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Bond & Brainstorm 2025
Book now for January - March
Unique days with a natural theme, designed to facilitate transformational strategy, capability and team culture discussion.
Hosted by Willow Hill's owner, Matthew Rymer, to think and transform business intelligence and relationships.
"A unique day to help organisations adopt an holistic transformational process to strategy, capability and culture."
Matthew Rymer, Host
Availability
Monday - Thursday January to March 2025
Capacity
Up to 30 guests
Itinerary & Rates
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ITINERARY (CLICK FOR DETAIL)
9 - 9.30 ARRIVAL, HOT DRINKS & PASTRIES
Travel times
10' from the M5 between Bristol & Birmingham
20′ Cheltenham & Gloucester rail stations
50′ Bristol & Birmingham, 90′ Cardiff
120′ London, 60′ Oxford, 140′ Liverpool & Manchester
Guest are welcome to arrive earlier should it suit them.
The timetable is flexible to accommodate any particular challenges.
9.30 - 10 'CONTINUAL TRANSFORMATION'
Inspiring presentation by Matthew Rymer on the challenges of transformational change driven by AI, and explaining the objective of the day:
To detach all guests from the yesterday and the tomorrow by inspiring and nurturing a positive and free thinking time, knitting closer the relationships and stretching further the thinking.
10 - 10.45 AI INSPIRATIONS TOUR
A farm walk with six featured natural inspirations that reflect, inspire and will help remind us of the six critical strands of transformation.
1
Strategic DNA change - how can your organisation become more agile and continuously enterprising?
- Successful natural pheomena that is in perpetual motion, able to respond fast to continual disruption.
2
Value chain performance - how can latest technologies improve process and functionality, enhance performance and create opportunity for your organisation?
- Successful natural pheomena that gain dramatic whole cycle productivity gains through intelligence.
3
Competitive advantage - how can clever and dynamic application of AI reshape your sector? Could you reshape how your sector or niche operates?
- Successful natural pheomena that introduce opportunities for novel competitive advantage
4
Enterprise architecture & digital core- how could your organisation's IT operating models change for the better?
- Successful natural pheomena architecture in which data is more fluid, and unstructured, providing a flexible ecosystem driven by data.
5
Talent management - How can people be at the heart of your organisation's change?
- Successful natural pheomena that acquire necessary new skills driving reinvention through developing and applying continuous learning programmes
6
Controlling risks now to avoid challenges later
- Successful natural pheomena that consolidate and mitigate risk
10.45 - 12.30 BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
Whole or splits of the group collaborate and are asked to draw the perfect tree from roots to fruit, highlighting your organisation's processes, connectivity and information exchanges.
How can it grow?
Where can it grow?
What is it growing for?
How do all the branches connect up?
How is the fruit harvested?
How does it seed?
12.30 - 1 GROUP SHARE
The thoughts and ideas are shared to table and group and openly discussed.
1 - 2 ROUND TABLE LUNCH
Vegetarian, vegan and meat choices. Hot farmhouse fare.
2 - 3.30 DUCK HERDING
Hilarious team building fun on the farm
3.30 - 4 CLOSE, REFRESHMENTS, DEPARTURE
Guests leave, we hope, more enlightened, involved and rewarded.
We follow up to the group organiser with an outcomes paper.
RATES
Rates for 10 - 30 guests
£600 exclusive hire and set up
£69 / guest inclusive of food & beverage, welcome packs and activities.
• Rates include VAT.
Smaller groups are very welcome, although the minimum 10 guest rate will apply.
Payment Terms
Full payment is required on booking.
Cancellations
Bookings are 100% refundable up to 12 weeks prior to booking, 50% refundable up to 8 weeks prior and non refunable thereafter.
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