The me you see in me is the me I want to be
Change happens at the speed of relationships: HATCH Arcosanti
I am almost beyond words, which is an edge I love.
I spent last week at HATCH Arcosanti. I was not supposed to go and was a last-minute addition to the team so I came in playing catch up on the planning. All I knew was there was a clear focus on facilitating the relationships and trusting collaboration or outcomes would occur organically if the collisions and connections were nurtured. Sign me up.
I have been part of HATCH for 12 years now and have seen it grow, change, stumble, recover, learn, unlearn, relearn, and evolve. It has become increasingly hard to bring people together and I am so proud of how HATCH keeps getting better and clearer on its role and purpose. One of the HATCH alumni, John Kania of The Collective Change Lab said “Change happens at the speed of relationships” and I don’t know a better place to go to accelerate real relationships than HATCH. Not a network. Not a party. Not a conference.
Something more akin to kin.
Or kindred. Kindred creative, hopeful, hardworking, scary smart, driven, imaginative, outside the box, inside the heart leaders across an array of industries. And not just shining a light on them and their dizzying accomplishments, but finding the light inside them where they might be unsure, lonely, hesitant for the big bold step, dreaming, unseen. Sometimes the people most recognized on the outside are the least seen on the inside.
I have been to more HATCH events than I can count and they all have this thread of amazing people. They are unique in their chemistry. And I have shown up in a variety of ways which I am sure impacted my experience— eager and looking for opportunity, lonely and wanting to connect, insecure, secure, burnt out, burning. And each time I have found a bit more of what I needed.
When I attempt to sum it up why I keep going to HATCH it is this: The me you see in me is the me I want to be.
From my purpose to my passion to my potential, the HATCH community has always reflected something I strive to be. Being surrounded by mirrors like that is a gift I will never take for granted and am committed to giving back to others.
Everyone wants to accelerate solutions, or projects, or profits. But all will continue to fall short without trust and connection. HATCH is accelerating and building real relationships and collaborations with heart at the heart, right where it belongs. It has changed me, over and over, one relationship at a time.
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A beautiful and spot on reflection on what Hatch means but more importantly what it FEELS like. I've only had the pleasure of going to two events and both times I have emerged revitalized and connected with life long friends I just met.