Katie Q.
Welcoming and encouraging
Supportive and challenging
Hannah B.
A great tool for leaders and employee experience designers.
Jane W.
A fabulously flexible, easy way of learning, whilst being connected to the Riders and Elephants Team. A simple, effective tool, enabling deeper conversations for mutual understanding and change. I can't wait to use it in so many ways! Highly recommend!
Vanessa B.
I have loved learning at my own pace and being able to pause and rewatch sessions on demand to fit with my schedule. I’m looking forward to putting my learning into practice.
Being able to join others at the meetups helps to keep the learning process and experience alive.
Ryan S.
I have had the opportunity to share my positive Riders & Elephants experience with someone in my Dog Park Group. She was mentioning some challenges with communication at her workplace. Her frustrations sounded like the perfect opportunity to introduce Riders & Elephants and their Emotional Culture Deck. I shared a virtual version with her since I did not have an extra set of cards on hand at the time. I followed the conversation with a link to the site so she could get reviews from a variety of workplaces.
Wendy Halliday
The ECD is amazing and having the knowledge of how to apply the game takes it to the next level - making huge impact at both an individual level and team level. A great way to empower people - that it's okay to feel a certain way. It's naming the emotion, then talk about it / ways to move forward.
Max Scheidt
The ECD Online Masterclass Course offers a thoughtful and accessible learning journey on how to apply ECD with teams of different sizes and backgrounds. It is a great way to experience the power of ECD and its related concepts.
Jessica Townsend
Great course - just the right number of snippets for key takeaways from the actual in person course to make it feel like you're part of a practical training session rather than your stock standard online platform. Bite size sections easy to manage and flows well even when jumping in and out of training modules.
martin summerfield
Superb ....it takes commitment, focus and time but once I got going with the materials everything fell into place. It's taken the caution and trepidation out of exploring feelings with individuals and teams. Very rich
Raylene Berryman
I love it. I like the fact that it is self-paced. I like the fact that we are given 90 days to complete it. I like the fact that you can stop the recordings and take notes. I love the resources that come with the course. They are very professionally produced. I love the community and the common language we get to speak despite having diverse backgrounds. I also love the vulnerability with which people share. It is humbling! I love the wisdom shared and the honesty about not being able to answer all the questions people might have. Finally, Jeremy and the team are gold.
Kerryn Mckay
For anyone wishing to explore their emotional culture or learn to use emotions in a positive way, I highly recommend this course.
Janis Chan
The ECD Masterclass is about more than a deck of cards for facilitation. It has been thought-provoking and I never imagined such depth could be created in conversations. I believe in a VUCA(H) world, complex problems come with complex solutions but it starts with people and our empathy and understanding. Which can be both simple and complex but these cards enable even the cynics to start and continue holding conversations. Highly recommend.
Esther Lee
It's a real eye-opener! A very helpful and handy tool to humanize the workplace. Especially in the line of HR where we are in the business of people. Emotions at the workplace used to be a taboo, now we see the importance of understanding how our people are feeling and having regular pulse check of their well-being. Hence this game makes it less intimidating or daunting to express one's feelings for individuals, within teams and leadership. There were also many useful guides and tips throughout the online course. I was able to learn at my own preferred pace. Overall great content and materials!
Clare Easton
I have loved the course - it is practical, hands-on, easily digestible and amazingly informative. Thank you Jeremy and team for such a well-designed game and course and I am so excited to see the flow on effect into workplaces around the world. Also, thank you for all the extra additions to my reading list! Highly recommend!
Fiona Webb
A colleague used the ECD on me when I was feeling out of sorts with my work. I really appreciated how if made me pin point the actual feelings rather than just saying 'I am frustrated'.
I have a new role that is in part dedicated to workplace culture and I want to share this tool with my colleagues, team, individuals. I really can't wait to get started.
CAMPBELL LUMBILA
Attending this Masterclass has given me insight into the myriad of ways the ECD can be used with both individuals, teams and organizations to achieve all sorts of results.
