Gathering Economy Takes: The Strategy Is in the Design

From Miami’s floating marketplace to London’s agenda architecture and the hiring rooms of the Convening Class, this week’s issue decodes what events are really signaling.

Most events announce their strategy. The most consequential ones conceal it in the design. This week wasn’t about boats, agendas, hiring, or agencies. It was about power — and how quietly it is engineered.

On the docks in Miami, the choreography mattered more than the yachts. Who moved without friction. Who hovered. Who waited for clearance. The marine c…