Is there a magic formula for creating chemistry during a meeting, event, or conference?

The short answer? No.  And, yes, Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.

We start by getting crystal clear on the event’s purpose . Next up: Who and how many to invite.

“It’s not scientific. And yet the size of a gathering shapes what you will get … continue reading

1: In May 2014, when Dean Baquet took over as the executive editor of The New York Times, he inherited an almost seventy-year-old tradition that no longer satisfied the needs of the newsroom or the newspaper’s readers.

The “Page One” meeting at The Times had achieved legendary status through the years. It’s been called one of the most consequential meetings on earth. Starting in 1946, each day, the paper’s … continue reading

1: How might we re-imagine how our courts work?  

That’s precisely what the Red Hook Community Justice Center, located in Brooklyn, New York, set out to do. “Founded in 2000, in the wake of a crisis, in a neighborhood struggling with poverty and crime, the center wanted to change the relationship between the community and law enforcement,” Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why … continue reading

1: Life is about relationships.  

We spend our personal and professional lives gathering with others. “And we spend much of that time in uninspiring, underwhelming moments that fail to capture us, change us in any way, or connect us to one another,” Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.

“Gathering—the conscious bringing together of people for a reason—shapes the … continue reading