Ember Escapes in action:
power
summit
quietude 2023
CHALLENGE
Small business owners/leaders spend less time focusing on the strategy and “pain” of their business. In fact, leaders often spend more time in the weeds of daily operations and often lack perspective, resources and guidance to solve bigger opportunities.
Approach
Ember invited a diverse group of 8 meeting industry business owners from around North America to arrive with a Challenge or “Pain” in their business they're currently facing. With a kickoff session of “Diagnose and Prescribe” - which was setup like speed dating people, where one person would summarize their challenge, and then other person would listen, then diagnosing and proving prescription or Advice- rotating every 5 minutes - giving each person the opportunity to share, and have 7 recommendations at the conclusion. With a less formal agenda remaining over the 2 days, people sought each other out for deeper conversations and “tell me more” with fireside chats, kitchen conversations, walks around the property and over a chef-curated dinner.
Outcome
Quietude was the perfect setting—contributing “space” and nature to allow leaders to disconnect, become at ease in a home-type environment while offering unique nooks for one-on-one/small group connections throughout the property.
In just 36 short hours, each attendee left with a notebook of solutions and actions to implement, with the added benefit of seven new connections they could call after leaving.