Détour creates curated evenings in Geneva for curious people who want to meet beyond small talk, explore ideas that rarely fit into everyday conversation and discover where one good question can lead.
The first Détour
N° 001
Geneva
Switzerland
One theme. Two stories. A room full of people ready to skip the usual introductions.
Limited capacity. The first invitations go to the guest list.
Get the first invitationThe usual route
What do you do? Where are you from? How long have you lived in Geneva?
Perfectly reasonable questions. Rarely the beginning of a conversation you will remember tomorrow.
Our lives can follow familiar routes too: make the sensible choice, keep progressing, avoid getting lost and always know what comes next.
But the most interesting conversations—and sometimes the most interesting decisions—begin when something takes an unexpected turn.
Route change
Take the conversation elsewhere.
Détour creates room for that turn.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF NIGHT OUT
A Détour Night begins with one compelling theme and two or three short stories shared by pre-selected guests.
Light prompts and a playful social activity make it easier to meet beyond the usual small talk and reflect together on the theme. Then the structure falls away, the evening continues and the room decides where the conversation goes.
Not networking. Not a seminar. Not group therapy.
Simply an unusually good evening with people worth meeting.
Example themes
One theme per evening. The theme sets the direction — the room decides where it goes.
The changes we desire, postpone or have only just begun to imagine.
Honest stories about attempts that did not work — without turning every failure into a polished success story.
Alternative paths, abandoned ambitions and what they reveal about what we still want.
Beliefs, ambitions and definitions of success we no longer hold.
Non-linear careers, unexpected decisions and the myth of having a perfect plan.
A conversation about traveling, discovering new cultures, and experiencing things that change us.
Who it’s for
You want to meet people outside your normal circle.
You prefer curiosity to self-promotion.
Your life may be going well, but part of it feels too automatic.
You have questions or ideas that rarely fit into everyday conversation.
You want a different night out — something social, stimulating and genuinely enjoyable.
The guest list
Join the guest list to hear about upcoming Détour Nights, new themes and limited-capacity experiences in Geneva.
Before you come
No. You may make useful professional connections, but the experience is designed around people, ideas and real conversation — not pitching or collecting contacts.