Kasmin Brotherton
The cards are one thing - the toolkits to get you straight into running an effective session and powerful session from a corporate team to your family dinner table - I just love how empowering that is.
Matt Verrell
A really thought provoking and engaging course. I now feel confident to take what I've learnt and apply it directly to the teams and organisations I work with.
Kristin Jack
This has been a great course. I've done a lot of workshops around personal growth & team development before, but this took me beyond the surface of behaviour change, beyond the cognitive ('the Rider'), & into the realm of 'Emotions' (the elephant) where the greatest resistance & greatest possibility for change exists.
Darryn Gray
Gave a really good feel for what the Emotional Culture deck was all about, and the confidence, tools and strategies to give it a go.
Mohammad Ramdianee
The course was great
I learned what I needed to be able to start running workshops
The materials provided are also very useful (the downloads)
I find the videos taken during live workshops to be less engaging.
I prefer those where you are talking directly to us.
And maybe that's the key - in the recordings of your live workshops, you are actually talking to that audience, and not directly to us.
Mary Sinclair Jones
Good pace and having a camera on an actual workshop definitely helps to personalise it. for me, it's good to have the time and headspace to reflect and then *having* to reflect and not brush that part off before I could move on to the next part.
online learning allows me to fit in the course with the other things that need to be done. I'm unlikely to have big chunks of time available in the near future, so doing this at my own pace - being able to pause it while make a cuppa definitely makes it a more relaxed environment for my brain to take it in.
Rachelle Cottle
The online course set up was a really convenient way for me to work through the course as I was able to pop on and complete a session or two when I had some availability. The videos were short so my mind didn't have time to start 'wandering' - it kept my attention. And the examples of how the game has been used in other organisations, team and by practitioners was really helpful to get some good ideas on how this can be used. Loved it - would highly recommend to anyone with an interest in this area!
Christina Hutchinson
Really enjoyed the online training. The videos showed clearly how to lay the cards out, which I followed with the deck I was sent, how to use them, different scenarios were shared which helped bring the impact to life, and they also highlighted there's no one fixed way or specific scenario to confine these cards to. Use them in whichever way your creativity takes you!
The downloadable resources, and additional research info, hints and tips and case studies that come with the training are also great and the various canvasses will help to support the visualisation of the conversation with clients or your team.
I've also enjoyed being able to go through the course content at my own pace, especially as I like to mull over and think about what
I've learned before launching into the next section.
Can't wait to get stuck into using these cards with my clients!
Leigh Willson
I really liked the authenticity of the main facilitator in the online course and I am enjoying connecting with my peers in this space in the live meetups. I love that I have finished the course and feel I have lots of options to use the cards with clients and immediately.
Hayley Wright
This course was powerful, engaging and practical. The videos and case studies were engaging, but the time to reflect through the course and type up your thoughts also supported the learning process. A huge thank you Jeremy and team!
Olivia Gadd
The ECD Online Masterclass Course is a practical tools for learning and gives real clarity on the steps to help a team to develop their emotional expression.
Sarah Lindsay-Field
I've loved the ECD Online Masterclass Course. The concept is so simple whilst being powerful. I can now see how the game has so many wonderful uses and in my role as a P&C Manager I can see many ways that I can incorporate it into me work. We are about to go into a large change, a merger of businesses and I can't wait to get the SLT team started on the change leadership canvas with a view of once the merger settles lets get started on the Emotional Culture Canvas across the business. I am super keen to get leaders using the handy Bright Spot, Weekly Check-Ins and Know Yourself tools, to help them understand their employees better so they can support them, help them to grow and foster motivation and engagement in their roles
Georgia Yiannikas
Completing the online ECD Masterclass Course was a priceless and enjowable learning experience. The step-by-step learning journey was easy to follow and flowed seamlessly with Jeremy's great guidance. This was also supported by valuable course notes, wonderful community and additional learning resources which contributed to overall richness of the course.
Thank you. I am excited to add the ECD to my coaching offering and help make a difference as a coach with supporting the emotional cultures of teams and organisations.
