The Way We Gather and Why it Matters with Priya Parker
About this Conversation
Priya Parker believes that “Gatherings aren't just events, they are moments that remind us of who we are, who we have been, and who we might become.” For this Wiser Conversation we discuss how we can make gatherings even more meaningful, despite so many of us being apart.
Priya Parker
Priya Parker is helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can create collective meaning in modern life, one gathering at a time. Parker is the host of the New York Times podcast 'Together Apart' which helps re-imagine virtual gatherings to honour "all the life that keeps happening" despite separation and isolation so many of us are struggling with. Parker is also the acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters.
A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together: at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.
Why tune in?
Priya Parker has spent 15 years helping leaders and communities have complicated conversations about community, identity and vision at moments of transition. Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has worked on race relations on American college campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa, and India.
“Priya Parker has created both an art and a science to gathering in ways that can bring joy and fulfillment to any meeting.” – Deepak Chopra
Parker’s book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Riverhead, 2018) has been named a Best Business Book of the year by Amazon, Esquire Magazine, NPR, the Financial Times, and Bloomberg. She has spoken on the TED Main Stage, and her TEDx talk on purpose has been viewed over 1 million times.
