SOLWorld University2026
About this event
Join us at Land aan Zee, NL from Oct 14 to Oct 18 for a relaxed, creative gathering where experienced Solution Focus practitioners in organisations spark fresh insights and evolve the approach. It’s a space for original thinking and exploring “big ideas,” for asking unusual and even provocative questions, and for taking time to let new possibilities emerge — all in a beautiful and inspiring setting that invites reflection and renewal.
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
To learn and grow:
- Expand your SF thinking – see it as a living, evolving way to meet complex challenges
- Deepen your presence – listen, notice, and trust what emerges in real dialogue
- Broaden your application – bring Solution Focus into leadership, learning, and wider society
- Reconnect with purpose – rediscover what first drew you to Solution Focus and why it matters even more now
To explore with others
Have dialogue and discussion on threads of conversation such as:
- Evolving the approach – stretching the boundaries of SF to keep it fresh and relevant
- Connecting different ideas – weaving SF with complementary perspectives to enrich practice
- Exploring big opportunities – what we might achieve with SF in the medium to long term
- Nurturing community – tending the relationships that keep our shared intelligence vibrant and growing
- Taking steps – work on ideas to progress from the University
Relax and recharge
Time dedicated in the day time programme to
- Reflect and unwind in the centre
- Escape into nature by the sea or in the countryside
- Socialise in an energising atmosphere
Before the event, we will shape the format with you, leaving space in the agenda to consider the progressing of ideas. Expect a mix of lively activities, e.g. World Café to Conversation Hotspots, Mapping the Landscape, and Spiral Inquiry. Each helps ideas come alive, sparks curiosity, and moves us towards progress.
SOL University Outline
John Brooker
Co-President
SFiO Reviewed Practitioner
Editor of Interaction
Chapter Head
SFiO Contributor
John has over thirty years experience of leading people to collaborate effectively. He gained his leadership experience as a Senior Vice President in Visa International, working on international projects. Since 2004 he has used his leadership and Solution Focus expertise to enable people in multinational and national organisations to collaborate effectively. He is Co-President of Solution Focus in Organisations, an SFiO Reviewed Practitioner and has an MBA from The Open University in the UK.
Annie Bordeleau
Co-President
Board Member
Editor of InterAction
SFiO Contributor
Annie Bordeleau is founder of the I2A Network, collaborating with international organisations and universities for over 20 years. She discovered SF in 2005 and it has fundamentally transformed the way she supports leaders in organisations across all cultures to lead through change with more ease and effectiveness.
John Teager
Chapter Head
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Following a long and distinguished Air Force career of more than thirty years, John Teager transitioned seamlessly into defence industry and became managing director of an Australian subsidiary of an international prime. After enjoying ten years of significant success in the commercial world, John repatriated to his home town of Adelaide and established his own business – Open Mind Thinking – which helps company executives and their teams to be solutions focused, to have constructive conversations, to embrace the infinite nature of business and to develop strategies to get and stay ahead.