace%E2%80%A2Flow%E2%80%A2Passion%E2%80%A2Responsibility%22%5D>
> ---- Replied Message ----
> From Hege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org> <everyone@oslist.org>
> Date 12/03/2023 10:32
> To chris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> <chris.corrigan@gmail.com>
> Cc Suzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com> <sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
> Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net> <hhowen@verizon.net>,
> OSList <everyone@oslist.org> <everyone@oslist.org>
> Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
> Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
> My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
> Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
> workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
> there.
> I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
>
> Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
> Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
>
> All the best
> Hege Steinsland
> Sendt fra min iPhone
>
> 3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
> everyone@oslist.org>:
>
>
> 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
>> <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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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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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RE
Rijon Erickson
Mon, Dec 4, 2023 1:10 PM
Harrison,
I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a
different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a
different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the
music being played.
Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
Rijon
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:
Dear Harrison,
I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had
a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again.
Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet
somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and
it keeps me hope for the humanity.
Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
Funda Oral
www.fundaoraltoussaint.com
4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been
published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China
National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as
possible.
The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used
Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500
people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG
files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
Audrey Hepburn
郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
Founder&CEO
Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
Wechat：gulobano
Email： openspace_china@126.com
Tel： 86-18600086781
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everyone@oslist.org
Date 12/03/2023 10:32
To chris.corriganchris.corrigan@gmail.com chris.corrigan@gmail.com
Cc Suzanne Daiglesdaigle4@gmail.com sdaigle4@gmail.com,
Harrison Owenhhowen@verizon.net hhowen@verizon.net,
OSList everyone@oslist.org everyone@oslist.org
Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
there.
I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
All the best
Hege Steinsland
Sendt fra min iPhone
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org>:
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
<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
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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]
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*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, 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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Harrison,
I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a
different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a
different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the
music being played.
Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
Rijon
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>
wrote:
> Dear Harrison,
>
> I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had
> a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again.
> Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
>
> Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet
> somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
>
> Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and
> it keeps me hope for the humanity.
>
> Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
> Funda Oral
> www.fundaoraltoussaint.com
>
> 4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <
> everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
>
>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
>>
>> Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
>> I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been
>> published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China
>> National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as
>> possible.
>>
>> The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used
>> Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500
>> people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG
>> files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
>>
>> Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
>>
>> Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
>>
>> Audrey Hepburn
>>
>> 郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
>> Founder&CEO
>> Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
>> Wechat：gulobano
>> Email： openspace_china@126.com
>> Tel： 86-18600086781
>> Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
>>
>> <https://dashi.163.com/projects/signature-manager/detail/index.html?ftlId=1&name=%E9%83%91%E6%99%93%E7%90%BC%EF%BC%88Audrey+Hepburn%EF%BC%89&uid=gulobano%40126.com&iconUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmail-online.nosdn.127.net%2Fwzpmmc%2F685e47fee803962c3c37c93e794df49f.jpg&company=Open+Space+Technology+Beijing+Co.%2CLtd.&email=Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com&position=Founder%26CEO&items=%5B%22Wechat%EF%BC%9Agulobano%22%2C%22Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com%22%2C%22Tel%EF%BC%9A+++++++++86-18600086781%22%2C%22Peace%E2%80%A2Flow%E2%80%A2Passion%E2%80%A2Responsibility%22%5D>
>> ---- Replied Message ----
>> From Hege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org>
>> <everyone@oslist.org>
>> Date 12/03/2023 10:32
>> To chris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> <chris.corrigan@gmail.com>
>> Cc Suzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com> <sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
>> Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net> <hhowen@verizon.net>,
>> OSList <everyone@oslist.org> <everyone@oslist.org>
>> Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
>> Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
>> My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by
>> Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for
>> workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from
>> there.
>> I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
>>
>> Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of
>> Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
>>
>> All the best
>> Hege Steinsland
>> Sendt fra min iPhone
>>
>> 3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <
>> everyone@oslist.org>:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>> <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
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>>> Online
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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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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>>> 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".
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Mon, Dec 4, 2023 2:33 PM
Dear Harrison,
I’m standing in line to cheer to you for your birthday and my thanks for Open Space, such a gift and blessing. My way into Open Space was through Thomas Herrman and Eiwor Backelund holding a training here in Sweden more than 20 years ago - and as other has said -those days change my life - or merely I finally found what I was looking for - and believed in. The training was held the same days that you were in Italy (I think?) holding an OST meeting in a very stressful situation amongst religious leaders. During the training we were following your story about what happened here on the list and we were very exited when we read the morning news that all went well.
I also remember my first posting here on the list and YOU answered - and it was like I was ”chatting” with ”Freud” or any other well known guru :-)
So Happy Birthday and hoping for many more to come
:o)
Eva
4 dec. 2023 kl. 14:10 skrev Rijon Erickson via OSList everyone@oslist.org:
Harrison,
I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the music being played.
Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
Rijon
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again. Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and it keeps me hope for the humanity.
Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
Funda Oral
www.fundaoraltoussaint.com http://www.fundaoraltoussaint.com/
4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org>:
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 mailto: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
<image0.jpeg>
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto: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 mailto: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
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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
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Dear Harrison,
I’m standing in line to cheer to you for your birthday and my thanks for Open Space, such a gift and blessing. My way into Open Space was through Thomas Herrman and Eiwor Backelund holding a training here in Sweden more than 20 years ago - and as other has said -those days change my life - or merely I finally found what I was looking for - and believed in. The training was held the same days that you were in Italy (I think?) holding an OST meeting in a very stressful situation amongst religious leaders. During the training we were following your story about what happened here on the list and we were very exited when we read the morning news that all went well.
I also remember my first posting here on the list and YOU answered - and it was like I was ”chatting” with ”Freud” or any other well known guru :-)
So Happy Birthday and hoping for many more to come
:o)
Eva
> 4 dec. 2023 kl. 14:10 skrev Rijon Erickson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>:
>
> Harrison,
>
> I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the music being played.
>
> Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
>
> Rijon
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote:
>> Dear Harrison,
>>
>> I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again. Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
>>
>> Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
>>
>> Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and it keeps me hope for the humanity.
>>
>> Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
>> Funda Oral
>> www.fundaoraltoussaint.com <http://www.fundaoraltoussaint.com/>
>>
>> 4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> şunu yazdı:
>>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
>>>
>>> Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
>>> I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
>>>
>>> The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500 people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
>>>
>>> Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
>>>
>>> Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
>>>
>>> Audrey Hepburn
>>>
>>>
>>> 郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
>>> Founder&CEO
>>> Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
>>> Wechat：gulobano
>>> Email： openspace_china@126.com
>>> Tel： 86-18600086781
>>> Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
>>> <https://dashi.163.com/projects/signature-manager/detail/index.html?ftlId=1&name=%E9%83%91%E6%99%93%E7%90%BC%EF%BC%88Audrey+Hepburn%EF%BC%89&uid=gulobano%40126.com&iconUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmail-online.nosdn.127.net%2Fwzpmmc%2F685e47fee803962c3c37c93e794df49f.jpg&company=Open+Space+Technology+Beijing+Co.%2CLtd.&email=Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com&position=Founder%26CEO&items=%5B%22Wechat%EF%BC%9Agulobano%22%2C%22Email%EF%BC%9A++++openspace_china%40126.com%22%2C%22Tel%EF%BC%9A+++++++++86-18600086781%22%2C%22Peace%E2%80%A2Flow%E2%80%A2Passion%E2%80%A2Responsibility%22%5D>
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>>> From Hege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org> <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>
>>> Date 12/03/2023 10:32
>>> To chris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> <mailto:chris.corrigan@gmail.com>
>>> Cc Suzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com> <mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
>>> Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net> <mailto:hhowen@verizon.net>,
>>> OSList <everyone@oslist.org> <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>
>>> Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
>>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
>>> Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
>>> My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
>>> I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
>>>
>>> Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
>>>
>>> All the best
>>> Hege Steinsland
>>> Sendt fra min iPhone
>>>
>>>> 3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 <mailto: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
>>>>> <image0.jpeg>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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/>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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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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Tue, Dec 5, 2023 2:55 PM
Dear Harrison
Happy 88th birthday !
I came to open space via The Chaordic Alliance, and especially Christine Whitney Sanchez who facilitated a 5 days OS event in California for and with them that definitively changed my life. When was it ? 2002 maybe ?
Then I tried to find out more, back in France. And I found this listserv. Then Michael M Pannwitz and Boscop. And you a few years later.
I remember how sorry I was when you had to cancel your trip to Europe for the Riding the Wave.It was nonetheless a big moment for me.
Then I met Suzanne and it definitively helped me come to NYC to the Practice of Peace. ;)
I Wish you a good health, lots of joy with your loved ones and from time to time a bit of writing in this list ;)
Christine
Le 4 déc. 2023 à 15:33, Eva P Svensson via OSList everyone@oslist.org a écrit :
Dear Harrison,
I’m standing in line to cheer to you for your birthday and my thanks for Open Space, such a gift and blessing. My way into Open Space was through Thomas Herrman and Eiwor Backelund holding a training here in Sweden more than 20 years ago - and as other has said -those days change my life - or merely I finally found what I was looking for - and believed in. The training was held the same days that you were in Italy (I think?) holding an OST meeting in a very stressful situation amongst religious leaders. During the training we were following your story about what happened here on the list and we were very exited when we read the morning news that all went well.
I also remember my first posting here on the list and YOU answered - and it was like I was ”chatting” with ”Freud” or any other well known guru :-)
So Happy Birthday and hoping for many more to come
:o)
Eva
4 dec. 2023 kl. 14:10 skrev Rijon Erickson via OSList everyone@oslist.org:
Harrison,
I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the music being played.
Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
Rijon
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Harrison,
I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again. Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and it keeps me hope for the humanity.
Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
Funda Oral
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4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> şunu yazdı:
- des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org>:
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 mailto: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
<image0.jpeg>
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto: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 mailto: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
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From: Birgitt Williams via OSList [mailto:everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org]
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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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Dear Harrison
Happy 88th birthday !
