The Three Day Field Trip
An immersive three-day workshop to see culture in action
Three days. Six company visits. 28 seats on the bus. Since 2016, our Three Day Field Trips have helped executives from more than 100 businesses to experience the culture of some of South Africa’s most highly engaged organisations first hand; asking questions of senior executives; looking behind the scenes on guided tours; and earning insider knowledge of what it is that makes great culture work. This unique concept has earned HAPPYSANDPIT a place right at the forefront of innovative culture learning.
How Does the Three-Day Field Trip Work?
This signature immersion is an energetic and fast-paced three-day activity, which always runs over a Tuesday-Thursday, and usually at set times of year on the South African business calendar between February and October. We have been privileged to gain unprecedented access to many of South Africa’s greatest and most fascinating businesses and are committed to continue providing the highest level of learning.
1. Leading Businesses
Since 2016, we have been privileged to visit: Afrihost, Anglo American Platinum, Capital Hotels, Cerebra, Comair, Creative Counsel, DHL, Different Life, Entelect, Flash Group, Flight Centre Travel Group, Hilton Hotels, Hollard, Investec, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, King Price Insurance, Lobard, McDonald’s, Merchants, Microsoft, Missing Link, Montego Pet Nutrition, Nando’s, Ocean Basket, OM Insure, Ooba, Puma, Red Rocket, Rovos Rail, South African Airways, SA Taxi, Striata, Unitrans, We Buy Cars and Yum Brands.
2.Unprecedented access
We’ve had the opportunity to look behind the scenes and put as many questions as we can think of, to our culture-first host companies. We’ve spent time with the founders and CEOs, with the culture evangelists and creative people teams. We’ve worn funny hats, built Lego, and slid down all manner of slides. And we’re not close to done yet.
3. Incredible participants
Since 2016, we have been privileged to host participants from: Absa, AECI, Alexander Forbes, Alan Gray, Allianz, American Tower Corporation, Bank Gaborone, Bank Windhoek, Bet Software, Botswana Fibre Networks, Capricorn Group, Conlog, DeBeers, Falcorp, Goldfields, Growthpoint, Harmony, Hollywood Bets, Hyundai Motors, Impala Platinum, Innovation Group, Kia Motors, Liberty, Liquimoly, Lusaka South MFEZ, Maxtec, Metropolitan, Mettus, Montego, MPI Holdings, Mr Price, Murray & Roberts, Old Mutual, Ooba, Platinum Life, Pnet, Polyoak Packaging, PPC, Price Forbes, Red Rocket, Rain, RMB, Sanlam, Sasfin, Sasria, Standard Bank, Solarvest, STBB, Sun International, TomTom, Transnet, Wecke & Voigt and many others.
4. Unique expertise
Our job is to get you in front of the smartest, bravest, and most audacious organisations when it comes to culture that drives engagement. Often that means we get inside the biggest household names; the companies you might already consider to be synonymous with culture. But at the same time, we take great pride and great joy in introducing you to the hidden gems you may have never encountered. The lessons are everywhere and we love to find them!
Mar 17 – 19 (CPT)
May 12 – 14 (JNB)
Aug 4 – 6 (JNB)
Oct 13 – 15 (CPT)
The Outcome
There are as many outcomes as there are different people on the trips, but perhaps the key ones are these:
(1) You will learn how companies operating under the same labour law, tapping employees from the same pool as you, have built great culture that helps them to drive employee engagement leading to performance, loyalty and the other voluntary behaviours we most desire as business leaders, through a pandemic and beyond.
The days will be full of practical lessons you can implement immediately.
(2) You will be joined by up to 14 other like-minded participants who have had to face many of the same challenges as you. Experience tells us that new perspectives and previously unseen sides to a story can lift your thinking and take it in brand new directions.
(3) You’ll have the time of your life. Really. This is going to change the way you think about business and people management forever.