This year saw the TENTH international SOLWorld conference!  It’s all come a long way from the initial plans of a few people (including me) in the Hatchet pub, Bristol in 2000 to hold a meeting for anyone interested in applying Solution Focused ideas to organisational work.

This year we were beside Lake Balaton, Hungary in the delightful setting of the Grand Hotel Anna.  Over 120 people from 23 countries gathered to share and build SF practice in organisations, including people from Greece and Uganda for the first time.  Remarkably the largest contingent was the Japanese, led as ever by Aoki-san, and it was so great to see old friends like Yoshida, Ponta, Masa, Ito and all the others.  Continue reading →