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 <[email protected]> > 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 > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; +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:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM > To: Peggy Holman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: Open Space Listserv <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [OSList] Re: Happy 88th Harrison! > > Dear Harrison, > Happy Birthday and blessings for a magical new year of your life. We met in > April 1992 when you came to Ontario, Canada to lead one of your four day > trainings in OST. The timing was just right in my life to experience all that > you offered to me as beneficially life changing, transformative. Drs. Larry > Peterson and George Herrmanson were the sponsors of that event and I continue > to be grateful to them for bringing you and your work into Canada. > > By December 1995, Larry Peterson, Paul Levy (and his partner whose name I > have sadly forgotten), and I formed the Open Space Institute of Canada with > you present, challenging us to do so. You had, and probably have, a 'let's > get it done' approach. I was also present at the inaugural meeting of the > Open Space Institute-USA with a number of dear friends including Anne Stadler > and Peggy Holman. I admit to being one of the advocates of a networked system > of the Open Space Institutes, not wanting the OS Institute in the USA to be > the hub for all of us worldwide. There was no resistance as we all were in > co-creating and emerging. > > You and our conversations have been some of the most significant in my life. > I have so much gratitude to you for the many gifts that landed in my life > from our friendship. > > with love, > Birgitt > > > > > Birgitt Williams > Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants > Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership > development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership. > www.dalarinternational.com <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> > > Upcoming Workshops > Whole Person Process Facilitation | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 | Online > Individual Health and Balance | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 | Online > Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way | January 8-13, 2024 | Online > > >> Learn More & Register > >> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/> for any of these > >> workshops here. > > > > > > > 16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729 > Phone: 01-919-522-7750 > Like us on Facebook > <https://dalarinternational.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ed818c946a88ba7344da05f&id=6677c35b38&e=e7zyhHfiqG> > > Connect on LinkedIn > <https://dalarinternational.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ed818c946a88ba7344da05f&id=c26173f86b&e=e7zyhHfiqG> > > > > On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 12:48 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org
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