IMAGE: Taking time to walk together, listening, learning, and remembering what grounds us.
Last week, our team swapped our screens for the crisp air and ancient landscapes of Gundungurra and Dharug Country in the Blue Mountains. Most of the year, we work remotely, spread out across different places, so when we do gather, it’s really special. It’s not often we get this time to slow down, yarn IRL, and strengthen the connections that drive Indigital every day.
Image by Lindsay Davies: Indigital Project Manager, Ellie Dowling, with our Social Reciprocity Lead, Peta-Anne Toohey a proud Aboriginal woman with connections to the Gundungurra and Dharug peoples.
Time together on Country is never just a break, it’s an act of remembering. It reminds us that work doesn’t happen in isolation from place, people, or culture. Sitting together, listening deeply, and sharing space with Country teaches us a few things about how to do business differently:
1. Connection before action.
Taking time to listen and build trust strengthens every decision we make. It slows us down in the right ways, so when we act, we do so with care and confidence.
2. Rest is part of the work.
Country reminds us that everything moves in cycles. We can’t keep giving if we don’t stop to rest. It’s why we choose to build Indigital Leave into our calendar every 12 weeks, a deliberate pause to reconnect with family, community, and the lands, waterways, and skies that look after us. Rest isn’t a reward, it’s how we sustain our fire.
3. Place holds wisdom, listen to it.
Being on Country grounds us in the knowledge that this work is bigger than us. We’re guided by stories and protocols that have existed long before us, and will exist long after. Moments like our recent retreat remind us that real change, the kind that lasts, comes from relationships and reciprocity. It comes from making time to sit together, honour where we are, and carry those lessons forward into every meeting, project, and partnership.
If you’re curious about how we’re weaving these principles into our broader company culture, you can read more in our piece with Diversity Council Australia here. And maybe, it’s a gentle invitation: What might time on Country teach you about your team, your work, and the way you do business?
IMAGE: On Country, we learn that our best ideas come when we walk, listen, and dream together.
