Birgitt, This trip along memory lane was so valuable! Thank you for this
and for all your sharing of late. I know you have only recently jumped
back in and your depth, commitment and continuing love and passion for
Open Space inspire me greatly. <br><br>I know there are people like you out
there who were part of the beginnings of Open Space; many are still
actively involved in the community, others more absent on this list. It is a precious
gift to have you rejoin the fray hoping that others from the early
times will jump in to sharing their stories and insights. <br><br>And then how wonderful would it be if everyone,
newbies and others, felt comfortable to play, ask questions even the questions have been asked many times before knowing that that simple truths merit being spoken many times. <br><br>What fun if we could attract more people on the court of the OS list and fewer lurkers in the bleachers. A real party I'd say!<br>
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Suzanne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Birgitt Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com">birgitt@dalarinternational.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear Harrison,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I appreciate the document as a questing document and the sharing of your reflections. I think I misunderstood when I saw the word ‘invitation’, thinking you were asking something of those of us who cared to make some type of commitment to the undertaking. I have learned the importance of asking clarifying questions so that I can move beyond assumptions and into what is really being said. As you know, I have a deep loving passion for working with OST where and when possible, and have devoted a significant amount of my life energy to moving this work out into the world. From my perspective, I responded to a number of invitations, and so I was deeply curious about this one, like the raccoon who sees a piece of something shiny in the water, picks it up, and then examines it from all angles to determine what it is. I do recall you commenting on my raccoon type behavior before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">My story with the invitations goes something like this. Of course, it doesn’t begin with me as a blank slate but a whole person already living a vibrant adventurous life. I think all persons who ‘discover’ this work of OST come with a lot of unique gifts and interests. By the time I attended your first workshop in Canada in 1992, I had worked myself up to being the senior leader in a social/health service, had a love for the Medicine Wheel, the wisdom of Native American Elders, the ICHING, the Tarot, comparative religions, wise use of power as a female leader and the era of the resurgence of feminine energy in leadership, process theology, process facilitation, circle work, and I was questing for the missing ingredient to bring about the organizational transformation that was my mission from my Board of Directors. It was a heyday of excitement about the fairly new field of organizational transformation and how to achieve it. And so I embraced Open Space Technology and magical things happened. For those of you reading this in countries where it is important to distinguish between white and black magic, I mean white magic. Powerful and life nurturing. And so I accepted a number of invitations from you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">First, the invitation to sponsor OST trainings…I think I sponsored and co-sponsored about 7 of these. I also seemed to need to attend your training seven times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Second, the invitation to use OST frequently in my organization and from frequent use, to study what happened. This experiment has been recorded and went on from 92 through 95. This work continued on for all these years in other organizations, taking what we had learned and assisting others to achieve the same, learning new competencies and capacities that were needed to lead in constant change and emergence.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Third, the invitation to the first few OSONOS that you sponsored in Dulles, where initially about 30 of us came together and agreed that an annual event would be worthwhile and fun. Larry Peterson and I then hosted the first OSONOS that was not in Dulles, moving it internationally to Toronto Canada…and the journey began.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fourth, the invitation to fulfill your desire of having Open Space Institutes around the world. I was one of the four who declared the first Open Space Institute alive and well, December 1994 or 1995, in Canada, followed some six months later by the Open Space Institute in the USA at which I was also at the start up celebration.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fifth, the invitation to the Expanding our Now event in Oregon, I think in 1995. At that time, you were very keen on assisting people to ‘expand their now’ as a way of living and working. The 35 or so of us who gathered had quite an expanding experience, one which none of us is likely to forget. My ‘now’ expanded considerably beginning at that time so that I could see the visible worlds and the invisible worlds and that personal journey continues. I think some of what happened at that event informed your book by the same name and the guided meditation that you recorded. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Sixth, to use OST frequently anywhere and everywhere…wherever there is an opportunity. Still going on for me, almost twenty years worth of hundreds of OST meetings, some large, some small, some nationwide, some in private business, some in public sector. The ones that fascinate me the most are not the one time ones for conferences of some sort, but the ones inside of organizations when they have to figure out what to do with the outputs and outcomes in the face of an already existing organization with its policies and procedures and governance mechanisms….and how in the face of it all to achieve sustainable results.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Seventh, to offer trainings in OST and indeed I have done some dozens of these trainings in a number of countries. We have even now developed our training as on on-line offering.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">There are probably more invitations in there that I responded to. I know one was an invitation to friendship. Another was an invitation to create “Harrisy’s”….doing things differently than Harrison would do them. And I responded to the invitation to ‘open space’ so Spirit can show up. The only invitation that I know of that I did not respond to was the one to embrace ‘self organizing systems’. As you know, I am not on that particular page with you…self organizing behaviors within a ‘whole’ but not ‘self organizing systems’. And so, Harrison, after about 20 years of responding to different invitations, some thoughtfully, others by plunging right in, I was truly curious about this invitation and to figure out what you were hoping for from people like me beyond what we are already doing. I was ready to ‘play’.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Harrison Owen [mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 03, 2011 8:11 AM<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></div></div></span></p></div></div><div><div></div>
