[Oe List ...] Jon Jenkins

Evelyn Philbrook joyful52 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 14 22:21:09 CDT 2010


Much thanks to you John Epps, well said, and blessings to the Jenkins 
family,

Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook

jlepps at pc.jaring.my wrote:
> Jon Jenkins lived his life as a symbol of what the Order stood for. He 
> came across as thoughtful, outspoken, and skillful in the use of 
> consensus-building methods. His role in the development of the LENS 
> strategic planning process and of the Human Development Projects was 
> exemplary.
>
> Jon's contributions to history include helping make the social process 
> triangles and the Other World chart accessible to a wider audience, 
> and helping to transpose the NRM into Nine Disciplines of a 
> Facilitator. His co-authorship of the International Facilitator's 
> Companion and development and management of the IAF Methods Database 
> provided access to innumerable resources for those of us engaged in 
> encouraging organizations to adopt a collaborative, participative 
> style of operation. One cannot hope to name another's contributions to 
> history with any degree of adequacy, but these are a few of Jon's that 
> are notable.
>
> Jon lived the transestablishment style, always working to transform 
> society. He came to that perspective from the disestablishment 
> posture, and never quite relinquished that perspective. Conformity was 
> anathema to Jon. The perversions, distortions, and contradictions of 
> established institutions were intolerable to him, and he voiced his 
> perceptions without hesitation, whether the object be ICA, IAF, or 
> society at large. But you always sensed Jon was not simply being 
> negative; rather, he had cherished values he was protecting and 
> promoting. While Jon often seemed such a serious person, he would 
> often surprise us with a wild burst of creativity, like the request to 
> find a go-cart track in Kuala Lumpur so that he could bring a client 
> group there for team-bonding.
>
> It seems strange to think of Jon as an evangelist, but his passion for 
> making available to a wide audience the insights, methods, and 
> practices that promote full humanness certainly qualifies him for the 
> title. The task of teaching facilitation at university level in 
> Groningen is just one more way in which he played out the role.  We 
> were so impressed seeing Jon's students help organize a recent IAF 
> Europe Facilitators' conference in his university in Groningen.
>
> It's with the utmost respect and appreciation that we bid farewell to 
> our colleague and friend, Jon Jenkins, and commit him to the Mystery 
> which he served.
>
> In gratitude,
>
> John and Ann Epps
>
>
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