GET INSPIRED
GET CONNECTED
Playbook brings you closer to remarkable people and the experiences that shaped them.
Where actions
Meet Innovations
Playbook exists because the most useful conversation in a room rarely happens on the stage. It happens after, over a drink, between two people who wouldn't otherwise have met. We built these evenings around that moment, not around filling an agenda.
Event schedule
Why Choose Playbook
Meaningful Connections
Most Playbook events are deliberately limited to around 40 to 50 people. No crowded bars or soulless conference rooms; engage with those in the room, including our speakers.
Inspiring Perspectives
Hear real stories, fresh ideas, and practical insights from people who are making an impact in their industries. Our speakers share the moments, choices and experiences that actually shaped where they are today.
Ideas to Take With You
There is no formula to follow and no single version of success. Take what resonates from each speaker’s experience, challenge your own thinking, and leave with practical ideas and perspectives you can apply in your own way.
Closer to the Story
Hear more than the headline version. Playbook gives speakers the space to unpack the decisions, setbacks, risks and turning points that shaped their journey, creating a more honest and valuable conversation.
Who are these events for
FOR THE CURIOUS
People who want to understand how others really got there, not just where they ended up.
FOR THE AMBITIOUS
People building, leading or creating something, and looking for ideas they can take into their own journey.
and gain fresh perspectives on your own work. Share experiences and learn together.
FOR THE OPEN-MINDED
People willing to hear a different perspective, question how they think and learn from someone else's experience.
FOR THE OPEN-MINDED
People willing to hear a different perspective, question how they think and learn from someone else's experience.
Playbook Event
Guest Speaker: Alice Taylor
What’s Included
About the organisers
A creative agency built for growth
Temple Brown is a creative digital agency helping ambitious businesses grow through strategy, Webflow and search.
A creative agency shaping culture
YLDHAUS is a creative agency working across sport, culture and business to build brands with relevance, impact and growth.
Our first Playbook
Be there from the beginning.
Playbook launches in London on 14 October 2026 at Uncommon, Liverpool Street.Alice Taylor will take the stage for our first conversation, followed by drinks, food and the chance to meet the people sharing the room with you.This is the first Playbook.We'd like you to be part of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Playbook is a series of business speaker events in London built around one simple idea: some of the most valuable lessons come from hearing how someone actually got to where they are today.
Each event puts an interesting person and their experience at the centre of the evening. We explore the decisions they made, the risks they took, the challenges they faced, the opportunities that changed things and what they learned along the way.
Rather than presenting a formula for success, Playbook gives you access to the experiences and perspectives that shaped someone else's journey.
London has no shortage of business events, conferences and networking evenings. Playbook takes a more focused approach.
Rather than filling the stage with panels, presentations and multiple speakers, each event gives one person the time to properly explore their story.
We are interested in what sits behind the achievements: difficult decisions, mistakes, turning points, unexpected opportunities and lessons learned through experience.
The result is a more personal and detailed conversation than you would usually hear in a traditional business talk.
There is plenty of opportunity to meet people at Playbook, but it is not built around traditional networking.
There are no forced introductions, elevator pitches or expectations that you need to spend the evening selling yourself or your business.
Instead, everyone in the room shares the same experience, giving conversations a natural place to start before and after the speaker session.
For people looking for *business networking events in London* without the usual pressure of formal networking, Playbook offers a more relaxed alternative.
Playbook is for curious and ambitious people who enjoy learning from the experiences of others.
That includes founders, entrepreneurs, business owners, senior leaders, creatives, professionals and people earlier in their careers.
You do not need to run a company or hold a particular job title to attend. If you are interested in business, leadership, creativity, growth or simply understanding how other people have approached important decisions, Playbook is designed to give you something worth taking away.
Playbook is for curious and ambitious people who enjoy learning from the experiences of others.
That includes founders, entrepreneurs, business owners, senior leaders, creatives, professionals and people earlier in their careers.
You do not need to run a company or hold a particular job title to attend. If you are interested in business, leadership, creativity, growth or simply understanding how other people have approached important decisions, Playbook is designed to give you something worth taking away.
Playbook is for curious and ambitious people who enjoy learning from the experiences of others.
That includes founders, entrepreneurs, business owners, senior leaders, creatives, professionals and people earlier in their careers.
You do not need to run a company or hold a particular job title to attend. If you are interested in business, leadership, creativity, growth or simply understanding how other people have approached important decisions, Playbook is designed to give you something worth taking away.
Playbook is for curious and ambitious people who enjoy learning from the experiences of others.
That includes founders, entrepreneurs, business owners, senior leaders, creatives, professionals and people earlier in their careers.
You do not need to run a company or hold a particular job title to attend. If you are interested in business, leadership, creativity, growth or simply understanding how other people have approached important decisions, Playbook is designed to give you something worth taking away.