Mixer of Experts isn't a talk. It's a working conversation among 8–12 people who know a topic from different angles, run by a facilitator who helps shape the conversation — not lecture at it.
The format
No stage, no AV, no registration desk — more working breakfast than conference session.
Before the mixer
So the group can spend its 90 minutes on the interesting part, not the first 20 minutes of background.
Something brief that frames the topic and sets up the key questions — a short doc, a curated reading list, or even a NotebookLM-style audio briefing participants can listen to beforehand.
A set of questions the facilitator uses to steer the conversation through the ground it needs to cover — and toward something the room can actually act on.
After the mixer
Every session is recorded, so the value of the room outlasts the room.
Old-school on a phone, or with a dedicated device — whatever's least intrusive to the conversation.
The recording is processed into a structured write-up, not a raw transcript.
A document the room — and anyone who couldn't be there — can actually use.
On privacy — every mixer runs under Chatham House Rule. What's said can be shared and written up; who said it can't, unless that person agrees. The recording exists to produce the write-up, not as a public record.
Where this is headed
The goal is a Mixer of Experts playbook — a practical guide covering the format, how to facilitate one, briefing and question-set templates, and the recording-to-write-up workflow, so anyone can run their own.
We're also exploring AI-assisted prep: given a topic and some source material, synthesising a briefing, generating a calibrated question set, and producing the audio overview and post-session write-up automatically. That's a direction we're exploring, not something running yet.
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