[OSList] 30 Years ... and Counting!

Fri Jun 26 01:32:39 PDT 2015

Thank you Harrison, you continue to amaze and inspire me – and I know many
others with me. Your constant reminders that many of us are still working
too hard make me wonder sometimes. Are you not working too hard reminding us
not to work too hard? After all, our working, whether too hard or not, is
also part of this self organizing system. That is not to say that I don’t
appreciate it – I still need these reminders now and then and I love being
part of your system so I can receive these reminders. I love it this way, it
is just perfect in all its imperfection.

Have fun up there in Maine.

Love and a big hug from across the great pond

Koos

Van: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] Namens Hege
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Verzonden: vrijdag 26 juni 2015 8:34
Aan: Christine Whitney Sanchez; World wide Open Space Technology email list
CC: Harrison Owen
Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] 30 Years ... and Counting!

I´ts such a gift to be abel to read your thoughts, insights and shared
wisdom over and over again, Harrison!

Thank you and God bless!

Hege 

26. juni 2015 kl. 04:18 skrev Christine Whitney Sanchez via OSList
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Harrison, I don’t ever see a turtle, much less a group of them like this
lovely gaggle on the Big Island, without thinking of you.  

You have blessed me, blessed our community and blessed the world with Open
Space and self-organization all the way down.  

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Love,

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On Jun 25, 2015, at 6:47 PM, David Osborne via OSList
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Wonderful note......

Thanks for your constant inspiration, challenge and guidance Harrison.

David

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Harrison via OSList
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wrote:

Come this 4th of July it will be 30 years since something called Open Space
Technology happened. At the time, we (that would be me, for sure) didn’t
have a clue what it was or where it was headed. Since then it seems like a
lot of good stuff has come down. Of course we need to remember the learnings
from the ‘60’s – “Never trust anyone over 30.” Well... we just got there!
Everybody should be well advised that what happens next is TOTALLY their
responsibility... Or something.

What happens next is definitely your responsibility. Having entered into my
80th year, I am well past the age of discretion. But I do have a few
thoughts that may, or may not, be germane.

I don’t think this is the end of something. I do believe it is the
beginning. And... There will always be a time when “the first timers” (as
participants or facilitators) gets the WOW Experience (Thank you Tom
Peters). Kind of like the first ride on your bicycle. Millions of people
have done it before you. But your First Ride is always unique (for you). 

There will always be times when bits and pieces of our common experience in
Open Space are held out as “singularities” – something strange and unique.
The latest version is called, “Liberating Structures (Thank you Henri!).”
Wonderful Idea, I think, but just a very small part of the whole. 

And for all those wonderful people who are attempting to wed Open Space to
Agile (Dan et al you know who I am talking about) – I say Three Cheers! And
I also hope that the day will come when it is recognized that truly Agile
organization are fully, consciously, intentionally – self organizing. At
that point, you don’t have to wed anything to anything. Just be what you
already are. Which is another way of saying that SCRUM (along with all the
other “techniques”) sound nice, but are yet one more example of “working too
hard.”

And What Next? Truly, I am out of crystal balls. But I rather think the
beginning will begin when we call “Full Stop” on any attempt to organize
anything. And in that momentary space (Open Space?) just notice what is
organizing all by itself. Amazing! And we didn’t do a thing. Which leads
naturally to the next question... How do we take advantage of the winds of
our existence to bring our ships to harbors of fullness and greatness?

And then we may take a lesson from Sailors and the Sea. Sailors do not
create the wind or the Sea. Although many have tried. All have failed. But
they have learned to ride the winds and the seas to their advantage. We have
the same opportunity.

On this 30th Birthday, and as I approach my 80th – Good Luck and Carry On!

Harrison

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