Our 2024 F-World Magazine: Real-World Impact and ECD Research

As we wrap up 2024, I’m thrilled to share two special milestones with you: the latest edition of F World Magazine and the results of our first ECD research project in collaboration with Wharton Business School.

The F World is not just a magazine—it’s a reflection of our movement. The 2024 Edition brings together the voices, insights, and stories of a global community dedicated to emotional culture in workplaces. Designed by riders&elephants and powered by the incredible Elephant Rider Community, it's our way of celebrating and recognising how emotions are flipping work and life.

Whether you’re a seasoned Elephant Rider, a curious leader, or someone who just wants to understand how emotions shape our world, this publication is for you. Inside, you’ll find heartfelt stories, expert insights, and practical tools to help you reimagine connection, culture, and leadership. From inspiring case studies to the highlights of our Global Elephant Rider Summit,...

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Reflecting on Our First Global Elephant Rider Summit

By Jeremy Dean, Founder of riders&elephants

At the heart of our first-ever Global Summit were six core emotions that guided every touchpoint and experience we designed: Inspired, Free, Generous, Surprised, Uncomfortable, and Brave. Over two and a half unforgettable days, 47 incredible Elephant Riders (our affectionate name for members of our community) from 8 countries came together in Queenstown, New Zealand, to connect, learn, and inspire one another. 

For most of us, it was our first meeting face-to-face after years of virtual connection. The diversity of experiences, perspectives, and energy across the Summit was nothing short of electric. We had those who’ve been using The ECD for over five years, like Tubi Oyston—whose daughter has literally grown up with The ECD—and those, like Rhonda Howarth, who joined our community just months before the Summit. It was a profound joy to witness this collision of ideas, experiences, and stories.

This was truly one...

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The F-Word Magazine - 2023 Edition | Elephant Rider Community Year in Review

At the start of 2023, we set out to make everything we do 5% better. We wanted to slow the pace down a bit in the R&E Lab and hurry a bit more slowly. But as I sit here at the end of 2023 and look back on the year, I chuckle to myself. Wow, what a year it's been.

As I read the pages in this magazine below, I feel immensely proud, joyful, grateful, humble, and a little overwhelmed. This beautiful magazine showcases how much our Community and the people within it have grown. There was more ECD activity than we've seen before – thanks to the inspiring, generous, and thoughtful contributions of hundreds of Elephant Riders in our new Community Platform.

This year, our Elephant Rider Community grew to over 1200 people across 43 countries. We ran two ECD Online Masterclasses and welcomed 200 new Elephant Riders into our Community. Ten inspiring humans unlocked their Pro Elephant Rider Badges and became ECD Certified Consultants. Five Elephant Riders moved onto Specialist...

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