I came to open space via The Chaordic Alliance, and especially Christine Whitney Sanchez who facilitated a 5 days OS event in California for and with them that definitively changed my life. When was it ? 2002 maybe ?
Then I tried to find out more, back in France. And I found this listserv. Then Michael M Pannwitz and Boscop. And you a few years later.
I remember how sorry I was when you had to cancel your trip to Europe for the Riding the Wave.It was nonetheless a big moment for me.
Then I met Suzanne and it definitively helped me come to NYC to the Practice of Peace. ;)
I Wish you a good health, lots of joy with your loved ones and from time to time a bit of writing in this list ;)
Christine
> Le 4 déc. 2023 à 15:33, Eva P Svensson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> a écrit :
>
> Dear Harrison,
> I’m standing in line to cheer to you for your birthday and my thanks for Open Space, such a gift and blessing. My way into Open Space was through Thomas Herrman and Eiwor Backelund holding a training here in Sweden more than 20 years ago - and as other has said -those days change my life - or merely I finally found what I was looking for - and believed in. The training was held the same days that you were in Italy (I think?) holding an OST meeting in a very stressful situation amongst religious leaders. During the training we were following your story about what happened here on the list and we were very exited when we read the morning news that all went well.
>
> I also remember my first posting here on the list and YOU answered - and it was like I was ”chatting” with ”Freud” or any other well known guru :-)
>
> So Happy Birthday and hoping for many more to come
> :o)
> Eva
>
>> 4 dec. 2023 kl. 14:10 skrev Rijon Erickson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org>:
>>
>> Harrison,
>>
>> I imagine your 88 years lived like 88 keys of a piano, each with a different combination of strings, pegs, and hammers, each having a different pitch, and each contributing a different and special part of the music being played.
>>
>> Keep playing The Music with SPIRIT!
>>
>> Rijon
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:03 AM Funda Oral via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote:
>>> Dear Harrison,
>>>
>>> I had travelled from Istanbul to Berlin for your 70th Birthday and we had a great party at Berlin Open Space Cooperative. Now i am in Berlin again. Next year we are organizing Wosonos in Istanbul.
>>>
>>> Ever since, i keep bothering everybody around me with this simple yet somehow difficult to explain method, Open Space Technology.
>>>
>>> Thanks Harrison, OST has also changed my life as many of my colleagues and it keeps me hope for the humanity.
>>>
>>> Best wishes and Happy birthday💐
>>> Funda Oral
>>> www.fundaoraltoussaint.com <http://www.fundaoraltoussaint.com/>
>>>
>>> 4 Ara 2023 Pzt 05:09 tarihinde Audrey Hepburn via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> şunu yazdı:
>>>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space！
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations Harrison and miss you very much！
>>>> I would like share you a good news，excpet " Wave Rider" has been published in China，"The power of spirit" has passed reviewed by the China National publishing House，so we will get the Chinese version as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>> The ESG Ecological Conference was successfully held last month and used Open Space. More than 3 million people watched the live broadcast and 500 people attended the on-site meeting. Almost all participants in China's ESG files are shocked by the energy brought by Open Space.
>>>>
>>>> Happy birthday!!! This is my 88th birthday gift for you!
>>>>
>>>> Love you and every my OpenSpace Family!!
>>>>
>>>> Audrey Hepburn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 郑晓琼（Audrey Hepburn）
>>>> Founder&CEO
>>>> Open Space Technology Beijing Co.,Ltd.
>>>> Wechat：gulobano
>>>> Email： openspace_china@126.com
>>>> Tel： 86-18600086781
>>>> Peace•Flow•Passion•Responsibility
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>>>> ---- Replied Message ----
>>>> From Hege Steinsland via OSList<everyone@oslist.org> <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>
>>>> Date 12/03/2023 10:32
>>>> To chris.corrigan<chris.corrigan@gmail.com> <mailto:chris.corrigan@gmail.com>
>>>> Cc Suzanne Daigle<sdaigle4@gmail.com> <mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com>,
>>>> Harrison Owen<hhowen@verizon.net> <mailto:hhowen@verizon.net>,
>>>> OSList <everyone@oslist.org> <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>
>>>> Subject [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison!
>>>> Dear Harrison and friends i Open Space!
>>>> Congratulations Harrison with celebrating the gift of Open Space.
>>>> My way in to the life and practice of open space was first guided by Ingunn Svendsen in Norway pointing me to Thomas Herrmann in Sweden for workshop in the Genuine Contact program. My life and work changed from there.
>>>> I was also happy to meet you Harrison in London wosonos in 2012.
>>>>
>>>> Now Open space is finding its way into Municipalities on the west cost of Norway, Aalesund. The work, spirit and approach is more needed than ever!
>>>>
>>>> All the best
>>>> Hege Steinsland
>>>> Sendt fra min iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> 3. des. 2023 kl. 07:14 skrev Chris Corrigan via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 <mailto: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
>>>>>> <image0.jpeg>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donnan Stoicovy via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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/>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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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
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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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
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