Each Ode to Wonder Gathering™ is a facilitated experience that weaves art, nature, narrative storytelling, human connection, and evidence-based positive psychology into moments of shared insight.

Participants:

• Experience awe and wonder together — through creative prompts, nature-inspired reflection, or art-based interaction.

• Spot one another’s strengths — using positive psychology techniques that deepen appreciation and respect.

• Reimagine connection — exploring how empathy, tolerance of uncertainty, exploring others' perspectives, and creativity can become cultural assets, not side notes.

Every gathering is customized to your organization’s culture and goals — from 90-minute immersive sessions to half-day retreats — and can be held in-person or virtually.

It’s where human connection becomes your most sustainable performance strategy.

In times of uncertainty, the strongest teams aren’t just aligned around goals — they’re anchored by belonging.
Research shows that employees who experience awe at work can experience:

• Physical benefits - awe can reduce sympathetic activation, increase oxytocin, and reduce inflammation. It is also known to increase optimism, sense of connection, and well-being+

• Increased prosocial behaviours, such as helping, cooperation, and altruism++

Ode to Wonder Gatherings™ make that science real — embedding awe, strengths, and social health into the DNA of organizational systems.

Because the future of work isn’t just productive — it’s profoundly human.

+Monroy M, Keltner D. Awe as a Pathway to Mental and Physical Health. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2023 Mar;18(2):309-320. doi: 10.1177/17456916221094856. Epub 2022 Aug 22. PMID: 35994778; PMCID: PMC10018061

++ Meng L, Wang X. Awe in the workplace promotes prosocial behavior. Psych J. 2023 Feb;12(1):44-53. doi: 10.1002/pchj.593. Epub 2022 Sep 4. PMID: 36058883.

After an Ode to Wonder Gathering™, teams and students can leave with:

• A renewed sense of trust and empathy across departments.

• Recognition of individual and collective strengths.

• Increased psychological safety and curiosity in collaboration.

• A shared emotional language that fuels innovation and creativity.

Introductory Experience

• 90 minutes

• Up to 50 participants

• Virtual or In-Person

Half-Day Deep Dive

• 3 hours

• 20–40 participants

• In-Person (option to hold at the Vancouver Art Gallery accompanied with immersive art slow looking experience)

Custom Series

• 2–4 sessions

• 12–30 participants

• Designed for ongoing culture transformation

Each experience includes:

• A pre-session discovery call to align goals

• A pre-experience introduction and familiarization in team invite.

• A guided, awe-based facilitation experience

• A post-session insight brief to integrate outcomes into daily work

A guided, four-part course that helps teams translate the inspiration of a Wonder Gathering™ into lasting alignment and trust.

Participants learn to recognize one another’s strengths, reconnect with their own sense of purpose, and co-create “wonder-goals” that link personal meaning to organizational vision.

Ideal for leaders and cross-functional teams ready to turn belonging into measurable performance.

A comprehensive consulting and strategy program that transforms well-being from initiative to infrastructure.
Built on the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, awethentIQ@work helps organizations:

• Assess and strengthen psychological health and safety and social health across teams.

• Design tailored well-being frameworks that integrate mental, social, and creative health.

• Align policies, leadership behaviors, and metrics with a culture of belonging and innovation.

For organizations ready to move from moments of connection to measurable, sustained transformation. description

A holistic pathway to well-being:

Ode to Wonder Gatherings™ awaken connection.
WonderZones™ deepen alignment.
awethentIQ@work™ embeds well-being into culture transformation.