Business Week tells you “what went on at the clandestine affair.”
This year’s motley bunch included an assorted portfolio of designers; businesspeople, investors and MBA graduates; a tech systems architect who was also a former Navy Seal; and a tai chi master. The mean age was in the high 30s, with several people over 60 and a few in their mid-20s. “Despite coming from different backgrounds, we’re all risk takers We don’t fit in normal places so we make positions for ourselves,” says Dila, 45, who also has a PhD in philosophy.
You must know someone in the so-called club to get invited—conference organizers change annually and the event is not promoted. Planners capped attendance at 50 people and there is no intent to let in more. The fee: $850.
Hey now! I was there and I have video to prove it:
I asked a bunch of people “How can we improve learning in organizations?” This is a boiled-down version.
The first cut was an hour long. I made a gaffe in chopping things back to ten minutes: no women appear in the final version although plenty were in attendance. I’ve asked myself if this were some latent sexism or simply the luck of the draw, and frankly, I can’t explain how that happened.
The event was invitation-only but hardly secretive, as more than 500 photos on Flickr will attest.
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