GEMMA FILLOL
I am a speaker, facilitator and expert in emotional and experiential communication and this minimalist methodology is going to have a maximalist effect on my next training sessions. It is a fun, simple and a powerful tool that helps put words to the emotional state of people to enhance teamwork and team life. Having a good emotional culture will improve the quality of your relationships. Thank you Riders and Elephants for inspiring me deeply, gemma.
Julia Hetherington
Really engaging and interesting. Found the content very inspiring and the format of the course, easy to follow
Grace Cheah
I like the self-paced online session and the resources. I have some uncomfortable 'a-ha' moments myself while going through the deck and made me realised the power of giving oneself the permission to express how we want to feel at work or at home. After completing the training, I have the confident to apply what I learnt.
Vivian Menzies
It was inspiring and enlighting in so many ways, truly a game changer.
Antony Maxwell
A great online program. I would strongly recommend the ECD as a must have for the facilitator’s toolkit!
Peter Allan
This was a really practical, short, online course which packed a lot of very useful information into a short amount of time. I learned everything from the thinking and ideas behind the ECD through to really specific details on how to run a workshop. Recommended for anyone interested in making the workplace more human who needs a practical toolkit to get the conversation started in their organisation.
Angela Wilcox
I loved the online masterclass, and participated in it along with a colleague, so we could share our learning along the way. The online videos, live and recorded meetups, resources, learning reflections, and particularly the access to the collaboration platform to learn from other practitioners experiences was really useful. It was great to hear what people were doing to build on the experience with their clients/teams over time. The way the course is structured allows you to familarise yourself with the Emotional Culture Deck, as well as the different canvases, and then put your learning into practice was was a very useful combination of theoretical and experiential learning.
Alison Thompson
I loved the ECD online masterclass, it gave me the opportunity to think more deeply about the 'why' behind organisational culture and what drives some of that. The power of individual emotion and how being able to describe that can really contribute to creating a more empowering workplace.
Celeste Tan
Amazing team of trainer & mentors. I enjoyed the energy that the ECD community has created and maintained, for a virtual course.
Margaret Vermeij-Irvin
The ECS Online Masterclass Course was invigorating and I absolutely loved the uncomfortable feeling I got when we were sharing information. Finding each team members 'brave' and giving ownership of the process back to the team is powerful. As we discussed, 'When the team have ownership on the direction, they will invariably take better care of the process and become the drivers.'
If you want to measure where your team really are, I encourage you to sign up for this course and embrace it.
Thomas Ward
This is one of the most innovative approaches to organizational culture building I've ever encountered.
Ed Hall
A wonderfully insightful & engaging course, full of practical advice in terms of how to use the cards within different team or leadership workshops but also context, theory and exploration of the insights that have led to ECD. The videos are really engaging, I spent a lot of time pausing and writing down notes which will be super helpful as I start to build deeper ECD workshops which up until now have been great, but quite light tough shorter formats. The course will give me the confidence to both introduce ECD with more confidence to existing or new stakeholders but to also play with some new ideas within my organisation to better meet needs beyond just introducing emotions. Awesome stuff!
lou kelly
An awesome online course, with great tools and examples
Amanda Russo
Excellent course. Well structured and a good pace of learning. Very generous sharing of resources and tools. Sets people up to succeed using the ECD.
Alex Murphy
Loved the course, would recommend for anyone working in the realm of behaviour change.
Ronica Sami
The ECD online programme gave me a chance to take my time and really take in each part of the process of facilitating ECD workshops with teams. I likes being able to go back and watch things again, take notes and understand examples.
The presenter took things at a great pace and explained things so well.
Jenny Gunn
The subject matter really makes sense and I found the course very easy to follow
Jess McJorrow
Fantastic. I really appreciated how it was broken up into chuncks which enabled me to complete my training over a period of time rather than in one swoop.
Hae Yeon Seol
The ECD Online Masterclass Course may as well have been an in person masterclass as that's how engaging it was. The course was broken down into digestible components, and provide a clear understanding of what the ECD was, and how it could be used.
