London
Where is the biggest gap between what leaders intend and what people actually experience — and what are we willing to do about it?
Date to be announced
An intimate venue in the city
Limited seats
Invited to the Table
A series of intimate leadership conversations hosted by Karen Thorpe-Reid.
The right people. The right question. A room designed for honest conversation.
Invited to the Table brings together a small group of leaders, founders and change-makers to explore the space between organisational intention and human experience.
Each gathering begins with one consequential question. There are no panels, presentations or rehearsed positions — only a carefully held conversation between people willing to think out loud.
Why this matters now
Leadership is being asked to move faster at precisely the moment people need greater trust, clarity and care. The most important questions rarely fit inside a presentation or an agenda. They need a room, enough time and people prepared to stay with the complexity.
The character of the room
Candour
A room where considered disagreement is welcomed and polished answers are unnecessary.
Perspective
A deliberately varied table, bringing together experience that would not usually meet in the same conversation.
Consequence
A conversation intended to change what participants notice, question or do when they return to their organisations.
What this isn’t
Not a networking event. Not a sales pitch. Not a panel of rehearsed answers. Not a room where everyone already agrees.
What to expect
- An intimate group
- A single defining question
- A confidential, facilitated conversation
- Time to reflect on what you will do differently
Come curious. Leave with something you will do differently.
The Three-City Conversation Series
Barbados
What do people need to feel seen, trusted and able to move with change — and where do organisations most often get that wrong?
Date to be announced
A private setting on the island
Limited seats
New York
If we were designing transformation for the next decade, what would we stop doing, start doing and protect at all costs?
Date to be announced
A considered space in Manhattan
Limited seats
Hosted by Karen Thorpe-Reid
Karen Thorpe-Reid works with leaders and organisations navigating transformation at the point where strategy meets human experience. Invited to the Table grows from her belief that better change begins with better conversations — and that the quality of the room shapes the quality of what becomes possible.
About KarenWhat follows
Invited to the Table is the beginning of a wider series of experiences for leaders who want to stay with the conversation.
The Human Experience
Larger immersive leadership gatherings, built around the same commitment to honest conversation.
Coming 2027
Bridge Builder Retreats
Small, reflective experiences for senior leaders carrying complex change.
Coming 2027
Around the Table
A continuing circle for leaders who want to stay connected to the conversation between gatherings.
Coming 2027
Invited to the Table sits alongside People at the Heart of Change and the card deck Questions That Change the Room — part of the same body of work on leadership, transformation and the human experience of change.
Who belongs at the table?
If this is a conversation you — or someone you know — should be part of, register your interest.