The OSER Flow Retreat™ Strategy Away-day
Break out of task-mode. Reignite strategic imagination.
The OSER Flow Retreat™ is a one-day leadership workshop designed to unlock divergent thinking, join the dots, and create space for clarity and creative strategy.
Hosted at curated boutique hotel partners across the UK - or as a half-day immersion in your office or at 180 House on The Strand - this is a new era of human-led strategic thinking for companies ready for meaningful growth.
For founders, CEOs and leadership teams who need time and space to think differently.
What Is the OSER Flow Retreat™?
A curated, facilitated one-day workshop built to:
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Switch off execution mode
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Stimulate the default mode network
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Unlock flow
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Generate divergent thinking
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Reframe opportunities
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Surface strategic insights
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Create clarity for the next phase of growth
This is not a traditional management away day. No activities. No silly games. No forced team bonding.
This is high-end cognitive space engineered for creative strategic breakthroughs.
Who's it for?
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Scaleups entering a new phase of growth
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Leadership teams moving too fast to think
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Founders needing perspective, clarity or a reset
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Exec teams preparing for a rebrand, repositioning or funding round
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Organisations navigating change, complexity or opportunity
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Businesses who know they need better ideas, not more meetings
If your leadership team feels stuck, overloaded, or too in the weeds, the Flow Retreat is designed for you.
The OSER Flow Method™
A structured, neuroscience-backed framework to help leaders access deeper creativity and strategic clarity.
1. Foundation: Slowing the System
Before the retreat, attendees receive an OSER pre-read covering:
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What creates flow
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How the default mode network drives creativity
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Why constant task-switching blocks strategic thinking
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How rest, sleep and space increase strategic intelligence
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Light preparation around intention-setting and mental decluttering
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This primes the team for deeper work.
2. Morning: Flow Activation + Strategic Opening
Led by Laura, this session introduces: The OSER Flow Deck™
A proprietary toolkit including:
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Divergent thinking triggers
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Pattern inversion exercises
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Strategic metaphor prompts
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Disruption maps
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Market reframing cards
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Associative thinking tools
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Dot-joining provocations
The goal is to open up perception, unlock creativity, and shift from left-brain execution into expansive strategic flow.
3. Midday Renewal (Not Activities)
A purposeful reset designed to deepen creative access:
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Walks in nature
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Sauna and wellness access (venue-dependent)
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Quiet reflection
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Journaling
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Rest or nap
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Healthy nutrition
This is deliberate cognitive restoration, not team-building.
4. Afternoon: Strategic Flow Sessions
Using insights created in the morning, OSER guides the leadership team through facilitated strategic work:
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Growth horizons
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Market opportunities
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Reframing brand, product or value proposition
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Long-view visioning
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Creative strategy exploration
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Identifying patterns, gaps and opportunity clusters
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Removing constraints
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Narrative and positioning work
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Future planning with divergent thinking principles
The result: clarity, direction, and energised strategic alignment.
5. Closing: Decisions, Clarity & Commitments
The workshop ends with:
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Actionable priorities
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Strategic paths
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New ideas and frameworks
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Agreed focus areas
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Ownership and next steps
OSER produces a Clarity Report summarising insights, decisions, opportunities and recommended next moves.
Retreat locations
The Pig, Kent
Re-charge your brain at an eclectic hotel in Kent and under an hour from London.
The Pig, West Sussex
Slip into divergent thinking through roaring fires and scenic views.
180 House, The Strand London
Access instant creative inspired spaces located in central London.
Why This Works
Modern leadership teams are locked in execution. The Flow Retreat breaks the cycle.
Because leaders need space, not speed.
Flow and divergent thinking unlock fresh approaches, creative strategy and more intelligent decisions.
Because ideas are a competitive advantage.
When we slow down, we access deeper insight, pattern recognition and creativity.
Because your brain needs recovery to perform.
OSER helps you step outside the everyday and see the bigger picture.
Because business breakthroughs require perspective.
“Laura's impact is extraordinary. A really good communicator and quick to implemenent ideas. A real force for good”.
DAVID TURNER, PARTNER CITYWIRE.
Flow Retreat options
One-Day Flow Retreat
Boutique hotel, nature-rich environment, full OSER Flow Method, Clarity Report.
Flow Half-Day (London/Office)
FFacilitated session focused on strategic flow activation and creative strategic work.
Quarterly Flow Programme
For leadership teams who want ongoing flow-based strategy and idea generation.
Strategic + creative thinking
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