Ideas Exchange members freely commit to pooling ideas, knowledge and experiences. Their forum for this is the monthly breakfast meeting, which is usually of 3-4 hours‘ duration.

Each meeting has an agreed theme, notified in advance, and the following format:

• Thematic ’Food for thought’ round table discussion (90 mins)
• Under ’Food for thought’ - each member brings something novel/relevant to share with the group. This could be an operational issue, a product feature, a technical issue or a business concern. The idea is that by bringing a single ‘dish‘ to the table, the member leaves with a ‘smorgasbord‘ of ideas to share within their own businesses.
• Specialist guest speaker/ facilitated debate (60 mins) on the meeting‘s theme.
• Business masterclass – on a rotating basis, each member will present a ‘masterclass‘ on their own specialist subject.

Outside formal meetings, members are able to stay in contact by a myriad of means - group email, WhatsApp, Zoom, Qwil and telephone contact. This permits the group to exchange news items and ideas as they arise, and to call ad-hoc meetings if warranted

Outside formal meetings, members are able to stay in contact by a myriad of means - group email, WhatsApp, Zoom, Qwil and telephone contact. This permits the group to exchange news items and ideas as they arise, and to call ad-hoc meetings if warranted