<div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt – I guess I am out of clarifiers. My intent was not so much a “call to commitment” as “reflections on life’s changing scene” with some thoughts about where we are, where we are going and what we might do along the way. If it had an intended audience that would probably be some of my diplomatic, military and executive friends – but the truth of the matter is that I just wrote it for myself. I have shared it with all sorts of folks, OST folks included. Maybe it is a “Questing Document?” – and the interesting thing about quests is that if you actually knew where you were going, you probably wouldn’t take the trip.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison Owen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls Dr.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">USA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Camden, Maine 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Birgitt Williams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 3:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank you Harrison for the clarity sharing, and for your patience with me as I seek clarity. I understand the first three points you make as deep beliefs that you have. And oh dear, I still struggle with the invitation part. I really want to find my alignment to the invitation so that I can figure out how I can contribute. As you said in your third point, with OST we have learned to initiate intentionally the opening of space as an essential condition for continuing life, indeed inspiring the seizing of life. Some of us have been at this a long time, and others for a short time. I think that there are a lot of people working at this, each for their own unique reasons. I believe this work will continue, emerge, and expand, again with each person involved bringing their own passion and expertise to the task. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I get that you are looking for commitment of people in the OS community to go beyond better meetings and to further enhance the naturally occurring opening of space. Are you speaking of what some of us talked about a long time ago…that in the ideal the OST facilitator and meeting wouldn’t be necessary as this way of ‘being’ would occur naturally? Or are you thinking of something else with the power of OST harnessed in a grander scale somehow? A little more guidance on this point and I believe I will understand…and I thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I will add a tale of my own which might be linked to some of my confusion. In the beginning with Creation and our Creator, the big open space of the world was set in motion for humanity. We cluttered this space up and then got trapped by some of what was created. Along came OST, and when we facilitate and participate in OST meetings, we see what is possible when we get rid of the clutter. There is space for more/new creation….hopefully of a useful and life nurturing nature. That new stuff, albeit quite exciting, then clutters up the space again. It seems to be part of our pattern as humans, with each iteration of the creation being seen by the creators as better than before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">With that tale in mind, is it that you are looking for commitment to create more space, or to find ways to sustain the open space that has been created for longer and longer periods?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Harrison Owen [mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt – Clarity? I’ll try.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Story goes like…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">From 50 years of thinking and looking, two conclusions and some follow-ons. I don’t know that they are “true” but they account for my experience.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">All Systems are open. All systems, human and otherwise are open to each other, interconnected, interdependent and always moving. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">All systems are self –organizing. The open, interconnected systems interact and co-evolve, each system making demands and offering gifts to all other systems. The result is a living community which dies, in whole or in part, when it runs out of time/space in which to grow.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Opening space provides the essential condition for continuing life. When space is opened for human communities, life can be renewed. This is an ongoing and natural process. And we have learned to initiate the process intentionally – which is what happens with Open Space Technology.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">To this point, our efforts have been limited to “better meetings” and a little bit beyond. Next act is enhancing the naturally occurring opening of space, the Tahrir Squares of this world… and much, much more. That’s the quest, I think – and the invitation. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison Owen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls Dr.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Camden, Maine 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Phone <a href="tel:301-365-2093" value="+13013652093" target="_blank">301-365-2093</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Birgitt Williams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 11:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank you Harrison…I appreciate the few sentences as this assists me in understanding what the invitation is that you are extending. My view of our present situation as Homo Sapiens is that we are, at this time in history, at one of the most important decision points we have ever faced. We have the choice, right now, in how we believe, act, and choose, to have the outcome of tyranny run rampant on the planet and humans subjected to it in a drama of predator and prey, or to believe, act and choose that which is life nurturing resulting in dignity, respect, and more. Open Space Technology and frequent use of it in all countries will make a significant contribution towards that which is life nurturing. This is already set in motion. I remember when you were in the early days of taking your training out on ‘the road’, often lugging a big box of self published books on top of your suitcase, finding friends to assist you to get this out into the world, and now having achieved world wide use of OST and still growing. There is nothing you would need to do to move this forward…it is in continued motion. You an amazing job my friend and that part of the legacy is going to be quite an interesting set of tales.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">And so please help me to understand what you are asking of us at this time. Yes, as you guessed, despite your careful words, I am still wanting clarity about what you are inviting us to participate in.