This year I spent more time working with organisations and something became very clear:
People are overwhelmed. Not because they lack ability, but because they lack space.
Every workplace I've stepped into, whether a school, charity or corporate team, has the same pattern: people are tired, stretched thin and holding more than anyone realises.
When someone lies down at a workplace sound session, the first thing I often hear afterward is, "I didn't know how much I needed that."
What they're really saying is:
"I didn't know how long I've been running on empty."
Sound work doesn't fix organisational culture, but it does something vital: it gives people a place where nothing is asked of them. No decisions, no performance, no urgency.
And when people feel that, even for 20 minutes, it shifts how they return to their teams. Softer. More present. More humane.
The workplace doesn't need louder motivation.
It needs quieter moments of recovery.
— Douglas