It starts with a glimmer. We’re coming to the end of the quarterly review. The dregs of our coffees are lukewarm. The air is stuffy, and my chair creaks beneath me as I shift to stave off the numbness creeping down my left thigh.

Then she mentions completion – and the strawberry moon. There’s a pause. A look. A delicate moment where we’re both trying to work out if the other is that way inclined. Then comes the gentle reconnaissance. I tell her I watched the strawberry moon rise on the beach after a sauna and a sea swim. Before we know it, we’re swapping tips on charging our crystals and wondering how this full moon is affecting the wider team’s productivity. Suddenly, I really like this woman. 

Increasingly my work conversations are taking unexpected spiritual turns like this. So I started to question if there were more businesses out there openly using spiritual practices to guide everyday decision-making? The answer, it turns out, is yes.