Where else in the world would you get to attend a program where the audience is as stimulating as the presenters?
In the past the only way you could really know this was in the breaks. Those short sessions where you duck to the ‘loo’, grab a muffin, chat to some new people briefly and then almost with regret have to break up the chat to go back into the learning session.
Well what if the whole program was as good as the break? What if you just had a whole event dedicated to the mutual sharing of ideas between some truly great thinkers and subject matter experts? Would it be chaos?
The summits will be built around the phenomenally successful OPEN Spaces format. This structured approach to unstructured meetings has been used in the United Nations assembly discussions and in small regional communities in the outback. It works!
Of course you have to take our word for it the first time. After a few minutes though you too will come to see this as one of the most natural and effective way for people to get together to share, learn and meet.
What is Open Space? Open Space is one way to enable all kinds of people, in any kind of organisation, to create inspired meetings and events. In Open Space meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance.
The Four Principles of Open Space
Who ever comes is the right people
Whatever happens is all that could have
Whenever it starts is the right time
When it is over, it is over
It breaks the old school one way communication mode that so many gatherings perpetuate.
The Law of Two Feet implies that if, after being part of a session you are no longer interested in, you have permission to leave. The law puts responsibility for your own actions on your own shoulders.
Bumblebees and Butterflies are for those people who wish to use their two feet and 'flit' from meeting to meeting. These people can pollinate and cross-fertilize, lending richness and variety to the discussions.
Three things that could go wrong:
1. The experiences have no structure and therefore achieve nothing with your valuable investment of time and money. 2. The people and issues being discussed don't interest you. 3. You could be exposed to some truly paradigm changing idea and have your mind stretched so far that it never regains its original dimensions.
Not only do we not apologise for the likelihood that you might just think differently when you finish the day - we hope that’s exactly what happens. Indeed thats the role of thought leadership.