Common Ground Summit

North Shore, Kauai, November 20-22nd, 2024

An immersive gathering designed to change the way you approach connection to place: Join us for a 3-day regenerative leadership summit — featuring curated conversations, authentic experiences, ridiculously good food and meaningful relationships.

Join Us!

Building on last year’s conversation on food system design, in 2024 we widen our lens to focus on the power of “place” as a foundation of regenerative leadership and personal transformation.
Place is the (often lost) element that inspires and anchors profound, impact driven connection. It is a mindset that considers culture, community, environment and future generations in everything we do.
What does it mean to authentically connect with place? Join us as we explore place based leadership’s role in driving global systems to function like local communities as a critical pathway to forming regenerative relationships.

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“Building Common Ground to me is the genesis of a movement. It is well intentioned people coming together and creating the space for difficult conversations to occur about regenerating the Earth’s resources, regenerating the human spirit, regenerating connectivity to each other and I think that is what we are building.”

-Mike Kanazawa, Partner EY

Engage

Our focus on creating a deep connection to place sets the stage for both personal transformation and professional development – helping you on the path towards effective regenerative leadership.

You will leave with more empathy and creativity; stronger communication skills; and exposure to new perspectives that will guide you towards innovation, enhanced client relationships, and a heightened awareness of stakeholder needs,

Engage

Content Tracks

BELONGING, PLACE & COMMUNITY
FOOD & HOSPITALITY
INNOVATION, IDEAS & LEADERSHIP
THE STORIES WE TELL

Eat

Prepare to indulge on a three day Island-to-Table culinary masterpiece. We source nearly all ingredients from local farms across Hawaii and gather a team of outstanding chefs, farmers, fishers, and producers to curate tremendous quality, unusually fresh & unique breakfast, lunch and dinner experiences.

Eat

“It’s my second year here and I felt the first year was epic and it couldn’t get any better, but the second year has just blown my mind exponentially. What I get from here is a recharge for another year.”

-Rebecca Sullivan, Warndu, Yale World Fellow

Explore Kaua’i

Join us 1 day before the Summit on Tuesday, November 19th for a curated adventure to the wondrous Hanalei Town.

Begin your exploration of ‘place’ and establish life long connections within our collective as we paddle up the Hanalei River and delight in fresh sashimi at the pier at sunset. Kaua’i is a window into our most beautiful & serene world.

Explore Kauai

The Experience

Join our early morning sessions featuring meditation, breath work, sound baths, martial arts, or serene strolls through the U.S.'s largest mahogany forest. Don't miss out on this opportunity to cultivate inner peace and holistic well-being.

Use the opportunity to immerse in place by volunteering at an ancient fishpond or taro field, lei making, a tour of our regenerative food forest or a mixology class with local ingredients.

We celebrate the end of each day with live music and immersive experiences.

The Experience

The Community

Félix Maradiaga

Academic & political activist. Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense Nicaragua
Leland Maschmeyer

CEO Collins, previous CBO Chobani, Board Member Sway, Basis, Circle of Blue, Nomi
Mark Brand

Entrepreneur, Educator, Facilitator, Chef, Founder A Better Life Foundation
Jannes Sorenson

Kepler Hotel Group, former GM Beaumont Hotel London
Meleana Estes

Lei Maker, Founder HIE Hawaii, Author ‘Lei Aloha’, stylist-in-residence Common Groundgoes here
Katie Macc

Sorenson Impact
Mike Kanazawa

Partner EY
Peter Lupoff

Impact investor, educator and former Chief Executive Officer of Net Impact
Rebecca Sullivan

Yale Fellow, Author, consultant, TV presenter, social entrepreneur
Kealoha Domingo

Chef and Hawaiian cultural practitioner, Nui Kealoha catering, community leader