Why we tune before we travel
Seven days move fast. Strangers move slower.
In September we land in China together. Days later we leave having either built something real with each other, or having taken a very beautiful trip. The difference gets decided before anyone boards a plane.
This evening is that difference. Two hours to say out loud who you are, what you're building, and what you'd want to carry home. So that when we arrive, we start at hour forty, not hour zero.
Peer to peer
No stage, no panel, no mentors. Everyone here is a maker, not an audience.
Seen, precisely
The point isn't to be introduced. It's to be understood well enough that someone can build with you.
A container, not a campaign
We're not running an activation. We're assembling something that keeps going after the trip ends.
The idea
Small acts of goodwill ripple further than they have any right to.
GoodSphere begins from a plain truth — kindness compounds. In this room we are not buyers and sellers. We are co-creators sharing the same table, the same supply chain, and the same bet: that a business built as a community outlasts a business built as a funnel.
From Good to GoodSphere — screening on August 24.
Who's in the room
Everyone here is going to China.
Creators
Global creators shaping what co-creation looks like.
Business Partners
Building an outbound path with goodwill as the connective tissue.
Inners
Returning to the field, standing with the people already in it.
Media Guests
Witnessing, in lens and in text, how goodwill happens.
Full participant list shared with confirmed attendees closer to the date.
The evening · 6:00 – 8:00 PM PST
Two hours, and you'll speak in most of them.
This is a facilitated room, not a program of talks. There is no stage and no deck. You'll be asked to say something early, and something again at the end — that's the whole design.
- 6:00
Arrival & hellos
Come on at six, not six-fifteen. The first minutes are unstructured on purpose — cameras on.
- 6:15
Opening the field
Introductions at speed, why we're here, and one question we answer together: what state do we each need to be in for this to be an evening worth having?
- 6:40
Sensing GoodSphere
A short film, then the room responds. One line, one image, or one word that landed. Leon closes with where the commercial community is actually headed.
- 7:05
Break
Five minutes. Stretch, refill, come back.
- 7:15
Co-creating the picture
Breakout rooms, then the full room. Three years out, the brand co-creation community exists. What does it look like? Who's in it? How many brands did it incubate? We build that picture together and say it out loud.
- 7:40
September in China
What the trip is, what to bring, and what you're each hoping to get out of it. Open Q&A.
- 7:55
Check-out
One sentence each on what you're taking with you. Then a screenshot, because this room happens once.
Facilitated throughout. Times are Pacific and indicative — the room sets its own pace.
September 1 – 7 · Shenzhen · Guangzhou · Dunhuang
What this evening is preparing you for.
A seven-day Sphere journey — from the factory floors of the Pearl River Delta to the desert caves of the Silk Road.
Arrival · Immersion
Arrival and hotel check-in in Shenzhen. Meet your fellow travelers over a relaxed welcome dinner.
Connection · Co-Creation
A morning of icebreakers, mapping out the world we want to build together, an afternoon workshop that turns this vision into shared ground, and an evening celebration as we light the GoodSphere.
Origins · Industry
An immersive site exploration of the industrial hubs — standing inside the full capabilities of the supply chain at the source, and experiencing firsthand how a good idea grows into a good product through co-creation.
Journey · Exploration
A morning of farewells and reflection on the past three days, followed by our transfer to the millennia-old city of Dunhuang in the afternoon.
Resonance
By day, step into the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to experience millennia of art and culture up close. By night, travel to Mingsha Mountain for an immersive taste of the desert Silk Road and local culture.
Harvest · Shared Brilliance
A sharing session steeped in Dunhuang's unique spirit brings together the harvest of our six days, followed by an artistic performance opening a lifeline that weaves together the love of goodwill from past to present.
Reflections · Homeward Journey
Carrying the harvest of goodwill and a shared spirit of cooperation, we head home, letting the vision of GoodSphere take root as we continue to co-create a beautiful future together.
Detailed itinerary lives on the trip page.
Joining the room
One link. Bring your face and your voice.
This gathering happens entirely online. The same link works from any device, and it's already in the calendar file below.
- When
- Monday, August 24, 2026 · 6:00 – 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Zoom · Meeting 875 3387 5732
- Join on Zoom
- https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87533875732?pwd=OLGbV9obyPmOiJL6csiS32NaDuqSTA.1
- 01Click the Zoom link a few minutes before six. No app install needed on desktop.
- 02Join with your camera on and your real name — the room works best when we can see each other.
- 03Find a quiet spot with decent audio. You'll be speaking, not just listening.
Six o'clock means six o'clock — the first minutes set the tone. If you have trouble getting in, text us: +1 805-864-6391.
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