The Gathering Project
Why do people gather?
The Gathering Project is an ongoing effort to understand why people gather and what creates meaningful human connection. Not a blog. Not a newsletter. An open-ended research project, recorded as it unfolds.
Recent observations
Short field notes from travel, restaurants, hotels, cooking classes, World 50 gatherings, and leadership rooms. This page is alive — it updates as new notes are published.
Themes emerging
Patterns that keep surfacing across the notes. They shift as the work continues.
Hospitality
Ritual
Belonging
Leadership
Community
Memory
Experience Design
Further reading
The full journal →When an observation grows into something longer, it tends to land in the 601 Group Journal as a full essay. A few that started here:
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Noticed something about how people gather?
I'm always collecting observations. If something you've seen belongs in the project, I'd love to hear it.