A FIVE-DAY RESIDENTIAL RETREAT
Leading Difficult Conversations
For leaders working with conflict, complexity and polarisation: a rare immersive retreat exploring how to stay thoughtful, curious and human when disagreement is charged and trust is fragile.
February 2027
The Cotswolds
Only 10 places
Imagine spending five days in a secluded retreat in the Cotswolds, at the table where conversations most of us never get to witness unfold behind closed doors.
Year after year, people at the heart of some of the world’s most deeply entrenched conflicts come here to keep talking, when many believe it’s impossible.
Over five immersive days, you’ll learn how to have the most difficult of conversations in the most polarised of times.
Who is this for?
Leaders across politics, civil society, public life, media and social change who want to deepen their capacity to work with conflict, complexity and difference.
If your work requires you to hold complexity, build unlikely coalitions, or lead across difference, this retreat is for you.
You don’t need to work in conflict resolution. You need to be ready to question your own assumptions and stay in the room when a conversation gets hard
WHAT TO EXPECT
Time and space to notice yourself – how you listen, how you react, and what drives it.
Extraordinary people, unexpected encounters and moments of reflection that may change how you see others, and yourself.
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The time and space to notice ourselves: how we listen, how we react, and what drives these reactions.
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Discover more confident and emotionally mature ways of responding in your leadership, your work and your relationships.
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only a unique collaboration could create this
A Million Realities creates some of the UK’s most thoughtful, experiential learning programmes for leaders.
Gabrielle Rifkind
Global conflict mediator & group analyst
Gabrielle Rifkind is the author of How to Agree to Disagree and will facilitate the course. She has spent more than twenty-five years helping people remain connected when every instinct tells them to walk away, from family relationships to the world’s toughest conflicts.
Wendy Robbins
Executive producer
Creates acclaimed documentations built around extraordinary conversations that deepen our understanding of one another. She’ll create immersive opportunities for participants to test their listening and reacting skills in real time.
You may not leave agreeing with everyone you meet. That’s not the point. You’ll leave with a greater understanding of why people see the world as they do, and with the confidence to navigate disagreement with more curiosity, wisdom and humanity.
When
February 22nd – 26th 2027
Where
A secluded retreat in the Cotswolds
Group size
Ten places only
Format
Five full immersive days
Contribution
This pilot is funded by AMR, an educational charity. We are therefore asking participants who have the means to consider contributing towards the costs of the programme, at an amount that feels affordable and appropriate for them.
There is no set amount, and no contribution is too small. Contributions help participants feel invested in the experience and, where possible, help pay forward the opportunity for others.
In today’s climate, we believe that supporting people in leadership positions is the single most important thing we can do. A Million Realities exists to form leaders who can remain internally coherent in externally incoherent times.
A MILLION REALITIES
This event will be CPD accredited and is produced in partnership with Oxford Process.
Ready to question your own assumptions?
If you’re ready to become more comfortable with complexity and conflict, and discover a different way of leading, we’d love to welcome you.
Places are limited and carefully curated. We’ll be In touch shortly after you apply to arrange a short conversation.