Convergence

Talking about the book (Presence), it's not only fanstastic, but its magic involved me since I touched the book. Look at the story I wrote to AIESEC International recently, for the purpose of a case study.

"This last week I had the opportunity to witness a fantastic moment of convergence. Everything started when I discovered a new great library in Sydney and borrowed a book related to sustainability and learning organisations, subjects I've been studying deeply since a certain point of my AIESEC experience.

From the library, I went directly to the house of the Romanian intern, Salma, who was hosting a Russian night, organised by another intern, Marina.

Arriving there, I met some members of the sustainability learning group we created here in Sydney, who automatically got interested in the book, as well as Mel and Ausra from the national committee of AIESEC in Australia, who recently looked for theoretical references about organisational development, read the book and got absolutely excited about it.

On the next day, Cornelia, the AIESEC International leader of the virtual corporate responsibility team I'm part of, sent us a website as inspiration for our next steps in engaging AIESEC leaders in the initiative, which was based in the exact same concepts.

Breathless with the coincidence, I sent the book recommendation to my Brazilian AIESEC mates, as well as to the CSR Directors of ERM and Philips in Latin American, with whom I worked last year as External Relations Director and who were absolutely thrilled about receiving the indication. They responded right away, asking for a conceptual discussion and for more news from my side.

I guess this little story, happened in 2 days-time, represents a bit what AIESEC has been to me: a fantastic space to discover myself and the world, and especially a place where I can find extraordinary people, who are converging to build something beautiful!

PS: Just as I finish writing this story, I receive a post card from Henrique, alumnus currently in Denmark, inviting me to start a practical entrepreneurial initiative about learning organisations in Brazil. Apparently the building phase has already started!"