Shape Talks
Critical thinking, out loud
A Shape Talk is a moderated debate: two sides of a room, a minute per point. Nobody is assessed, and everyone at the public debates chose to be there.
The debate asks for a claim with a reason behind it, said out loud to people who disagree.
01 — On record
The public debates
The public Shape Talks are held at Impact Hub Ljubljana and are open to anyone. Each one turns on a single question. Shape Talks were also part of our 2026 entrepreneurship school, and we have started taking the debate format into secondary-school classrooms.
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Local or global?
Where does real impact start: at your doorstep or on the global stage?
Impact Hub Ljubljana
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Utopia or dystopia
Are we heading towards a brighter or a darker future?
Impact Hub Ljubljana
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Meaningful work: your own boss or a job at a company
Is a permanent job a luxury or a trap?
Impact Hub Ljubljana
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Work-life balance?
The challenge of balancing work and life.
Impact Hub Ljubljana
02 — In the room
What a debate shows
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Whether they can back up a claim
A minute per point forces a claim and a reason. People who only have the claim soon run out of things to say, and everyone in the room notices.
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Whether a good reason changes their mind
Live polls show where the room stands before the debate and after it. When the numbers move, people changed their minds because a reason held up.
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Whether they come when they don’t have to
Nobody is graded and nobody gets credit, and still they turn up on a weekday evening to think through a question with no right answer.
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