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Concrete Love

Save the date: October 28 - November 1, 2021

We are delighted to return to Lisbon for our annual festival (it will also feature an online program and local events around the world). With the theme “Concrete Love,” we will gather IRL and virtually from October 28 to November 1, 2021 to build new structures, foundations, and homes for business and society—because that’s what the world needs right now. More details in January!


Living Room Sessions

Each month on your screen

A series of online conversations and experiences on beautiful business insights and practices.

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How it feels 2020


How it feels 2020


I simply cannot imagine a better way to spend a week than at the House of Beautiful Business in Lisbon. I left feeling hopeful, inspired, and determined to know better, be better, and listen more deeply for the unspoken.
— Anja Melander, Head of Culture, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
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I have rarely had such a good time at not-a-conference.
— Mathieu Lefevre, CEO and Co-Founder, More in Common
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We were all positively surprised to be lifted out of the comfort zone and thrown into the ocean of intimacy.
— Steven Braekeveldt, CEO, Ageas Group
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A wonderful and soul-nourishing experience.
— Courtney Hohne, X - The Moonshot Factory
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The House feels like a home where you can wrestle with the biggest ideas and the most difficult challenges we face– but in a way which is safe and loving.
— Ed Gillespie, Director, Greenpeace UK and Extinction Rebellion
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My heart was bursting with love and creativity during the House days. I felt safe, inspired, and curious.
— Kristina Lunz, Co-founder and Germany Director, Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
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An experience that I wish my entire life can be like.
— Joe Fletcher, Managing Director, argodesign
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I’m not sure when was the last time I felt so good at an event. Just the right mix of serious discussions, inspired people, interesting and moving stories, and feel-at-home ambiance.
— Soenke Bartling, Founder, Blockchain for Science
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I have been to plenty of festivals and conferences all over the world, and never I have experienced anything as special as what you have created.
— Nahum, Artist
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In my 35 years on this planet it was the most meaningful conference I have ever attended. It spoke to all senses, to the mind and soul.
— Anne Kjaer Riechert, Co-Founder and CEO, ReDi School of Digital Integration
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Imagine the best house party in the world where everyone is phenomenally interesting as well as interested in talking to you, where diversity of thought and background is beautifully represented, and where you come away from a week of intense thinking, extraordinarily energized.
— Sophie Devonshire, CEO, The Caffeine Partnership; Author of Superfast – Lead at Speed
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An incredibly well-curated program, with unforgettable and very moving experiences.
— Helmut Sussbauer, Innovation Catalyst, Deutsche Telekom
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Awesome event. Time well spent.
— Dennis Mortensen, Founder and CEO, x.ai
The Bauhaus of the 21st century.
— Jens Hilgenstock, Strategy Consultant
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Even with the word ‘beautiful’ in its name, I could never have expected the level of warmth, authenticity, and openness that I encountered in my first year at House. You have all made me want to connect more and to be more generous in everything I do.
— Elaine Kasket, Writer and Psychologist
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The House is a home for business with a combination of warm-hearted feeling, inspired insight, and profound intelligence unlike anything I have witnessed before. Your generosity has transformed hundreds of lives this week, and the ripples are still expanding.
— Jonathan Cook, Ethnographic Researcher and Author
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