No agenda necessary.

Never underestimate the value of conversation.

Ever felt as though you had to justify, or account for, time you were going to spend meeting up with people for a catch up? Perhaps you’ve even had to put it onto the dreaded time sheet? Or even had to discuss ‘the agenda’ beforehand?

Truth is, when good people want to share time with you, with no specific agenda other than catching up, it’s an enormous compliment. It doesn’t require justification. Time is precious, and people don’t give it away freely.

Catching up in person is a wonderful opportunity to talk openly and freely on a variety of topics, sharing thoughts, ideas and experiences, without any expectancy of a specific outcome.

So often, it’s this lack of agenda or expectation that opens up all kinds of possibilities and opportunities, one’s that only reveal themselves in the moment. Sure, agendas have their place, but so often all we really need are good people, like-minded people, getting together, grabbing a coffee (and maybe some toast :) and letting the dialogue flow.

It’s human, it’s fun, it feels good, and in my experience, it’s sometimes the birthplace of some of the very best ideas, collaborations, learnings and outcomes. Conversation should never be underestimated.

‘The best way to honour someone who has said something smart and useful is to say something back that is smart and useful. The other way to honour them is to go do something with what you learned’.

Seth Godin