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 <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> 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： [email protected] >> 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<[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> >> Date 12/03/2023 10:32 >> To chris.corrigan<[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> Cc Suzanne Daigle<[email protected]> <[email protected]>, >> Harrison Owen<[email protected]> <[email protected]>, >> OSList <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> 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 < >> [email protected]>: >> >> >> 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 < >> [email protected]> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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 < >>> [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>* >>> [image: >>> https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1cwHpXJdjcmQLlbdNAkgj8HapMTCKkqx1&revid=0B_yNcHN0z41LWjV3OHhYZE5sNk1ZTXVtK3R1cy9POXl1eERvPQ] >>> Tova Averbuch, Dialogic OD >>> consultant >>> [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]] >>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:30 PM >>> *To:* Peggy Holman <[email protected]> >>> *Cc:* Open Space Listserv <[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 >>> >>> >>> [image: Picture] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Birgitt Williams* >>> *Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants * >>> *Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership >>> development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.* >>> www.dalarinternational.com >>> >>> >>> *Upcoming Workshops* >>> *Whole Person Process Facilitation* | September 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2023 | >>> Online >>> *Individual Health and Balance* | November 24, December 1, 8 & 15, 2023 >>> | Online >>> *Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way *| January 8-13, 2024 | >>> Online >>> >>> >>> >> Learn More & Register >>> <http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/> for any of >>> these workshops here. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729 >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/16+Sunny+Acres+Dr.,+Etowah,+North+Carolina,+USA+28729?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> 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]> 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] >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> 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 >> >> 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 >> >> 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 > > 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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