New year planning from a place without fireworks
Every year, corporate planning is usually intense at the end of the year, and strategy meetings , motivational workshops , and reflective corporate travel are all scheduled to meet the calendar. However, at one of our mindful year planning retreats, our MICEcafe Journey brought us into a secluded area where we did not see any fireworks, no partying sound, and hardly any people. The lack of the annual drum roll provided us with an opportunity of slow travel leadership , leadership reflection , and concentration in planning in a way we never had in the traditional context of a corporate environment. The calmness of the environment and the silence of the surroundings pushed one to introspection from the moment of arrival. City lights, social media, and traditional year-end celebrations were not a distraction. Our group started the retreat by just looking around the surroundings, fog on top of hills, still rivers, and deserted streets. These silent times naturally resulted...