When building a community, shared silence can be golden

<p>Creating a community around a shared interest or passion can lead to unexpected outcomes. Matt Trinetti followed the energy of an idea and provided a space for like-minded people to come together and form a community.</p><p>The London Writers’ Salon has grown and evolved over time, with daily writing sessions and weekly interviews with writers, and is now a profitable business formed from a simple idea at the start of the UK’s first covid lockdown.</p><p><br><strong>Takeaways from Pia and Dan</strong></p><ul> <li>Follow the energy in the conversations you’re having, as more often than not, they’ll lead you to more fruitful decisions.</li> <li>Collaborating virtually or in person gives us a sense of moving forwards. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to hold space.</li> <li>Matt’s inclusive vision exposes the falsehood that collaboration can and must only happen in the same physical space.</li> </ul><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-trinetti/">Connect with Matt via LinkedIn</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.giveliveexplore.com/">Give, Live, Explore</a> – Matt’s travel blog</li> <li><a href="https://writershour.com/">Writer’s Hour</a></li> <li> <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/atomic-habits-the-life-changing-million-copy-1-bestseller-james-clear/2458373?ean=9781847941831">Atomic Habits</a>, by James Clear</li> <li><a href="https://podinbox.com/wenotme">Leave us a voice note</a></li> </ul>