> statues of Harrison Owen in town squares everywhere
i've heard there are already hundreds if not thousands of them sprinkled around the globe. all invisible, of course! -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 5:28 PM markacarmel <markacar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Sir Michael Herman, I remember you for sure. > Mark > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Michael Herman <mich...@michaelherman.com> > Date: 1/8/19 3:57 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Cc: Mark Carmel <markacar...@gmail.com>, Thomas Herrmann < > tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Report From The Field > > I looked hard at your name, Mark, and didn't recognize it. But I have > heard your story, and even told a very abbreviated version from time to > time! Thanks! And thanks Harrison for making that connection. Michael > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 15:55 Thomas Herrmann via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > >> Great read! >> Now I will sleep well. >> Opening Space tomorrow, warms my 💔 >> We rock >> Appreciatively >> Thomas >> >> Skickat från min iPhone >> >> 8 jan. 2019 kl. 23:47 skrev Harrison Owen via OSList < >> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>: >> >> For reasons known only to the CyberGods I somehow missed Mark’s offering. >> But I didn’t miss what followed… Mark’s language is (0n occasion) off >> putting. But having known him for a long time, his heart is definitely in >> the right place (even if it isn’t YOUR place). J >> >> >> >> When I first meet Mark (25 years ago?) he had the exalted title of >> Superintendant of Roads (I think) in a Colorado County -- Pueblo. I don’t >> know what that totally involved – but one thing was the snow plowing >> operations on some of the nastiest parts of the American Rockies. Serious >> business with marginal room for error lest you go over the edge. Each Fall, >> the plow operators would be gathered for a “education” session on “better >> plowing.” Experts would hold forth, and the drivers, presumably, got >> smarter. Then came Mark. He turned the gathering over to the real experts >> (the drivers) – and it was all in Open Space. Came up with a catchy title: >> Roads Scholars! Then it seemed that the Governor of Colorado needed to work >> with all “his” County Execs. Mark was called upon for the job. He ended up >> as a County Executive … which is a political job equal to President in many >> (smaller) countries. Frankly, I have always stood in awe of Mark – opening >> space in the middle of a political morass. He’s good – but definitely odd. >> I’m pleased to call him my friend. >> >> >> >> ho >> >> >> >> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org >> <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org>] *On Behalf Of *Marai Kiele via >> OSList >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:32 PM >> *To:* ost list international >> *Cc:* Marai Kiele; Mark Carmel >> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Report From The Field >> >> >> >> Dear Mark, >> >> >> >> I appreciate your flow of energy and appreciation, both for OST and >> Harrison! >> >> I am fascinated, hearing about the „at that time“ largest educational >> transformation group and I honour you as someone who has walked the trails >> of OST before me. >> >> >> >> At the same time, I notice my resentment in regard to this part of your >> sharing: >> >> >> >> "beware of the evil spirits that seek the status quo at all >> costs“ and "fortify oneself against the forces that WILL seek to >> undermine change". >> >> >> >> I actually don’t live within a paradigm of something like „evil spirits“, >> and I find myself quite „resistant" to changing that world-view. I also >> don’t believe in setting myself up „against“ anything, but instead I >> believe in focusing on what is wanted. For me, this would include honouring >> those with a different perspective on what I desire (which might be change >> or transformation in regard to a specific subject). >> >> >> >> I have heard the term, „the client is resistant“ both in therapy and >> consulting contexts, and I notice great discomfort within me towards this >> kind of label. >> >> >> >> Not mostly, but also from my personal experience of someone giving me >> that „batch of honour". Someone who didn’t understand my perspective and >> how I was actually serving a group with my intervention. It has now >> happened to me several times that someone said to me (sometimes years >> later): „NOW I get you! I thought you were just annoying/resistant, but you >> were right / actually ahead of us with your perspective“. >> >> >> >> And.. there are times when I am not at all ahead, but truly resistant to >> change. For example because of different priorities. >> >> >> >> I will never forget the disbelief of the person at the iPhone help desk >> of my mobile phone provider: >> >> >> >> I called to ask how to activate my new iPhone 6. Which had been sitting >> in my desk for OVER A YEAR unused, after I had received the new model. He >> couldn’t believe that I hadn’t activated it right away. I imagine he might >> have shared that story during his coffee break with colleagues and all of >> them shaking their heads or laughing about that strange client. >> >> I just hadn't wanted to let go of my iPhone 3s (until I really had to >> because I couldn’t get software updates anymore). Back then, I so preferred >> its design. I mostly used it to make calls, not for the internet, and it >> fit so nicely into my hand and the back pocket of my jeans… Clearly a >> criteria that many tech savvy people will not find as important at I did! >> >> >> >> So the „moral“ of my story: What might be the things that other people >> value which we don’t understand, when we judge them as „resistant“? >> >> >> >> I very much appreciate how that perspective is embodied in this short >> video, narrated by Charles Eisenstein: >> >> >> >> What is it like to be you? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStmnodUpOo >> >> >> >> Also, isn’t OST based on invitation? And if there is something like >> „resistance to following an invitation“, is it a true invitation in the >> first place? >> >> >> >> (Kudos to Dan Mezick and Mark Sheffield and their book on >> Inviting Leadership) >> >> >> >> With respect, >> >> Marai >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Am 08.01.2019 um 02:41 schrieb Mark Carmel via OSList < >> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>: >> >> >> >> Greetings Fellow OST Practitioners! >> >> >> >> It is an honor to join you once again. I met the great Harrison Owen in >> the early 1990's and began immediately facilitating Open Space. I hope >> some of you remember me. Guided by Harrison's mentor-ship I set the world >> record with a 700 person group in 1993, the largest at the time for an >> educational transformation. >> >> >> >> To my fellow followers of His Honor, Harrison "The GREAT" Owen, THE >> Inventor of the Magic and Miracle of OPEN SPACE, (or the Receiver, from the >> Great Inventor...) I honor you for carrying on His Legacy. >> >> >> >> May I suggest to ALL, that when the Space is Opened to the Spirit of >> Change, you are playing with the fire of the crucible right there, >> fomenting the ferver that IS the crux of CHAOS, and thus bringing out the >> very, very Good in people, and also, sometimes, the bad. In all your >> preparations, beware of the evil spirits that seek the status quo at all >> costs, sometimes, literally. Change dies hard, as it is said, and in >> America, we now live in Retaliation Nation, where change, may be, and is, >> often, met with resistance. >> >> >> >> To fortify oneself against the forces that WILL seek to undermine change >> (and not in an open way, quite the contrary), and undermine the change >> agents championing change, one tidbit of hopefully useful observation is >> warranted: Make SURE Leadership is SOLID! >> >> >> >> It is such a joy to see O.S.T. alive and well. We ALL have Harrison to >> thank for His Gift of the Spirit of Human Understanding, Peace, and >> Reconciliation. Thank YOU, dear Father Harrison Owen!! >> >> >> >> Cheers! Long May OST Live!! >> >> >> >> O - Open Invitation >> >> S - System Innovation >> >> T - Transformation Communication >> >> >> >> Peace!! >> >> >> >> Mark Carmel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > -- > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > http://MichaelHerman.com > http://OpenSpaceWorld.org > > >
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