Making the Invisible Visible

May 4, 2012 Leave a comment

I am so proud of my colleague, Gibran Rivera, for the due recognition that he has received lately in various quarters for his deep thinking and transformative work.  And I am grateful for how eloquently he captures the nature and intention of our collective work the Interaction Institute for Social Change in a recent interview:

“IISC seeks to make the invisible visible. When we are successful, people find themselves working in ways that are life-giving, generative, and unlike most of their experiences of working together.  We achieve this by paying close attention to process. Process works best when everyone knows what it is and where we are [in] it. But process is not enough. We seek to create spaces and conditions that foster connectivity at the level of authentic relationship. When we are working in authentic relationship with one another, when we learn to connect to each other in the place where our shared purpose meets, then it can feel like the work is happening all by itself. But these spaces have to be designed; they have to be held and they have to be tended to. This is where we come in. And this is how interconnectedness becomes palpable.”

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  • Jen Willsea says:

    Right on!

  • Cynthia Silva Parker says:

    Yes! I spent a little while this morning with several folks from Boston who attending the Transforming Race conference back in March. Every single person pointed to the sense of community and connectedness they felt as a highlight of the experience. There is nothing like being with our “tribe,” exploring together how to do the work we so deeply desire to seen done in the world!

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