Think Differently
Unlock your team’s full creative potential in nature
“Andy and Chloe held an expertly facilitated day...
If you’re looking for a way to help your team bond and grow together, I’d choose Change in Nature every time!”
Natalie Fee, environmental campaigner, author, speaker, and founder of City to Sea
Transformative team retreats in nature…
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Strategy
Space for deep, creative thinking. We help you to reconnect with purpose, and reimagine your strategic vision with a fully refreshed mind.
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Culture
A team is only as strong as its culture. We help teams to deepen connection, strengthen communication and boost collaboration.
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Wellbeing
Experience an immediate improvement in your team’s wellbeing and learn techniques for managing stress and building resilience.
Leave it to us…
Whether it’s a day-long workshop, a 2-3 day immersive retreat, or a longer change process, we can design and organise something that meets your team’s unique needs. Please get in touch for an initial exploratory call.
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We have existing relationships with a number of beautiful retreat centres, particularly in the South West. We are also happy to find venues in other regions if your team is based elsewhere.
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We have 10 years of experience designing healthy and hearty meals for groups. Once we have your dietary requirements, you can leave the meal planning and food shopping to us. We feel that cooking together can be a powerful way of building community, but are also happy to find a caterer if that’s what you’d prefer.
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Our passion is designing and facilitating group experiences in nature that unleash greater strategic impact, human connection and personal wellbeing. We can help you to identify your team’s core needs and purpose for gathering — and creatively design an experience to meet them. For our full bios, see the About Us section of our website.
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We’ve all been on retreats where great ideas have been generated, only to be lost in the list of to-dos when we get back to the office. This can be frustrating for everyone. We can help your team to integrate important take-aways by providing 1-2-1 or group coaching sessions post-retreat.
Our approach
We combine deep knowledge of the environmental and social change sector with 10 years of experience facilitating transformative group experiences in nature.
Why in nature? Because we believe that grappling with today’s challenges calls for no less than bringing our most refreshed minds into the environment where they perform best. As our world gets ever faster and more complex, we desperately need time and space for deep, creative thinking. Distracted and burnt out teams talking strategy in a concrete box simply won’t cut it.
Scientific paper after scientific paper is now proving what we all instinctively know – that we are happier, healthier and more creative when we’re out in nature (in fact, we recommend a book with that very title). That’s why we are passionate about taking teams out into the natural world to re-imagine their strategy, while investing in the deeper human connections and wellbeing that underpin everything.
Over 1,000 people have benefited from our programmes, from CEOs to senior HR, marketing and sustainability professionals. You can see some case studies from our team retreats below…
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“Transformative. Changing in nature says it all! If you need a fresh approach, get out of the office and revolutionise your thinking.”
Ben Slater, Founder CEO, Bow & Arrow innovation consultancy
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“Essential. Taking time out from a hectic office and being led through powerful activities in nature allowed us to connect with our core values and get to the heart of what can make our organisation a success.”
CEO, Award-Winning Not-For-Profit Organisation
Case Study 1: City to Sea
We designed and ran a day for the 16 staff of City to Sea, an award-winning not-for-profit campaign organisation, to help shape their five year vision, celebrate successes, deepen connections within the organisation and maintain a positive mindset.
Feedback (16 employees)
100% felt more connected to colleagues
100% felt more connected to the purpose and values of the organisation and clearer about their role within it
100% felt a greater sense of general wellbeing
94% felt the day unlocked different perspectives and new insights to solve a challenge they were facing
94% felt more positive about the role and success of the organisation going forward
Case Study 2: Pukka Herbs
In 2019, we ran 12 full day workshops for Pukka Herbs, the fastest growing organic tea company in the world at that time. The brief was to create and facilitate inspiring days in nature for employees to explore personal and organisational purpose.
Following the success of the programme, we also ran a Think Differently day for the senior leadership team.
Feedback (over 40 employees)
100% felt they built stronger connections with colleagues
97% felt a greater sense of general wellbeing
92% felt more inspired and creative
86% felt more connected to their sense of purpose
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“Leaving with a renewed sense of purpose, ready to hit work and day-to-day life.”
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“A heartwarming and humbling day. I am feeling positive and excited about our potential.”
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“Thought provoking and inspiring. I have felt comfortable being out of my comfort zone”
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"An incredible day. The whole team have nothing but positive words to say. I’m really happy with how everything went and thought the tone, sessions and flow of the day were perfect."
Rebecca Burgess, Chief Executive, City to Sea (2019)
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“By far the best team day I’ve ever been on and I would highly recommend Change in Nature to anyone wanting to find meaning and humanity within their organisation. Being out in nature made it an experience to treasure and remember.”
Head of Marketing & Campaigns, City to Sea
Facilitators: Chloe Revill & Andy Raingold
Change in Nature was created by Chloe Revill & Andy Raingold, two senior sustainability professionals who after many years of working to influence business and policy in Westminster, went on personal journeys in nature to renew their sense of purpose and drive. They set up Change in Nature to help people and organisations deeply connect with the change they would like to see in the world and be fully resourced to make a meaningful contribution in this extraordinary time.
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“Wonderful frameworks and teachings shared by two deeply present, knowledgeable and loving facilitators.”
Can we design something for you?
Do you feel your team or organisation would benefit from some time quality together to think differently in nature? Then drop us a note and let’s see if we can help…