The Forest Walk
Learning From Nature
A healthy organization resembles a healthy forest. It is sustainable, adaptable, respects its resources, and is an innovative web of interconnections. An exploratory walk through our Montane Forest exposes us to a research and development laboratory that is several million years old, illustrating nature’s unparalleled use of diversity, efficiency, innovation, and change management. By examining specific species in our forests, we see the importance of interconnections and how a change in one affects all. A naturalist will guide you through this easy walk to explain the various systems of the forest and help your organization use this activity as a metaphor for your business.
Time Frame: 90 minutes - 3 hours
Organizational Benefits:
- Understanding interconnections
- Systems thinking
- Ways to adapt to change
- Efficient use of resources
- Creating a climate for innovation
- The forest as a metaphor for an effective team
- This is a great exercise to launch a discussion about your organization's sustainability and ways to innovate in today's fast changing environment.
- Use the new science of Biomimicry to help capitalize on nature's most ingenious solutions and to help our organizations become more efficient in the future.
“In the woods we return to reason and faith.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson