About This Book
Most gatherings fail not because of bad food or poor planning, but because no one asked why they were gathering in the first place.
Priya Parker, a professional facilitator who has worked with everyone from corporate executives to peace negotiators, argues that we've outsourced our gatherings to habit and convention — and paid the price in wasted time and missed connection. The Art of Gathering moves through conferences, dinner parties, courtrooms and Arab-Israeli summer camps to show how a single clarifying question — what is this gathering truly for? — can transform any shared experience from forgettable to meaningful.
For hosts, organizers and anyone who has sat through one too many pointless meetings, Parker's human-centered framework offers something rare: a principled approach to bringing people together that works as well in a backyard as in a boardroom.