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Harrison Owen [mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birgitt – I think Open Space Technology is just a beginning, but definitely a useful place to start. As for hoped for outcomes, I’d settle for the continuation of Homo sapiens with dignity and respect. No small task, but it should be fun. As for the legacy bit – I don’t really know what my legacy is or will be. I think it is in the nature of such things that they are best determined by others. One way or another – including nothing at all. Or something. And now have I totally confused the situation? </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">J</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison Owen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls Dr.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Camden, Maine 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Birgitt Williams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear Harrison,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I have given your reflections and invitation a lot of thought, not wanting to rush with a response, and wanting to search my heart. I find that before I can respond, I wish for more information from you. You see, there is the tale and there are the details. I can see the details, but I am unclear of what the tale is. I wish to respond to the tale, and not the details.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Is the tale that you are telling here your desire to leave a legacy beyond the legacy of leaving Open Space Technology in the world? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If this is a request regarding the legacy you wish to leave in the world, could you please put your desire of what you wish the legacy to be, into about three sentences for clarity. This would assist with the tale.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">What is the outcome for humanity that you wish to achieve with this legacy, assuming that the details of who works on it and how are taken care of without you needing to concern yourself with details?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Love to you, Birgitt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Harrison Owen [mailto:<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 8:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Suzanne<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Not to put words in Chris’s mouth – but I think what he had reference to was all those “Grand Summits” that were going to solve the problems of the world. Seems like everybody is doing it. I agree with Chris that their success rate is minimal at best, and that is being charitable. The reason,, from where I sit was that everybody got together and talked about what they had always been talking about, in the way that they had always been talking. Not surprisingly, doing more and more of what they had always done brought them to the same old places. But it is not so much the content as the manner of speaking. The Chair ruled and papers were presented. Genuine and useful conversations were at a minimum. So I don’t think it is a matter of “big” or “small” – but how it is all done. A conference for 7 Billion is not exactly a small one but for sure no Chair could rule.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I understand your feelings of overwhelm. And I strongly suspect that anybody currently living on the planet and even remotely connected to something more than their family or village will have those feelings. I sure do. On especially bad days, I find it useful to remember that – Given all the things that have happened, might have happened, shouldn’t have happened in the history of the species Homo sapiens, it is totally remarkable that we are still here to complain about how bad things have gotten. No doubt we have a full plate, and clearly no single person, small group, or even Grand Summit is going to come up with the magic bullet. That said, I know we have assets and resources we haven’t even begun to use. Definitely not the “same old, same old,” but that is what makes the present moment about as exciting as it gets. So don’t weaken and for sure you can’t do it all yourself – nobody can. But collectively, calling upon the wisdom of all the people, I think we have a damn good shot. A deep conversation with 7 Billion folks! Now that is something to conjure with and it is more than a theoretical possibility. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">So Keep the Faith Baby – and for sure it ain’t boring.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harrison Owen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">7808 River Falls Dr.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">USA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Camden, Maine 20854<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzanne Daigle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 02, 2011 7:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Chris thank you for sharing these insights, <br><br>So much of what you said resonates especially what Eleder also mentioned that "None of us are innocent bystanders anymore...". <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>For days since you wrote what you did I haven't been able to get something out of my mind. I fear that I risk confusing myself and others as I think it out loud struggling for clarity on the matter. Perhaps that is Harrison's invitation.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">My pondering refers to the 2 thoughts in bold:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"> "Big meetings aren't going to change things." and "In working with clients these days <b>I make sure that they aren't in love with the idea that their big Open Space is going to change the world. It's not."</b> and.....<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>"Instead billions of small and connected conversations, self-organizing their own insights and futures, hanging together and learning how to deal with the new reality and then sharing their stories with others"</b><u></u><u></u></li>
</ol><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> I am often conflicted by this "big" and "small"!</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;">
