Wild Work: Designing High-Performing Teams Through Better Environments
Wild Work by The Hike Collective helps organisations build calmer, clearer, more cohesive teams by using the one environment most workplaces overlook: nature.
Every year, companies invest in leadership programs, culture workshops, and offsites, yet team burnout, disconnection, and misalignment remain stubbornly high.
The problem isn’t lack of effort.
It’s that most team initiatives happen in the same environments that contributed to the problem.
Humans weren’t built to collaborate under fluorescent lights, sit still for hours, or bond over slide decks.
But shift the environment, introduce natural light, gentle movement, open space, and team dynamics change dramatically. Research shows that wild spaces can:
reduce stress and emotional load,
increase creative problem-solving,
strengthen social connection, and
support better communication and trust.
This is the missing ROI in most organisational strategies:
A healthier environment creates a healthier team.
But before leaders can improve team culture, they need a clear, honest picture of how their people are functioning now.
Leaders need visibility, not guesswork.
Use our evidence-informed Team Health Check to assess where your team is thriving and where small environmental or behavioural shifts could unlock a meaningful lift in connection, clarity, and capacity.
Assess your team Here.
