One global kick‑off in five cities

The brief

The chief revenue officer wants the new financial year to start the same way everywhere: one message, one energy and one shared experience, without flying 1,200 people to one city. The internal events lead needs one partner for five offices in four time zones, and one plan to approve.

The format and the experts

The week opens with a keynote from a speaker who has led sessions at Salesforce, streamed live to every office. In the days that follow, each office runs the same 90-minute session on the year’s theme, led in the room by a facilitator from our network in that city.

• New York and Toronto: the session opens the week in North America.
• London: the same session the following morning, set to the European working day.
• Sydney and Singapore: the session closes the week in Asia-Pacific.
• Every office: the same materials, the same closing exercise and a shared moment the whole company sees on screen.

The setting

Each office uses its own largest space, from a town hall floor in New York to a rooftop room in Sydney, or a nearby venue our curators secure where the office has none. The look, the running order and the timing stay the same in all five cities.

The outcome

Every office starts the financial year with the same message and the same energy: 1,200 people in five cities in one week, with no one on a plane. The events lead runs all five cities from one brief and one point of contact.

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