The Immersion Lab

03/01/2023

We created a unique immersion program for a team of leaders from across a diverse enterprise, designed to expose them to a different cultural and business environment.

Set in Vietnam over the course of three days, this unique program took participants on a deep, thought-provoking journey through the business and cultural landscape of Vietnam to better understand the opportunities within such a rich heritage.

Read more about this rich and rewarding immersion program and how it helped our clients' leadership team revisit their perspectives.

https://immersionlab.com/2022/10/17/gaining-leadership-insights-through-cultural-immersion/

01/27/2023

Calling all leaders! By now you might have realized how invested we are in Perma Leadership. If you are unsure what that is or you're uncertain what it entails, this is the perfect opportunity for you to find out more with this free online gathering brought to you by the Institute for Zen Leadership.

They are bringing together some of the most influential speakers for a Leadership Summit for People, Planet, and the Future.

On offer will be nature-inspired and Indigenous wisdom, intergenerational learning, immersive and transformative practices, meditation, leadership skills, creativity, and collective muscle to address the critical work of our time with heartfelt connectedness. Together we will explore the intersection of the climate crisis and health, education, regeneration, and leadership.

Register now and save the dates in your calendar - April 20-26, 2023. This is not to be missed. Join the Zen Leadership mailing list to be kept up to date on the summit.

Thank you for your interest in the One Earth, One Health, One With Summit  We will keep you up to date on the summit.…

01/23/2023

How can leaders prepare to change the trajectory of healthcare? We had the pleasure of curating an immersion program for a global giant that puts leadership development high on its strategic agenda. The organization's leaders were looking to achieve results through collaboration, fostering trust, and being accountable.

Find out more about their takeaways and other program highlights here.

https://immersionlab.com/2023/01/03/shaping-the-future-of-health-supporting-leadership-development/

10/04/2019

We’re excited to announce that we’re now certified with WBE Canada! That means opportunities to connect with WBEs (women business enterprises), corporations and supplier diversity programs to grow our business. For more information see https://wbecanada.ca/ or visit our website http://immersionlab.com/

The Women Business Enterprises Canada provides certification for women growing their business by connecting them to large procurement channels

09/13/2019

After her time in Switzerland, Megan looks at public transportation and explores how this can open the doors to more flexible working arrangements and happier people arriving, eventually, at the office.

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Growing up in a big, cosmopolitan city I’ve always thought that public transportation is a civic right. It should be affordable, reliable, safe and accessible to everyone. When in top shape, a public transportation system does wonders for relieving city congestion and reducing the stresses of comm...

08/22/2019

Almost every conversation about the traditional workplace leads back to hierarchy – a hierarchy of power and a system of interactions. Hierarchy can make it easy to see whose responsibilities lie where, which saves time. Though when there is no hierarchy, or a company is restructured in a way to give each voice more equal weight, what happens to the harmony? Megan examines formalities in Japan

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Almost every conversation about the traditional workplace leads back hierarchy – a hierarchy of power and a system of interactions. Hierarchy can make it easy to see whose responsibilities lie where, which saves time. Though when there is no hierarchy, or a company is restructured in a way to give...

08/06/2019

Megan is in Japan and with the Olympics and Paralympics being held in Tokyo in the summer of 2020, she is seeing it starting to spread in the city with posters, construction, and art being made about it. In this post, she explores what this may mean for the locals.

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The Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Tokyo in the summer of 2020 and already, there is a low hum starting to spread in the city – posters, construction, and art being made about it, evidently. After some engaging conversations with people who are from or have been living in Japan for a num...

07/26/2019

Megan is still in Japan and looking at how gender differences play out in the workplace. Are family structures and the expectations placed on an individual simply because of their gender affected by the work environment. Or did these expectations from the workplace affect family and gender roles? Chicken or egg?

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It’s hard to understand why things are the way they are without knowing how they were. This is no small undertaking. Maybe starting with looking at how people lived and worked in Japan one or two generations ago will help to unpack the way gender differences play out in the workplace today. Family...