5 Spheres of Sharing Collective Discoveries

One of the seven design principles of World Café practice – “Share Collective Discoveries” – really has my attention lately… I imagine this principle, sometimes referred to in practice as “harvesting”, as having several levels, or spheres. These...

Ba & World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals

In a recent Stewardship Council meeting welcoming new members Daisuke Yamaguchi (whose company translated the first World Cafe book into Japanese – see the essay he wrote for the World Cafe’s 20th Anniversary) and Sabine Soeder (whose grace and graphic...

An Essay for the World Café 20th Anniversary

Reflecting on the origin of the World Café and inquiring into the value that we should uphold as practitioners for the promising future… by Daisuke Kawaguchi, Chief Researcher, Human Value It has been 20 years since the World Café was born into this world by...