world cafe - conversations that count

As a conversational process, the World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter. These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community. As a process, the World Café can evoke and make visible the collective intelligence of any group, thus increasing people’s capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims.

Xenergie facilitators are skilled in hosting and animating world café events, stimulating and drawing out meaningful conversations that will make a difference to the way you work .  Held in a relaxed, café style atmosphere designed to evoke creative thought, world café events fuel thought for a whole array of initiatives including:

 

 

Events can last from a half day through to a whole week of conversations depending on the spirit of the enquiry.   This is an amazing powerful process which evokes the real thoughts and feelings within your company in a safe and engaging manner.

The integrated design principles of world café have been distilled over the years as a guide to intentionally harnessing the power of conversation for business and social value. When used in combination, they provide useful guidance for anyone seeking creative ways to foster authentic dialogue in which the goal is thinking together and creating actionable knowledge.

As a living network pattern, the World Café refers to a living network of conversations that is continually co-evolving as we explore questions that matter with our family, friends, colleagues, and community. The metaphor of the "World as Café" helps us notice these invisible webs of dialogue and personal relationships that enable us to learn, create shared purpose,  evoke collective intelligence and shape life-affirming futures together.

For more information please contact Lorna McDowell .