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On Thursday, August 6, 2020, 35 participants gathered for the 20th invitation-only 75-minute Cowen Cafe call, sponsored by Ipro, Lineal, and NightOwl Global. As usual, we started with a 30-minute group chat, separated into four breakout rooms, and reassembled for a final recap. This week’s highlights: accepting a new reality, a new focus on diversity and inclusion, and a new can-do attitude.

On Thursday, July 30, 2020, 45 participants gathered for another invitation-only 75-minute Cowen Cafe call, sponsored by Ipro, NightOwl Global, and Onna, examining the essence of resilient leadership. A vibrant discussion about budgets drove this call (no – that is not a contradiction in terms) and speculation about GTP-3 sparked thoughts about the future that might be.

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 56 participants gathered for another invitation-only Cowen Cafe call, sponsored by Ipro, NightOwl Global, and Onna. As usual, we started with a 30-minute group chat, separated into four breakout rooms, and reassembled for a final recap. This week’s highlights: documentation, onboarding, and bacon.

On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 64 participants gathered for another invitation-only Cowen Cafe call, sponsored by Ipro, NightOwl Global, and Onna. With an eye on how to get from now to next through resilient leadership, this week’s question was, what have been the newest challenges you have faced?

Some calls crystalize around a single concept; others end up more like a word cloud. This week’s meeting fell into the latter group.

On Thursday, July 10, 2020, 63 participants gathered for another invitation-only Cowen Cafe call, sponsored by Integreon, Ipro, NightOwl Global, and Onna. The question again was, what has shifted since last week?