<p>Like so many people these days, I feel overwhelmed by the magnitude and complexity of issues that are out there at a national and global level. As hard as I try, I cannot ignore these. Whether it is sadness, fear and the feeling that my (our) efforts are like a small drop in a very big bucket or the feeling I have of hope and and bliss mixed with purpose and gratitude as we connect in small group conversations finding each other in the vulnerability of who we are and giving each other courage to create possibilities for a better future...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p> I think a lot about this "big" and "small".<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">It often seems that we cannot be satisfied making small changes in our small piece of the world be it our neighborhood, a department in a company, one hospital or one school, etc. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">When small groups achieve amazing things, it is often with an eye on the whole. It is where we find the greatest inspiration (or is that ego?). Where we bump into problems is when others in the whole, who are not involved, perceive we are fixing, imposing or intimating that something should be done for which they feel no ownership or connection. That we are better than they are. It seems we all want to invent and create for ourselves and yet we need each other so we are not forever re-inventing the wheel or worse being exclusive rather than inclusive towards each other. Bottom line, we're all connected. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Which takes me to the <b>"big meetings".</b> For right or for wrong, I cannot give up on those big Open Space meetings. I have attended/facilitated some (300+) where it seemed there were pockets of magic in the room. Granted some sessions seemed better than others. Big groups less effective than smaller groups. Whether is was the exhiliration of watching people write their topics or the intimacy felt in the big whole at closing circle, I know there is something courageous and special happening when people let themselves be seen and heard where many are present. Where things unravel is afterwards at least from the perspective of being able to replicate this feeling of the whole connected as it was. What I can't always know however is how many hubs connected, how many individuals were moved, touched and inspired leading them to initiate things they would not have had the courage to do before. What I do know is that I have been affected much in small and in large groups. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">These days, on the basis of what I learned working with the Creative New Jersey Open Space team, I am initiating and planning an event that has the potential to be big (150 - 200 or more people) working with a large planning group. Until New Jersey, I had never worked with such a large planning group (12 - 15 people) over many months to prepare an OS event before. It was not always easy but there were elements of greatness that stayed with me <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Now I see that by having many people involved in the planning, it's as if we are all hosts creating the invitation, knowing more deeply the intent of what we want to create with others, imagining those who will attend, speaking of them with the anticipation of friends meeting friends, colleagues meeting colleagues, struggling together about what will happen afterwards trying hard not to predict and control, being playful, working through conflicts and frustrations, etc. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I smile thinking that as we do this planning work now, few on the committee have experienced Open Space which was also the case in New Jersey. It is truly a giant leap of faith for them to invite people they know to a 2-day meeting where there are no speakers, power point presentations or even an agenda. Lots of bonding and trust happens because of this. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In summary then, on the big and the small, I hope there are ways that we can have it all. I'm still learning and experimenting. Maybe in the end, I will come to the conclusion that small is beautiful and where I most want to be. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, permit me to wish that WOSonOS in Chile be as big as it can be! <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Chris Corrigan <<a href="mailto:chris.corrigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.corrigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Thanks Harrison for these reflections from the Maine coast. I have given up on the power of the convened conference to make the changes that are needed in the world. Copenhagen was the final straw in that line of thought. Big meetings aren't going to change things. Instead billions of small and connected conversations, self-organizing their own insights and futures, hanging together and learning how to deal with the new reality and then sharing their stories with others. This is the power of the web and the social architectures that surround us now: we are all potential authors of our future and present states. None of us are innocent bystanders anymore, and thus we all have a stake in creating the solutions that are needed for the myriad acute problems thrown at us from the present moment.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">OST is a gift in this sense, but beyond that, it gives us a sense of how it feels to work in that unfamiliar, strange and ultimately empowering way. OST points the way to a skillful and hair-raising way to address the emerging future. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In working with clients these days I make sure that they aren't in love with the idea that their big Open Space is going to change the world. It's not. But it might activate enough leadership that a community or organization ends up finding a way out of whatever pickle they are in. Come to this gathering...you are invited to start something, and who knows where it will go...<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Much love to you my friend, and my friends.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Chris<br><br>---<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">CHRIS CORRIGAN<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com" target="_blank">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<br>On 2011-08-28, at 8:09 AM, Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">While waiting for Irene – she has now come and largely gone – but the waiting went on for a week or so. And in that time I started to write a note to myself. That note took on a life of its own and led me to some places I have been pondering, but never quite reached. I shared it with a few friends and they seemed to enjoy. So I make bold to offer it to you my friends on OSLIST. I guess that is appropriate, for the note has a lot to do with Open Space, our collective learning, and where we might go from here. Actually it is an invitation… and if curious go to:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://openspaceworld.com/August%20Morning.pdf" target="_blank">http://openspaceworld.com/August%20Morning.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harrison<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harrison Owen<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">7808 River Falls Dr.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Potomac, MD 20854<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">USA<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Camden, Maine 20854<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone <a href="tel:301-365-2093" target="_blank">301-365-2093</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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