It was a refreshing approach to humanising the workplace, using the concept of a card game. I loved how people remained at the core of the ECD, and was excited to see some familiar psychology concepts being mentioned.
I look forward to taking this tool to not only my workplace, but to other organisational settings and hope to help people become more attuned with their emotions and comfortable in talking about them.
Emotions drive behaviour, and it is time to give them the space it deserves in our workplace.
monica armstrong
Fantastic. Perfect size/time, engaging, unpacked the course logically and simply.
Kylie Mamouney
Relatable, personable and connected. Well done on creating a wonderful tool that is and will make such an incredible difference to work places, teams, individuals and families.
Ella McCann-Tomlin
I thought it was great.
Clare Trollope
The ECD is the perfect compliment to the other work we are doing with Emotional Intelligence. It has nudged us in the right direction and is a key step in our culture change. It has facilitated conversations that would have not otherwise happened.
Jack Hatcher
Great course, good content and some really great ways to better engage with teams to work to a better future
Lee Fong Teng
Insightful course that helps enable deeper conversations in the workplace.
Nicky Fletcher
A structured, systematic approach to identifying and naming what emotions are driving current responses and behavior.. Making it clearly and more easily understood the "Why" which then leads to a great way to uncover the value of what action to address/manage.
Helen Tubb
Big thanks for this masterclass course! The combination of video tutorials, tips and tricks, links to other resources and live cases made the course informative and engaging. Having gained a deeper understanding of the tools (along with interesting backstories on why they have been inspired and designed that way), I feel far more confident and ready to use the ECD in various settings. Looking forward to being a fully fledged practitioner :-)
Hannah Clapham
I like that I could do the course in my own time, and that I could speed up the videos when watching. This flexibility works well for ADHD brains like mine. The meet ups were good, and nice that the times were spread out for people all around the world to join, although it does mean that it's a bit hard to go to them all! The ECD is a great too, and I'll be looking for more and more opportunities to use it during my mahi.
Sarah Hills
I feel blessed to have been able to do this course and learn about The ECD. I am really excited about getting out there and using the cards to have rich conversations and share with people the progress that can be made by having such conversations, it provides a mechanism. There is an element of fear to run the workshop but I am going to prospectively think about what I want to feel "once I have done the workshop" to motivate me to overcome that fear.
Amanda Anne Pastermack
I thoroughly enjoyed the ECD Online Masterclass Course. The use of self-reflection, short videos, reading materials and creative ideas to use the Emotional Culture Deck kept me engaged throughout the course. Nothing is more important to success than a staff team that is energized and productive, and this starts with understanding what emotions help them feel successful and which emotions they need to avoid in order to feel empowered in their roles. I look forward to implementing what I learned in the future to help teams truly understand the emotions and behaviors that can help shape a more productive team that enjoys the work they do!
Claire Finch
An easy to follow course, in bit size pieces. A great combination of theory and practical tips and tricks to set me up in how to use the ECD myself
John Nixon
The course is well put together and engaging with some real videos from the delivery of the in-person course to Jeremy's introductions and context setting. The look and feel are slick (except for a few of the camera shakes in the case study videos) and the content is easy to get through in small chunks. I loved Jeremy's vulnerability and stories about real experiences in facilitating.
Leanne Marais
I think the Masterclass curse was great. It took a lot less time that I expected and once I started it really enjoyed it. Yes own work pressure and home life makes it tricky at times but again once I started the course I kept thinking of all the places I would actually be able to use these techniques and how it can improve different team whether its work or sports teams
Karen Binning Metcalf
Loved the content, delivery and Jeremy's authentic sharing. Love having a passionate Elephant rider community to keep learning and sharing together.
Lynne Alldred
Thank you so much - the modules and content were very engaging and so easy to follow. I am so inspired and energised to go out and use the cards and inspire more leaders to humanise the workplace!
Karen Binning Metcalf
Loved the content, delivery and Jeremy's authentic sharing. Love having a passionate Elephant rider community to keep learning and sharing together.
