Help Shape Our Retreat

 - Office Retreat Agenda Survey

Our Office Retreat is coming up on October 15–16, and we'd love your input! Your feedback will help us design a retreat that is thoughtful, engaging, and valuable for everyone.

*1. Which topics would you most like to discuss during the Office Retreat?

Please select up to 2 topics.

Strategy & Program Priorities

Examples: How should our strategy and program priorities evolve in today's environment? What’s our self-reflection on the past strategy trends? Where should we focus our efforts? What work is best done in-house versus through partners?

Operating Model & Long-term Sustainability

Examples: As a U.S.-based foundation operating in China, what can we do and what can’t we do? How should we position ourselves in the evolving landscape? What progress have we made over the past two years, and what should our priorities be over the next 2–3 years? What capabilities do we need to strengthen to remain sustainable?

Risk Management in a Changing Environment

Examples: What are the current progress of the risk management? How might they evolve over the next 2–3 years? How can we strengthen our resilience and preparedness?

Operational Excellence & Cross-team Collaboration

Examples: How can we improve the way we work together across teams? What operational challenges should we address to increase our effectiveness?

Organizational Culture & Employee Engagement

Examples: What aspects of our culture should we preserve and build upon? Where do we see opportunities for improvement? How can we strengthen trust, collaboration, and engagement?

Innovation, AI & Future Ways of Working

Examples: How can we leverage AI and other innovations to work more effectively, improve productivity, and create greater impact?

Other (please specify):
*2. Do you have any suggestions to make this year's Retreat more meaningful or enjoyable?

This could include ideas for discussions, workshops, guest speakers, learning sessions, team-building activities, or any other experiences that would make the Retreat more valuable and memorable.

*3. What is the single most important question you hope we answer during this Retreat?

Please share one question or challenge that you believe is most critical for our organization over the next 2–3 years.