Business meetings used to come in one flavor: dull. New approaches are creating meetings that people enjoy, often organized in scant time, and at minimal cost. These meetings are not events; there’s typically activity before and after. If something is working well, why not share it with everyone? And why not keep it alive as long as you can?

Successful gatherings are those where everyone participates. No better-than-thou. No podium. No positions carved in stone. Instead of presentations, participants have conversations. Free-range learners co-discover new ways to look at things. practice, although you may not have thought of it that way.