Paige Lim
The ECD Online Masterclass Course is useful to learn about the why and how to go about with the facilitation tools provided.
Melisah Feeney
Love the practical nature of masterclass. Helps you contemplate how you could bring your own unique brand to the use of the ECD cards. Walk away with a clear picture of how to use the card and the space to consider your own way of taking them forward.
Frances Pace
A comprehensive set of guidance
Naadiera Patel
I believe this workshop can assist organisations in various ways from management to engagement. It forces the player to think about how emotions impact them in the workplace and leaders to understand the same.
Sarah Hills
I feel blessed to have been able to do this course and learn about The ECD. I am really excited about getting out there and using the cards to have rich conversations and share with people the progress that can be made by having such conversations, it provides a mechanism. There is an element of fear to run the workshop but I am going to prospectively think about what I want to feel "once I have done the workshop" to motivate me to overcome that fear.
Amanda Anne Pastermack
I thoroughly enjoyed the ECD Online Masterclass Course. The use of self-reflection, short videos, reading materials and creative ideas to use the Emotional Culture Deck kept me engaged throughout the course. Nothing is more important to success than a staff team that is energized and productive, and this starts with understanding what emotions help them feel successful and which emotions they need to avoid in order to feel empowered in their roles. I look forward to implementing what I learned in the future to help teams truly understand the emotions and behaviors that can help shape a more productive team that enjoys the work they do!
John Nixon
The course is well put together and engaging with some real videos from the delivery of the in-person course to Jeremy's introductions and context setting. The look and feel are slick (except for a few of the camera shakes in the case study videos) and the content is easy to get through in small chunks. I loved Jeremy's vulnerability and stories about real experiences in facilitating.
Andrew Ohm
I enjoyed the course. It was worth the time and effort. It has made me a more versatile leader of teams and people.
Leanne Marais
I think the Masterclass curse was great. It took a lot less time that I expected and once I started it really enjoyed it. Yes own work pressure and home life makes it tricky at times but again once I started the course I kept thinking of all the places I would actually be able to use these techniques and how it can improve different team whether its work or sports teams
Jennifer Steffler
This course was wonderful. Full of insight and useful, practical tips and tricks.
Nicky Fletcher
A structured, systematic approach to identifying and naming what emotions are driving current responses and behavior.. Making it clearly and more easily understood the "Why" which then leads to a great way to uncover the value of what action to address/manage.
Hae Yeon Seol
The ECD Online Masterclass Course may as well have been an in person masterclass as that's how engaging it was. The course was broken down into digestible components, and provide a clear understanding of what the ECD was, and how it could be used.
It was a refreshing approach to humanising the workplace, using the concept of a card game. I loved how people remained at the core of the ECD, and was excited to see some familiar psychology concepts being mentioned.
I look forward to taking this tool to not only my workplace, but to other organisational settings and hope to help people become more attuned with their emotions and comfortable in talking about them.
Emotions drive behaviour, and it is time to give them the space it deserves in our workplace.
Debra Hennelly
This was an interesting and engaging course, which provided both insights and tactical tips for driving change in teams and organizations. The ECD helps identify the behaviors that will create the things we want people to feel, as well as the behaviors that will help manage or cope with the feelings we don't want but have to deal with from time to time. The course helps connect behaviors to emotions; that is, we can see how our behaviors can impact the way other people feel.
In order to develop a culture where people are feeling the top 5 or 6 things that we want them to feel (or we want to feel ourselves), this course brings a very practical and logical approach to understanding the behaviors we need more of in order to develop the culture we want.
Jeremy does an excellent job explaining the theory and processes for mapping emotions and behaviors using the ECD. He makes clear that this doesn't have to be a complicated process, but it has to be seen as an ongoing and dynamic process--not a one-time exercise.
Ella McCann-Tomlin
I thought it was great.
Lee Fong Teng
Insightful course that helps enable deeper conversations in the workplace.
