RETREATS
THAT
RECONNECT
PEOPLE WITH PURPOSE
Most off-sites generate nice moments.
Our InSites generate actual team momentum.
InSites are retreats that offer advanced facilitation, immersive activities, and real strategic alignment to create experiences that uplift the human spirit and strengthen organizational performance. Nothing we do is generic — every experience is crafted to strengthen belonging, unlock creativity, and support the future your team is building together.
INSITE LOCATIONS
HILLTOPS OF GORDES
Overlooking the Luberon Valley, this private retreat is designed to give leadership teams the space to step away from operational demands and focus on long-range strategic clarity. The Provençal landscape provides a naturally distraction-free environment that supports perspective, thoughtful dialogue, and decisive alignment. Residences integrate natural light, open views, and outdoor gathering areas that encourage fluid movement between facilitated strategy sessions, executive dialogue, and individual reflection. The setting supports deeper thinking, allowing leaders to challenge assumptions, identify emerging opportunities, and reframe complex organizational challenges. Structured sessions take place in adaptable, purpose-driven collaboration spaces designed for executive-level decision making, innovation planning, and leadership alignment. Informal evening environments extend strategic conversation and strengthen trust across leadership teams. This retreat is designed to accelerate clarity, strengthen alignment, and support confident forward decision-making.
ITALIAN RIVERIA
Set between hillside terrain and the Mediterranean horizon, this private retreat is designed to support leadership teams navigating transformation, innovation, and organizational growth. The dynamic natural environment encourages expanded thinking and productive disruption of routine decision patterns. Residences emphasize simplicity, openness, and connection to the surrounding environment, creating an atmosphere conducive to focus, creativity, and high-level collaboration. Outdoor terraces and shared gathering areas support executive working sessions as well as reflective space critical to breakthrough thinking. Facilitated workshops take place in flexible strategy environments designed for innovation planning, cross-functional leadership dialogue, and complex problem solving. Movement-based experiences, including guided walking discussions, help unlock creative thinking and strengthen executive cohesion. This setting helps leadership teams expand strategic perspective, accelerate innovation initiatives, and reinforce collaborative leadership.
WHEREVER YOU WISH!
This fully customized retreat is designed to align directly with your organization’s strategic priorities, leadership development goals, and innovation initiatives. Locations are intentionally selected to create privacy, focus, and environments that support high-impact executive collaboration. Accommodations prioritize calm focus, natural light, and direct connection to surrounding landscapes, encouraging leaders to move seamlessly between facilitated strategy work, independent reflection, and organic collaboration. Communal environments are intentionally flexible to support executive design sprints, organizational alignment sessions, innovation planning, and future-state development. Shared experiences and curated local engagement reinforce trust, strengthen leadership relationships, and support authentic collaboration. The result is a purpose-built executive environment where leadership teams step back from operational pressures, gain strategic clarity, and return with stronger alignment, clearer priorities, and measurable forward momentum.
INSITES ITINERARY
Day 1: Roots, Trust, and
Shared Meaning
Morning Theme: "Where We Stand" 09:30: Arrival & Welcome Coffee 10:00: Opening Circle • Grounding exercise • Personal check-in: “What do I need to be fully present?” • Introduction to retreat themes 10:45: Themed Workshop 1: Roots & Foundations Reconnect with shared values and strengths • Small groups explore: * Why we exist as a team * What we are proud of * What sustains us in difficult moments • Visual mapping on large paper • Collective synthesis 12:30 – Lunch Afternoon Theme: “Listening & Collaboration” 14:00: Creative Workshop 2: Listening Beyond Words Music-based exercise • Short guided listening session (carefully chosen instrumental or world music) • Individual reflection: emotions, images, rhythms perceived • Group exercise: * Each group translates the music into a collective “score” (drawing, words, movements) * Discussion: * How do we listen as a team? * Where do we harmonize? Where do we clash or rush? 15:45: Nature Walk: Attuned Conversations • Paired walk with prompts: * When do I feel most “in sync” with the team? * What helps me listen better? • Short silent segment 17:15: Integration Circle • Insights from music and walk • Key metaphors captured (rhythm, silence, tempo, harmony) Evening Theme: “Informal Connection” 19:30: Dinner 21:00: Optional Music & Story Evening • Participants bring a song (or memory linked to music) • Short sharing: “Why this matters to me” (Optional, low-pressure, deeply bonding)
Day 2: Vision, Creativity, and Collective Vision
Morning Theme: “Imagining What’s Next” 08:30: Breakfast 09:15: Gentle Morning Activation (movement or breathing, optionally with soft music outdoors) 09:45: Themed Workshop 3: The Future We Are Composing • Activity to identify past challenges and issues with workspace/team that moves into planning and strategy. Music metaphor continued • Groups imagine the team as a musical ensemble in 18 months: * What genre are we? * What tempo? * Who leads, who supports? • Translate metaphors into concrete organizational realities 11:30: Break 11:45: Creative Prototyping Workshop 4 From vision to action • Groups design 2–3 priority initiatives • Use creative formats (storyboards, headlines, mini-performances) Afternoon Theme: “Commitment & Closure” 13:00: Lunch 14:15: Solo Nature Walk: Personal Rhythm • Reflection guide: * What rhythm do I want to keep? * What do I need to slow down or amplify? • Personal notes 15:30: Closing Workshop 5: Commitments & Collective Score • Each participant shares one commitment • The team co-creates a “collective score” (values, behaviors, rituals) • Appreciation round 16:30: Departure
All of our activities can be customized to the needs of your organization and employees.
WHAT MAKES INSITES DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RETREATS?
We create experiences that travel back into the business.
A meaningful experience should never end when the event does. We help organizations turn reflection into evolution — weaving participant discoveries into processes, product ideas, cultural improvements, and leadership direction. This is where our work stands apart: every moment together becomes fuel for what your organization creates next.
Uncommon facilitators. Extraordinary impact.
Our facilitators are hand-selected not just for their skill, but for their presence. Each brings a rare specialty — from certified massage therapy and mindfulness practice to professional music facilitation, culinary arts, and sensory learning. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to engage teams on physical, emotional, and creative levels simultaneously. This is the dimension most teambuilding never reaches — but where Stars Apart thrives.
Targeted experiences tailored to your world.
Your organization doesn’t do “off-the-shelf” work — so why settle for off-the-shelf teambuilding? StarsApart designs bespoke activities that mirror real challenges and spark new ways of thinking. Whether it's a climate-modeling simulation, a biodiversity observation exercise, or a guided exploration of interconnected systems, every activity is crafted to feel both surprising and strategically relevant. These aren’t games — they’re immersive opportunities to see your work, your teammates, and your impact from a completely new angle
OUR CLIENTS SAY
"Working with Stars Apart gave me opportunities to connect not only with my coworkers, but shockingly with myself. I went back to work feeling renewed and grateful."
Sarah MacKinnon, UX Designer
STARS APART WAS CREATED BY TRACEY STRANGE
Tracey Strange is a Paris-based expert in sustainable finance, CSR and climate risk, with more than a decade of experience advising financial institutions, corporates and public-sector actors on strategy, regulatory compliance and transformation.
Her career spans senior advisory roles developing impact strategies, sustainable finance frameworks and decision-useful reporting systems, as well as leadership positions designing sustainability strategies and innovation processes for multinational clients.
Tracey is passionate about utilizing her multidisciplinary perspective to shaping corporate community through various InSites at Stars Apart. She holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and has contributed to several OECD publications on sustainable development, health and public policy which have lead to the development of her unique approach to connecting teams through her workshopping approach.