Collaborative discussion needs to make a connection fast, be
open-ended, bound to trigger something after. This format tries to kill the small talk and get to the point. Primer talks goal is to facilitate perspectives, and speaker and audience engagement after.
Audiences want real-world decision makers making it happen, not innovation theatre. Primer talks are used to set the stage for immersive problem solving workshops
design sprint, a
hackathon, "blue-sky" design thinking etc. IT is the contextual awareness that that is needed to start! It is the undercoat!