Volunteering, improv, and meeting our Customer Advisory Board—only a few of the many highlights from Osano’s annual team trip.
In July, the entire Osano team traveled to Chicago to work with one another in person; a change of pace from being fully remote and working from our home offices. Our normal day-to-day consists of asynchronous collaboration and virtual meetings. So, these trips serve an important purpose, helping us build connection, togetherness, momentum, and excitement as we continue our startup journey.
It’s one of our favorite company benefits, both personally and professionally, and it’s a lot of fun. We put months into planning, and as Osano’s leader of People + Culture, it’s my pleasure to share our highlights and accomplishments from this trip with you!
What better time to visit the windy city than in the summer. Even better, two of our investors (Jump Capital and Baird Capital) are based in Chicago, making it easier for them to join us and to host our Q3 board meeting during this week.
Every team trip is special, whether it’s visiting Washington D.C., Austin, or New Orleans! This year, we accomplished a lot:
Every team trip, our founder and CEO, Arlo Gilbert, welcomes us by covering what we’ve accomplished and where we’re heading next as a team. This year, he inspired us with his message around music-making: Every team is an orchestra. We need to make sure we’re all playing (or singing) in the same key and tempo. To do this, we need to be aligned and collaborative.
In addition to this inspiring and powerful message from Arlo, we took part in a very special workshop, presented by Second City Works! This organization is part of the legendary Second City comedy group and uses improv comedy exercises to drive individual growth and company performance. While improv is not our comfort zone (especially working fully remote), our entire team jumped right in to build our skills around collaboration, active listening, giving and receiving feedback, and communicating with curiosity.
You bet! During our annual team trips, we take a moment to celebrate our team’s accomplishments and their special talents. To kick off our trip, I brought my guitar equipment and encouraged fellow songwriters and musicians to share their talents in-person. With Authenticity & Inclusion as one of our core values at Osano, we regularly look for ways for everyone to share their full selves with our colleagues. Every Friday, we hold a Show + Tell meeting, where our Osanians present a personal “Get to know an Osanian” presentation.
We also hold the Osano Values Awards at each team trip. These awards are a way for the entire team to nominate their fellow Osanians and honor their embodiment of our core values. We congratulate and celebrate our 2024 winners:
This year, we went a step further and added a special award around our 2024 theme, Everyone Owns Revenue, celebrating an Osanian who steps out of their day-to-day work to help our revenue efforts. Congratulations to Shaq Rivera (Software Engineer) for winning this special award!
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