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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Have fun up there in Maine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Love and a big hug from across the great pond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Koos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>Namens </b>Hege Steinsland via OSList<br><b>Verzonden:</b> vrijdag 26 juni 2015 8:34<br><b>Aan:</b> Christine Whitney Sanchez; World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>CC:</b> Harrison Owen<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [OSList] 30 Years ... and Counting!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I´ts such a gift to be abel to read your thoughts, insights and shared wisdom over and over again, Harrison!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you and God bless!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hege <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>26. juni 2015 kl. 04:18 skrev Christine Whitney Sanchez via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You have blessed me, blessed our community and blessed the world with Open Space and self-organization all the way down. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><DSC02116.jpeg><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Love,<br><br>Christine<br><clip_image002.png><br>Christine Whitney Sanchez, M.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Phoenix, AZ, USA • +1.480.759.0262<br><a href="http://www.innovationpartners.com/">www.innovationpartners.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><a href="http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/">www.christinewhitneysanchez.com</a><br> <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/CWhitneySanchez">Twitter </a><br style='orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 25, 2015, at 6:47 PM, David Osborne via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Wonderful note......<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your constant inspiration, challenge and guidance Harrison.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Harrison via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Come this 4<sup>th</sup> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>What happens next is definitely your responsibility. Having entered into my 80<sup>th</sup> year, I am well past the age of discretion. But I do have a few thoughts that may, or may not, be germane.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>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). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>On this 30<sup>th</sup> Birthday, and as I approach my 80<sup>th</sup> – Good Luck and Carry On!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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