We can be wise only together – Margaret J. Wheatley

Discovery Cafes offer a hosted forum for professional and organizational development. Modeled after the World Cafe concept originated by Juanita Brown and David Isaacs, Discovery Cafes bring together business leaders and professionals in a collective conversation to explore issues that matter to the heart, the mind and the bottom line.

 Consider a Cafe format for your next gathering if you are:

• Helping your organization restructure or adjust in the face of current economic challenges
• Responsible for the sustainable growth and development of a business, organization or community
• An executive or manager seeking stakeholder buy-in on corporate social responsibility and environmental initiatives
• A developer of green or eco-friendly products and services
• A marketer trying to reposition existing brands or products for the conscious consumer
• A community leader, educator, public servant, professional with a vision to make a difference, or perhaps, even change the world.

About the World Cafe

The innovative design of World Cafe enables groups--often numbering in the hundreds of people--to participate together in evolving rounds of dialogue with three or four others while at the same time remaining part of a single, larger connected conversation. Small, intimate conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into questions or issues that really matter.

As the network of new connections increase, knowledge-sharing grows. A sense of the whole becomes increasingly strong. The collective wisdom of the group becomes more accessible, and innovative possibilities for action emerge.

• The World Café reintroduces us to a world we have forgotten...
• A world where people naturally congregate because we want to be together.
• A world where we enjoy the age-old process of good conversation; where we’re not afraid to talk about things that matter most to us.
• A world of simple greeting, free from technology and artificiality.
• A world that constantly surprises us with the wisdom that exists not in any one of us but in all of us.
• And a world where we learn that the wisdom that we need to solve our problems is available when we talk together.

---

Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites