Retreats

a different way

My friend Julien Troussier and I hosted our first retreat in the majestic beauty of the Gran Paradiso National Park in Cogne, Italy in June 2016. Ten brave pioneers participated over five intense days in walks, readings, reflections and sharing in what was essentially an experiment to explore whether the Values-Transparency-Transformation-Verification model we’d pioneered to help organisations at TFT could be extended to help individuals. Instead of the business’ Values, we asked, “What are your Values?” Are you living true to them? If not, what might you change and who among your friends and colleagues could help you stay aligned?

We learned so much and got such great feedback that we refined our approach and continued to offer more opportunities for these profound connections. We’ve now conducted many different Retreats, all around the world, over different timeframes - half day events, full days, two days and yes, the pinnacle, five day Retreats for the deepest dive and the most profound connection.

We invite participants to explore their past, present and possible futures, to get connected to themselves and to listen to that voice inside them. Yes, it’s about that Duck again. We make sure these are intimate events with no more than 12 participants. We continue to get great feedback from everyone who joins.

Within organisations

Julien and I have also hosted Retreats for groups from within a single organisation. The aim is to build a strong culture within teams and across the organisation.

We supported the on-boarding of Nestlé’s Global Sourcing Team during an intense week-long field trip through Thailand, visiting Ports, sugar cane farmers and smallholder palm oil growers.

Within TFT/Earthworm Foundation, more than 80 people have participated in a series of one and two day Retreats but also six different deep-dive, five day Retreats.

We hosted a two day Retreat for a group of 14 French CEOs from the Association of Professional Manager’s Leman Group.

These Retreats have had a huge impact on participants, as is evidenced by the testimonials below. The organisational benefits have also been profound with senior executives citing stronger team work, and an empowered culture of acting according to personal and company values.

We continue to offer bespoke experiences, tailored for individual teams, both here in Switzerland, in Italy or anywhere in the world where organisations are based.

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A disturbing moment, which from now on nurtures day after day my focus on what matters for people, for the planet and for me

/ Benjamin ware, global head of responsible sourcing, Nestlé /

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Being up in the mountains, withdrawn from daily life and connected to a new group of people and the nature around me, was the perfect setting for a fulfilling, soul-opening and motivating week. The week’s activities and experiences gave me much to reflect upon, both personally, professionally, and philosophically. Highly recommend this program to anyone ready to open themselves to a new way of looking at the way we interact with people and the consequences human connections have on our lives

/ roisin mortimer, earthworm foundation /

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J'étais simplement curieux de découvrir un monde que je ne connais. Scott nous a demandé si c'était "relevant to our business. Ça l'est parfaitement puisque finalement on parle toujours de relations d'homme à homme (à femme aussi bien sûr) et du rôle des émotions et des valeurs....comme dans nos entreprises commerciales. Merci à Scott et Julien.

/ ceo from association of professional managers, leman group /

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The earthworm program is an absolutely inspiring experience. It makes you dig deep to remember and recognise your passion, purpose, what brought you here, and to realise where you want to go. Now, almost a year later, I can still clearly envision some of our days and sessions, and it snaps me right back to remembering the big picture of what we are really trying to accomplish

/ taylor miller, responsible sourcing team, nestlé /

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I’m still enjoying the benefits from our last retreat. It really helped me to heal, to protect but also to face difficult and tough situations. I thoroughly recommend the retreat program to anyone interested in bringing change to the world.