CALLING FOR COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF NLP

That’s what we did! By envisioning and creating the book Innovations in NLP— Volume I, we called for (and we actually demonstrated) collaboration in the field of NLP. That was my goal, my aim, my intention, and my dream. And it happened this past weekend in London at the annual NLP Conference. And at this moment I think that what we started may indeed begin to operate as a powerful self-organizing attractor in this field. That is, it may just provide a first step, a model, a template for what collaboration among us could look like and how it can actually work.

After the launch of the book—the tossing with glasses of wine and the book signing by the 14 co- authors who were present—6 people came up to me and asked, “What do I have to do to be a contributor in Volume II?” How about that? By creating a forum (the book) where people could contribute and be recognized for their contributions, people now want to give! They want to offer what their gifts, passions, experiences leads them to give. Without the forum, that would not (has not) happened.