No Hosts. No Agenda. Off the Record.

What's actually on your mind right now — and what would you say if you knew it wouldn't leave the room?

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Online (MS Teams)

Register interest

For senior supply chain leaders only

How this meeting works

Practitioner-led working session
No pitches
Small-group, facilitated discussion
Works best when you can engage actively
Chatham House Rule
Limited places to preserve quality

Suggested Discussion Points

There is no agenda. The conversation starts with whoever is in the room and goes wherever it needs to go.

Why this session exists

Once a month, a small group of senior supply chain leaders gets on a call with no agenda, no host and no record. The conversation goes wherever it goes. Nothing is minuted, nothing is shared externally, and nobody is pitching anything.

Sessions run on the first Friday of each month at 12.30 UK time, for 60 minutes. Places are limited to keep the conversation genuinely open.

If you have something on your mind that you would not say in a recorded session, this is the place for it.

What you'll leave with

Whatever emerges from an honest conversation with peers facing similar pressures
No slides, no takeaways document, no follow-up survey

Who this meeting is for

This meeting is designed for people working through real operational and innovation decisions, rather than those seeking presentations or general inspiration.

Who for

Senior supply chain leaders who want a candid, unstructured conversation with peers
People who find most online sessions too formal, too structured or too vendor-adjacent
Leaders who value the kind of conversation that only happens when there is no agenda and no audience

Who not for

Anyone looking for a presentation, a panel or a structured agenda
Solution providers or consultants seeking to promote services
People who are not comfortable speaking freely without attribution

How the online session works

Each session is designed as an online equivalent of a small, in-room roundtable discussion — not a passive, webinar-style presentation.

The format adapts to the topic and the experience in the room:

Where participants already have strong knowledge, we typically start by inviting individuals to expand on specific points they have shared in advance. This helps surface real-world context quickly and anchors the discussion in practical experience.
Where the topic is less familiar or more specialised, we may begin with a short explainer to establish a shared baseline before opening up the discussion.

To support productive dialogue, we often invite a subject-matter expert to join the session. This may be someone from a vendor, consultancy, or independent background — sometimes from within the community, sometimes external.

Their role is not to pitch or present a solution. Instead, they listen carefully to the discussion and reflect back:

how similar challenges have been approached in comparable organisations
what has worked (and what hasn’t) in practice
concrete examples that help translate discussion into action

This balance is deliberate. Without it, sessions can drift into abstract debate or problem-sharing. With it, discussions stay grounded and participants leave with tangible ideas they can apply in their own context.

The emphasis throughout is on shared learning, practical insight, and forward progress, rather than polished presentations or predetermined answers.

Online Discussion

No Hosts. No Agenda. Off the Record.

What's actually on your mind right now — and what would you say if you knew it wouldn't leave the room?

Suggested Discussion Points

Discussion Host(s)

Discussion Co-Host(s)

Moderator(s)