PEN / Formats
Fishbowl
The conversation everyone can join.
The format
Four or five chairs form an inner circle, and the discussion lives there. The rest of the room watches from the outer circle, and anyone can tap in, swap seats, and take part. Made for topics where PEN members genuinely disagree, because the format lets real debate breathe.
How it works
A simple structure, useful conversations.
A topic with real differences of opinion is chosen (trust, pricing, hiring, growth)
The inner circle discusses while the outer circle listens
Anyone in the outer circle can swap with an inner seat at any time