Inside CirculaApr 12, 2023

Madeira: The Ultimate Team Workation

Lisa Goodman

Workation anyone? Adeus Winter, olá Sun! Our teams from Operations, Growth, and Finance decided to escape the Berlin winter together in exchange for a sunny villa on the island of Madeira!

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason! By being intentional and dedicating time for both work and fun activities, the team had a mission:

The result turned out to be much more valuable, bringing back key customer and product insights beyond what any of the team could have imagined.

So what did the team do, and why did they say it was the best working experience they’ve had to date?

Co-Working

Collaborating side-by-side across different teams in a relaxing environment brought out the teams creativity, helping them to learn more about each other's work and bringing some deep insights to light!

The team conducted various workshops for knowledge sharing.

Activities

Life on the island was busy with full weekend and evening programmes including swimming, running, and cooking. The ultimate team experience was the epic 7-hour hike through the beautiful nature, taking in the scenery and getting to know each other better. Team work was needed to motivate and support less experienced hikers to keep going and reach the summit together as one team!

Deeper working relationships

A week-long workshop dedicated to improving communication was the highlight of the week! The teams have grown closer together and built trust and strong friendships, meaning anything and everything is possible!

Madeira was perfect for sunny team meetings.

Skill Development

The team joined forces for cross-functional learning with interesting workshops in finance and accounting, ‘how-to’ boot camps in tech tools and JavaScript and a stand-out master class in Performance Marketing! More fun learning took place in the kitchen, where different teams cooked for each other in a Circula first ‘Come dine with me.’

A huge thank you to the dream team Marieke Breuer, Hüsnü Garibagaoglu and Manuel Ensinger for firstly coming up with the idea, and then working together to organise and plan it all. We appreciate all the time, hard work and dedication you invested to make this workation an experience the team will never forget!