Some of you know that I've been on the fringes of the emergent conversation for a while. Well, on April 24-26, I'm gathering with a group of twenty other folks in Washington DC to work together in re-imagining the future of Emergent Village. Participants will include both long-time practitioners and new innovators - not sure which, if any, category I fit into.
Anyhow, our goal is not to pontificate on the elusive question of “What is Emergent?” Instead, we will seek to create an environment where we can begin to see what form this organism wants to have. What do we need to let go of in our assumptions, and what is waiting to be born? What is already happening naturally that we should organize ourselves to support? Where is the life and how does that life get nurtured? What is important about the past ten years that needs to be conserved? What should be left behind? As a first step, the Emergent Village board of directors has already begun a transitioning process toward repopulating a new board.
I'm intrigued and curious about what this weekend will be like and, in a real way, I feel exhausted just thinking about the massive and 'heady' extent of it all.
I'm sure I'll be twittering away, follow me: @wendy_johnson.
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