SISU Together - more than a team

SISU Together – more than a team
SISU Together is a tailored team day in nature. It combines moving outdoors, participatory tasks and guided conversations into an experience where the team learns from each other by doing things together. The day is neither a training course nor a competition, but a shared journey during which collaboration, trust and communication grow naturally.
Every programme is planned around the group's goals. The experience suits team wellbeing and recreation days, management teams, and new teams or project groups that want to strengthen their collaboration.
We deliver the programme together with The Journey Studio. We are responsible for the activities in nature, the checkpoints, safety, meals and practical arrangements. The Journey Studio is responsible for the overall concept, the Luontopolku Back to Your Senses® method, facilitation and making sure the day's insights carry over into everyday work.
Half day or full day?
Half-day programme – about 4 hours
A shared journey towards stronger collaboration. Situations encountered in nature act as a mirror for how we work together.
- Opening together
- Checkpoint route in nature
- Hands-on teamwork tasks
- Guided reflective conversations
- Coffee or meal break
- Team Compass
- Shared discussion and commitments
Full-day programme – 8 hours or more
A complete experience in nature, during which the team builds shared understanding, recognises its ways of working and creates concrete practices for everyday work. The day also includes a meal and sauna.
- Opening together
- Extended checkpoint route in nature
- Hands-on teamwork tasks
- Guided reflective conversations
- Exercises from the Luontopolku Back to Your Senses® method
- Meal and sauna
- Team Compass
- Closing discussion


The Team Compass
Every SISU Together day ends with the Team Compass. Based on a guided discussion, the team distils 3–5 shared working principles that support collaboration in everyday work too. The compass may include principles such as:
- This is how we build trust
- This is how we act under pressure
- This is how we give and receive feedback
- This is how we keep everyone included
- This is how we move things forward together
At the end of the day, the manager or team leader receives a Team Compass summary, so the day's insights can be put to use in the workplace later on.
Checkpoint themes tailored to your team
The checkpoint themes can focus, for example, on finding a shared direction, trust, communication, decision-making, working through change, problem-solving, recognising each person's strengths, courage, quiet observation, gratitude or building a shared vision for the future.
Your facilitator: Mirka Kristiina Bruun
Mirka Kristiina Bruun is an author, an experienced travel industry professional and a certified Transformative Travel Coach (ICF/CCE). She has developed the Luontopolku Back to Your Senses® method, which uses the power of nature, mindful pausing and travel to support the wellbeing, collaboration and growth of individuals, teams and organisations.
Mirka guides work communities and management teams to find new perspectives, strengthen collaboration and build lasting ways of working in the midst of nature. Read more: The Journey Studio.


Prices and practical info
SISU Together is a tailored special programme, always priced according to the group's wishes and goals.
- Price: half-day programme (about 4 h) from €2,200 per group (incl. VAT). Full-day programme with meal and sauna on request.
- Duration: from 4 hours, 8 hours or more with meal and sauna
- Group size: 5–20 people
- Location: South-East Finland, agreed according to the group's wishes
- Season: all year round
- Delivered by: Saimaan Palju Events and The Journey Studio
- Bookings: Saimaan Palju Events, Teemu, tel. +358 40 588 0738, teemu@saimaanpalju.fi
- Payment: invoice. Advance invoice for private customers.
