During the first Shift Community Seminar of the year, we heard LHGs inspiring story as they worked through the pandemic to keep the business going involving: a massive crowd-funding project, developing new spaces, and creating excellent beers for all to enjoy! Now they are enjoying great success, recording record beer selling numbers and hosting local running events. With such a compelling story, naturally, we quizzed the chairman Bruce on what it was like coming through the other side of something like a pandemic.

It was a really engaging seminar for all of us who enjoyed it live, and as a bonus, we were fortunate enough to record attendance at our seminar – only serving to add to the discussions and breakout rooms.

We have worked with LHG through their B Corp journey helping them implement the changes they needed to achieve a passing score. Their team has been diligent and committed demonstrating the excellent internal culture they have at LHG.

Our first summer seminar of the year! A great group of clients and members of the Shift Community get involved with the Q&A and breakout rooms. We’ve successfully trialled the 1-on-1 matchmaking style of breakout rooms, bringing a more personal touch to the breakout sessions.

A big thank you to Adam Parsons from APG Architecture who spoke to us about the interesting origin for their sustainability journey. We spoke about Yvon Chouinard’s “Let My People Go Surfing”, and the profound effect it had on Adam’s approach to business.

We also mentioned that, after being inspired by Adam and his affinity to the book, we have been reading it at a team as apart of a weekly book club. This seems to spark some interest in the Shift Community so we may be taking the book club to the community in the near future!

Seminar Writeup – Wednesday 22nd March 2023

In conversation with Rich Gundry who shares how creative comms agency, Wonderland, are pushing the bar with their progressive (and at points damn right revolutionary!) worker policies.

In this edition of the Shift Community Seminar, we discussed everything in the Wonder Universe, which is a fascinating place. Facing lots of questions at the end of the Q&A, Rich let us peek into the progressive new territories that Wonderland is exploring.

A big thanks to everyone who attended a second great Seminar this year – I think 2023 will be a special year of speakers! One of our largest ever attendances. I mean, this isn’t Wembley Arena, but an amazing group, big enough for solid discussion and great diversity of thought.

We have supported Wonderland in their journey to B Corp certification and beyond. They are also pioneer clients for our Culture Shift workshop services, released in early 2023 to give businesses more personal support when it came to shifting culture – injecting the energy we have here for sustainability into teams big and small.