It took me a while to digest my experiences at the Nexus for Change conference, and I had some temporary problems of posting on this list.
I am surprised that nobody else posted reports on this extraordinary event here in this list. During the Nexus conference, I posted a couple of articles on my blog: http://www.change-management-blog.com/. Some of the highlights include: The conference started with an exciting exercise facilitated by Sandra Janoff (Future Search Network): She facilitated a time line which allowed us to look at the fourty years history of the Whole Systems Change Movement. I have filmed the storyline and published it as a three part video on YouTube (will publish it as a one part movie on Google video tonight - watch my blog). Watch 20 minutes of collective memory of 80 folks who were part of this history, told by Barbara Bunker, Dick Axelrod, Peggy Holman and others: http://www.change-management-blog.com/2008/04/story-of-change-told-at- nexus.html Further, there is an audio interview with Steve Cady and Emily Axelrod on the future of Nexus: http://www.change-management-blog.com/2008/04/nexus-provides-space-to- explore.html My summary of the event? It was good to connect with many people in a short time. In 2007, Nexus started with the idea of convening those people who live the content of Peggy Holmanâs, Steve Cadyâs and Tom Devaneâs Change Handbook. It is good to be reassured that those folks share a systemic and a humanistic perspective. So, in essence, a movement has emerged which needs to grow and to mature. Do we need such a forum? Absolutely yes. Will it become a self-organizing system, a super-network of networks? I am not so sure. But I hope. Future will tell. It is not yet entirely clear what kind of child has been given birth to in 2007. What is Nexus actually? Does Nexus deal with large systems change only, or with change in general (which would include personal transformation, coaching, systemic team development methods etc.)? Is Nexus a movement of systems thinkers? Who is invited? Who is not invited? If Nexus is inclusive of anybody, are there any boundaries? Is it a global or basically an American network which warmly welcomes guests from abroad? It is good that these questions arenât answered yet because this increases the inclusivity of the network and the curiosity of those who show up. But â as the Open Space movement and other informal networks have shown, time will come when these questions are looking for their answers. Best, Holger Nauheimer Change Facilitation Global Network for Exploring, Creating, and Celebrating Change * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
