Name: What If Presence Doesn’t Create Collaboration?
Start: 2026-05-21T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-21T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Carpenter House

$What If Presence Doesn\u2019t Create Collaboration?$

Designing the conditions for innovation and collaboration.
About this Event

Most organisations say they want to be more collaborative. More innovative. More connected. So they bring people together:

back into the office
into more meetings
into away days and shared spaces

Because it feels like the right thing to do. But what if presence doesn’t create collaboration?What if simply being together — or asking people to show up — isn’t enough to produce the outcomes you’re expecting?

This interactive workshop with Sarah Dena, The Culturevators & Debbie Watts, Ashlar ID challenges how we think about collaboration and innovation, and explores what really makes teams work better together.

What you’ll do

This is a practical, thinking workshop — not a talk.

You’ll work through three core lenses:

1. People: Needs & Motivation

What do people actually need to feel to collaborate well?
Where are those needs currently being met — or missed?

2. Environment: Physical & Virtual

What do your spaces (office, home, digital) signal about how to work?
Where do they enable — or constrain — collaboration?

3. Culture: Everyday Conditions

What behaviours are being reinforced day-to-day?
Where is there a gap between intention and lived experience?

The shift we’ll challengeInstead of asking:

“How do we get people together?”

We’ll explore:

“What conditions need to exist for people to collaborate — and how do we create them?”

What you’ll leave with

A clearer definition of the conditions required for collaboration and innovation in your context
Insight into the gap between intention and reality
A practical way to redesign moments, environments or interactions immediately
A new lens on presence, choice and performance

Who this is forLeaders, founders, and anyone responsible for: