What do we mean by Space for Co-creation?

Co-creative space is where people can come into relationship to make something new together. This is especially valuable when you are seriously challenged – a new team sorting out its vision, the executive developing a new sense of purpose, a project team tackling innovation, a team seeking High Performance and so on. Co-creation demands a higher level of thinking than the day job and therefore requires special conditions.

Firstly there is the physical space – ideally away from everything that supports normality – somewhere close to nature but well equipped and well serviced. In such physical space you can then develop the emotional container to enable people to drop their defenses and “play” together as equals. Once you feel secure and safe you can discover the cognitive space where diverse experience and perspectives can interact. The three kinds of space conflate as Space for co-creativity where novelty emerges. Of course you need skilled facilitation – someone who understands the psychology of creativity and can guide you towards extraordinary outcomes. For them to work in authentic space for co-creation enables them to achieve outstanding results.

This is the ambience that high Trenhouse has evolved over forty years and which you will struggle to find anywhere else. Hotels and conference venues cannot provide it because it is a specific market niche that few people understand. It makes it worth the journey and the sacrifice and yet it costs little more than your average hotel. Clients enjoy having a place to themselves; comfort without pomp, good food and wonderful seclusion. Facilitators rejoice in high levels of support and service, responsive to the needs of their programme. It works! Co-creation is more likely and more productive when given ideal conditions. Find out more