Something quietly remarkable is happening in cities and time zones around the world. Every quarter, our Elephant Rider Chapter Leads open a door, set out some chairs (or a Circle live room), and create space for the conversations that matter. No workshops. No webinars. Just practitioners gathering to share what is working, what is hard, and what they are learning.

This past quarter, twelve chapters across four continents met on a single theme: Coaching & Mentoring.

The quarter's theme: Coaching & Mentoring

Q2 was about the quieter, more personal side of the work. Not group facilitation, but the one-to-one. How do we use the ECD in a coaching conversation? In mentoring someone through a stretch in their career? In self-coaching, when we need to find our own words for what we feel before we can move? Our chapters picked up the ECD coaching tools, tried them in pairs, and explored where they might use them in their real work.

The magic, as always, was not in the tools themselves. It w...

Something special happens when Elephant Riders gather in person.

Stories get shared. Cards get played. And conversations that rarely happen in workplaces—finally do.

We’re kicking off the second half of 2025 with a packed calendar of Local Elephant Rider Chapter Meetups across Aotearoa, Australia, and beyond. These events are hosted by our incredible community of volunteer Chapter Leads in cities around the world. They create space for connection, shared learning, and growing the movement to humanise work—one conversation at a time.

Some highlights from our Q2 Meetups

What are Chapter Meetups all about?

Our Chapter Meetups are 90-minute in-person gatherings created for the Elephant Rider community. They’re a chance to reconnect with the tools and each other, hear Bright Spot stories, and explore how emotional culture is showing up in the real world.

Here’s what to expect:

• We play with The Emotional Culture Deck (always!)

• We explore real workplace challenges and emotio

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