[OSList] International House NYC - 1 week ago

[Suzanne Daigle]

Dear friends and colleagues,

I am still brimming from last week in New York City attending the annual
gathering hosted by Karen Davis and Harrison.  I feel we are living the
exponential growth of Open Space where 6 degrees of separation feels more
like 3 degrees of separation. Where Global becomes Local and Local becomes
Global.

Often we are asked what happens after an Open Space. Well in this case I
can say there is very strong evidence of a lot that has and is happening.
Coincidentally this past weekend, there was another Creative New Jersey
Open Space, the 5th or the 6th such event after the first that Chuni Li and
I worked on together in 2011. Chuni and I met at International House and it
led us to work together a few months later. That collaboration led to a
series of events self-directed and self-led in Open Space. Information on
this here: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeNJ  and at Creative New Jersey.
<http://www.creativenj.org/>

Thinking about other familiar faces who were in New York at International
House over the years, whose paths crossed and reflecting on  the areas that
each represent and how much we have all been helping each other, I am in
awe:  Technology (Agile/Scrum/Kanban); Science, Education, Social Justice,
Business, Arts, etc. I was struck about how and when people met, how they
stayed connected and how they have worked and supported each other on Open
Space events that have happened over the past few years.

It led me to create a rough mind
map<https://drive.google.com/?usp=folder&authuser=0#folders/0B0hJ8JesQDPAOUxpYmNKNGozTFk>with
the names of folks who were at International House this year to
realize that by attending an Open Space event in Orlando Florida in 2010
that Harrison was facilitating, it led to multiple collaborations, deep
friendships and many Open Space events not the least of which our World
Open Space in Florida last year.

What is also amazing are the deep personal friendships that even extend to
our families. For example, Chuni Li invited Ms. Song, Hulu and a few of us
for supper at her home on the night after the International House Open
Space.  We ended up staying overnight and some stayed most of the week due
to the big winter storm. Impossible to describe the warm hospitality of the
Li family.

Check this link http://bit.ly/peacenewsroom:  if you want to peak at what
happened in New York at International House (summary reports, graphics,
photos, etc), with the before and after photos showing the important
discussions and how much we have become part of each others' lives from
clients and facilitators to friends, united by wanting to make a
difference, all of us so grateful that Open Space came into our lives.  So
thank you OS list, thank you Harrison, Karen and everyone for enriching my
life with friends and purpose.

And looking ahead it's pretty darn exciting to see the tribes of tribes
(other groups like HRockstars) becoming connected with our Open Space
community and vice versa.

Warm greetings to all on this fine Monday morning, one week after being at
International House on Martin Luther King day.

Suzanne






-- 
Suzanne Daigle
Open Space Facilitator
NuFocus Strategic Group

FL 941-359-8877
Cell: 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroup.com
s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
twitter @suzannedaigle
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