Hannah Clapham
I like that I could do the course in my own time, and that I could speed up the videos when watching. This flexibility works well for ADHD brains like mine. The meet ups were good, and nice that the times were spread out for people all around the world to join, although it does mean that it's a bit hard to go to them all! The ECD is a great too, and I'll be looking for more and more opportunities to use it during my mahi.
Lamisse Muhtaseb
The course took workplace behaviours and put a new perspective on what they are and why they happen. There is something very interesting about building mood and emotion in to a team discussion and planning for them, for how the team and the individuals feel now and how they want to feel. It sheds a light on the human side of a productive and efficient team.
Claire Finch
An easy to follow course, in bit size pieces. A great combination of theory and practical tips and tricks to set me up in how to use the ECD myself
Samuel Duffy Ines
The Emotional Culture Deck brings a fun vibe to what can be an awkward or tough conversation about feelings. The ECD Online Masterclass is must for coaches, facilitators and co-creators who are interested in, or are already using the deck. Many nuggets of gold and new ideas for how to apply ECD will be found in this super accessible, empowering and inspiring Masterclass.
Lucie Harrison
The course was very interesting and engaging, I really enjoyed the format of the videos which felt like we were a part of a workshop with Jeremy. I gained a lot of insight into how I can begin using the cards, along with tips, tricks, and plenty of resources! It's very user friendly, well thought out and out together, and overall a wonderful learning experience. The reflections were impactful for me as a learner and helped me begin to think about what I have learnt and how I may use my new knowledge. This also reflects the values of Riders&Elephants who are keen advocates of learning, sharing, and reflection.
Clare Trollope
The ECD is the perfect compliment to the other work we are doing with Emotional Intelligence. It has nudged us in the right direction and is a key step in our culture change. It has facilitated conversations that would have not otherwise happened.
Ashika Young
informative, concise and worth it!
Anupa Parmar
The Masterclass has been such a valuable learning experience to give me the confidence, tools, and tips to facilitate an ECD workshop across a range of audiences. The possibilities are endless on how you can play the game - you are only limited by your imagination!
Kylie Mamouney
Relatable, personable and connected. Well done on creating a wonderful tool that is and will make such an incredible difference to work places, teams, individuals and families.
Trina McCarroll
The ECD Online Masterclass course was really helpful to learn both a breadth and a depth of delivering emotion-based workshops in such a wide-variety of uses. I loved it!
Sarah Coburn
I appreciate the level of detail and thoroughness of the course, and overall thought it was great!
Angela Hickson
The ECD Online Masterclass was invaluable to understand how to put the cards into use. The practical tips along the way were helpful, and I am looking forward to using the deck with my immediate team, with a plan to roll out to the wider organisation.
monica armstrong
Fantastic. Perfect size/time, engaging, unpacked the course logically and simply.
Marcy Findley
This was an excellent course! I really enjoyed taking it! I now have some new tools for facilitating ECD.
Thank you!
Ayanna Matlock
Thank you for taking the time to give me a walkthrough of the workshop. I appreciate your willingness to share your expertise.
I was hoping for an actual, run-through workshop from start to finish, so that I could compare it apples-to-apples with what I'm currently doing.
I would be grateful if you could point me in the direction of any resources that would allow me to do a more thorough comparison.
Thank you again
Jess McJorrow
Fantastic. I really appreciated how it was broken up into chuncks which enabled me to complete my training over a period of time rather than in one swoop.
Ronica Sami
The ECD online programme gave me a chance to take my time and really take in each part of the process of facilitating ECD workshops with teams. I likes being able to go back and watch things again, take notes and understand examples.
The presenter took things at a great pace and explained things so well.
Morgan Fiddian
I've really enjoyed working though the course content. It's accessible, practical, contemporary, and presents so many opportunities to play and explore in a variety of contexts. It has left me feeling excited to get out there and start playing cards!
Bianca Mckee
fantastic opportunity to bring emotions to life on a larger scale
Hilary Thomson
I thought the course was great. I was a bit worried about the 3 month time limit and am still not quite sure what I will be able to access after the cut off date so if this could be made clearer it would help me know what I need to download and keep.
