Well. That was fun.
David, Toby and I met for breakfast. Ostensibly to plan the event. In fact, Toby cleverly sent me off on a wild goose chase thereby stopping me making too many 'organisational' suggestions. Those that I did make were totally ignored.
And a good job too.
About eighteen delightful people turned up with all sorts of interesting angles on creativity. We had writers and entrepreneurs and broadcasters and enthusiasts of all flavours. All chatting like old friends. If the objective was to lift our spirits, I'd say the meetup was an unqualified success. If it was to give us glimpses into other peoples' lives, I'd say the same.
What won't surprise others who are into 'networking' already is that most of us like working with people we like. And the 'creativity' hook and the fact the meetup was during the day meant that the people that arrived were already predisposed to resonate. Who knows what will come out of it? What I do know is that if I ever need an insider in any of the areas of discussion I engaged in, my first port of call will be a fellow CCC attendee.
Thanks David and Toby. You know more than most how you almost had to drag me there. It was terrific.
And ran totally counter to my 'organisational' instincts. Serendipitous in the extreme.