Theme: Where Humanity meets Performance
The 2026 Obeya Summit convenes at a decisive moment. After years in which organizations invested heavily in human-centered, behavioral approaches, the pendulum is shifting toward a renewed emphasis on measurable performance, governance, and operational clarity.
Rather than accepting a false choice between the human and the quantitative, the Obeya Summit demonstrates how Obeya enables both—how organizations achieve better results precisely because they create the conditions for better human judgment and collective intelligence.
Obeya is no longer an emerging curiosity used by pioneers and early adopters. It is a maturing discipline. The next leap forward depends on evidence: analytical validation of when Obeya works, why it works, and how it measurably improves business performance.
Purpose of the Obeya Summit
The Summit is the global forum where the Obeya discipline advances through real-world evidence, sector-specific insight, and high-quality
practice.
This year’s theme, “Where Humanity Meets Performance,” challenges us to show how Obeya brings together the cognitive strengths of people with the clarity required for high-velocity, high-quality decision-making—especially as automation, AI agents, and algorithmic operating models expand across industries.
The Summit aims to shift dialogue upward: toward decision makers, executives, and budget owners who determine how organizations govern themselves. The Summit therefore speaks not only to practitioners, but also to leaders responsible for performance, investment, and transformation.
