Why nature brings out the best in your team

At School of the Wild, we run offsite team building and leadership development programmes outside, on purpose. Here's why nature brings out the best in your team.

At School of the Wild, we’re driven by one idea: nature brings out the best in people.

We believe that reconnecting with the natural world is the one of the best ways to reconnect with each other, freeing your collective potential and growing together. It’s where many voices become one mind.

The latest research backs this up, showing that spending time in nature:

• is a great leveller making it easier to relax, be human and connect with each other,
• is a remedy for distracted thinking
• dramatically increases creative problem solving - by as much as 50%, 
• boosts wellbeing, lowers stress levels, and really does clear your head

Time in nature boosts your team performance by helping individuals grow and develop, and build meaningful bonds with each other. We know this works. 

So we run offsites and team building programmes with a difference: we support you to solve concrete problems and realise your team’s potential in these challenging times, through:

1. Learning: inspired by nature’s life-affirming, interconnected ecosystem,
2. Listening: empowering and supporting the creative hive mind of any team, 
3. Presence: connecting to yourself & each other, so that you can co-create real change.

How nature brings out the best in your team

Around the fire, the mix of nature, activities and facilitated conversations creates a safe space that allows your team to be more present with each other, and to transcend the usual barriers that come up in the workplace.

Spending time in nature helps team conversations go from boring meetings to dynamic discussions:

Collaborate better

Talking around a fire is primal, it's how we advanced human culture for thousands of years.

The best meeting room

Nature is the great leveller and breaks down personal barriers, making it easier to relax and connect with each other.

+50%

Supercharge creativity

Time in nature dramatically increases creative thinking, by as much as 50%.

Unite on common goals

Nature makes you less impulsive and instead inspires you to think long-term, together.

Bring out the best in the group

Nature is energising and relaxing, lowers your stress levels, and really does clear your head.

How your organisation can benefit

In a fast changing world, and with remote working on the rise, it’s becoming harder for business owners and managers to lead teams in the same direction while keeping their company culture strong and intact.

A positive and healthy work culture requires meaningful employee interaction and connection, for without it, trust is unlikely to develop. And when your team lacks trust, communication, engagement, and productivity are the next to suffer.

Establishing the connection needed to build trust is key to ensuring everyone is headed in the same direction with a shared set of values.

This is why taking a break away from screens and the routine of work, without distractions and the pressure of deadlines, to invest in your team’s success is one of the smartest business decisions you can make.

At School of the Wild, our mission is to help organisations work with nature to transform their teams and inspire a regenerative relationship with the world and each other. We bring leaders and teams outside to help you reconnect and think differently, so that you’re inspired to change the way you work.

We incorporate activities designed to help you see things differently, like making fire, working with symbols and connecting with nature as part of creating space for meaningful conversations that build belonging and align your workforce with your values.

Have a look at our outdoor team building and development programmes in London and Brighton here, or get in touch for more information.