It all began when someone called Harrison Owen noticed that the best learning and best conversations at most big conferences and events were happening in the coffee breaks.  Oh dear.

Conference organisers spend loads of time, effort and money arranging formats, flying experts across the world etc; when actually all the resources that everyone needed were in the room all the time.  So, the breakthrough thought was ‘What if events could be like one long coffee break ?’

And so, a whole new way of working was born.

Now groups of dozens or hundreds can be supported to manage their own agendas, to prioritise what they need to talk about most, to make the most of their own resources and to record what needs to be recorded.  The potential of systems and networks can be unleashed.

And yet, we still seem to be addicted to running events with experts on the stage, telling us stuff that we could have found out from reading their books or websites and then people in the audience asking questions that for the most part aren’t questions at all, but rather statements of how clever they think they are.  Why do we do this ?  Shouldn’t we know better ?

If you want to explore the freedom and creativity of Open Space, then get in touch.  Why not let people choose the conversations they have for themselves ?