Participants and their reasons for coming

Louise Koch 

Why have you decided to accept this invitation?

Because I for quite a time have known about the art of hosting and now I feel ready to really step in. I joined Pioneers of Change for real in the autumn and participated in the Global Journey in Brazil, which was a very great experience.

I work with user centered innovation and participatory processes and I am looking forward to feeling more confident in my role as a host and being truly familiar with the methods of World Café, OST, AI etc.

I am also very much looking forward to becoming part of the community of hosts.


What are your most burning questions about your own practice of Hosting conversations that matter?

How can I host conversations that let the participants think, talk and act from their deepest place of wisdom, inspiration and holistic thinking?


What are the next strategic or important conversations you are planning to host after this training? Or, what's the new project you intend to initiate?

The next important conversation for me will be a start up workshop for the participants in a new project about developing methods for user-centered innovation in the public sector.  I will be part of the project team myself (and therefore this might not be a good example?)

Then it will be a start up workshop in the same project but with the participants from the public sector - e.g. people from the municipal administration, parents of children in day care institutions, and the children themselves.

Other important workshops/conversations coming up will be start up of an innovation project on tools and methods for laparoscopic operations. This conversation will involve people from the company producing the tools (the sponsors of the project), doctors from different hospitals, experts in the field. During this project I will be hosting interview and development workshops with lead users in the field in order to share knowledge, identify problems and opportunities, and develop new solutions.