Feature Immersion therapy


Cold feet? P


ersonally I really enjoy wild swimming. Whilst it might seem a crazy thing to do to jump into ice cold water and swim in February it does have


an amazing effect of not only waking you up, but also focusing the senses and heightening your awareness of the world. The desperate need to warm up and re-engage with the normal world when you get out has to be done quickly, hypothermia sets in fast so action must be


swift and to the point. I subscribe to the idea that wild swimming is like re-booting your personal computer; everything seems to work more efficiently afterwards and your senses are much sharper. It strikes me that the recession has had a similar effect on organisations, many are now out of the water and their actions are now critical for survival. As in wild swimming those that entered the water in poor health are not looking so clever now, if only they had paid attention to their ‘strategic wellbeing’ before the dip.


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Immersion therapy sharpens up corporate learning strategies, says Andy Dickson, who reveals why coming out of cold water can have a positive effect on L&D


Those emerging from the cold water, especially with the threat of a second dunking have a certain sense of purpose about them and their focus on people is one that seems to be benefiting from their heightened sense of awareness. It is more than survival, it is almost a ‘Darwinian’ emergence of an organisational emotional intelligence, catalysed by traumatic events, that has galvanised a need to ensure that essential talent is quickly accounted for, and a plan put in place to both attract and retain the people who just might see them


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