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Me in Vienna

What 35 Years in European Conferences Taught Me About Why Events Really Fail

In the early hours of a freezing winter morning in Vienna, I stood alone in a loading bay beneath a five-star conference hotel, waiting for a truck that should have arrived three hours earlier.

Upstairs, hundreds of delegates from across Europe would begin arriving in less than six hours. The stage still wasn’t built. Half the AV equipment was somewhere between Germany and Austria, delayed at a border crossing that nobody had warned us about…

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Why Most Conferences Fail Before They Even Begin

Most conferences do not fail because the microphones stop working. They do not fail because the coffee arrives late or because somebody forgets the delegate badges. Those things are frustrating, but they are rarely the real reason an event fails. The real problem usually starts much earlier. It begins when organisers start planning a conference before they understand why the conference exists in the first place.

This happens constantly in corporate events, association meetings, executive retreats, and international conferences across Europe…

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Stop Overthinking in the Moment

Practical strategies to stop overthinking quickly, regain clarity, and make calmer decisions under pressure.

Stop Overthinking in the Moment