Builder of communities, businesses & experiences

Building communities, hospitality businesses and experiences that bring people together.

Executive Director at World 50 and Managing Partner of The 601 Group. Thirteen years facilitating and hosting senior leaders, and a lifelong student of hospitality and human connection.

Mike Mudrey in conversation at an executive gathering

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Community

Facilitating and hosting executive communities and experiences for senior leaders through World 50.

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Facilitation

Helping leadership and corporate teams connect, align and get honest through purpose-built facilitated sessions.

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Hospitality

Building experience-driven hospitality businesses through The 601 Group.

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Exploration

Studying hospitality, leadership, gathering and human connection through The Gathering Project.

A life spent at the intersection of leadership, hospitality, entrepreneurship and human connection.

Current work

Three efforts, one throughline: creating the conditions for people to gather and connect.

Mike Mudrey at an executive community gathering
Community

World 50

Leading peer communities for the executives who run the world's most respected companies, facilitating the conversations that don't happen anywhere else.

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A hands-on culinary experience at The Local Epicurean
Hospitality

The 601 Group

Building hospitality brands worth coming back to: The Local Epicurean, For Crêpe Sake and Brown Butter Crêperie, rooted in craft, community and connection.

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Mike Mudrey at a gathering
Exploration

The Gathering Project

An ongoing exploration of hospitality, gathering and human connection. Field notes from the places where people come together.

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Speaking, facilitation & podcasts

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Speaking

Leadership, Hospitality & Human Connection

Keynotes, conversations and workshops exploring leadership, community, hospitality, entrepreneurship and the experiences that bring people together.

Facilitation

Meaningful Conversations & Memorable Experiences

Thirteen years moderating conversations and hosting events, dinners and virtual sessions for senior leaders. Purpose-built facilitation for leadership teams and companies investing in their people, designed around where a team actually is. Available on its own, or paired with a hands-on culinary session at The Local Epicurean.

Podcasts

Building Communities, Businesses & Experiences

Available for interviews on leadership, hospitality, entrepreneurship, community building, executive peer networks, experience design and the art of bringing people together.

Let's talk

Building something that brings people together?

For speaking, facilitation, board and advisory conversations or simply to compare notes on hospitality and human connection.