At a time when we can’t come together to physically share and connect - we think it’s important to do what we can, virtually. Street Wisdom is all about tapping into a source of invisible wisdom and sharing that wisdom. Over the next few weeks, we are encouraging wanderers from all over the world to take ...

Thanks so much to everyone who took part in this year's World Wide Wander. It was an incredible weekend and it turns out that Street Wisdom works anywhere - from a living room or out on city streets. It was a joy to see people connecting from all over the world, one Walkshop brought together participants ...

How much inspiration are you finding on the commute from bedroom to laptop? If home working is starting to drain those creative juices, we’ve got something that might help. Street Wisdom is a powerful way of finding inspiration and fresh thinking by going for a walk. We run online and in-person WalkShops (walking workshops, get it?) ...

It’s a sign! According to the experts, there are two distinct ways that we deal with trauma - under-responding or over-responding, which is why some of us hibernated during lockdown, whilst others went into overdrive. As soon as the crisis hit, I forgot about going slow, initiated two work projects and began ...

Imagine opening up to the environment around you, employing all your senses, and realizing that the answers you seek are everywhere. This is what happens during Street Wisdom, a guided and immersive urban walk based on the simple, yet powerful, theory that the environment and people around us are full of wisdom largely ...

When we’re focused on getting to our destination, we don’t always pay enough attention to the journey. Street Wisdom helped us do that.

The experience of leading a Street Wisdom can often be as insightful and rich as taking part. In helping other people to slow down and pay attention, you can’t help but do the same yourself. It’s a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and to really connect with them - there’s something about Street Wisdom that ...

The World Wide Wander with Psychologies Magazine is our annual, global celebration of Street Wisdom. It’s an invitation for inspiration-seekers everywhere to stop the clock, step out of the familiar and find a little bit of wonder right under your feet. For the third year running, we’re bringing together our community from the four corners of the earth in ...

Fear Hack - Feb 2019Street Wisdom is particularly powerful when the question being asked of the streets is crystal clear: the clearer the question, the clearer the answers. We encourage people to say their question out loud and make it super simple, taking away any jargon.  A group with a collective, clear ...

Street Wisdom is a social enterprise with a mission to bring inspiration to every street on earth. It’s a form of 'walking-based problem solving' – ask a question, walk the streets, unlock fresh thinking and see what answers present themselves.

Personally, I found the exercise surprisingly effective. I analyse processes and plans for a living - I am always thinking things through. But I don't consider my own navel very often and the question I chose to explore - "Why am I procrastinating on this spreadsheet?" is not a question I would ask often or ...

"Just imagine that. You spend your life dangling up there in the sky! You can tell wandering with Suzy is going to be fun. Even before we begin she’s asking a window cleaner why he’s wearing climbing gear and he points up to the tower block he’s about to scale. To him, this is probably ...

How would you like an extra 6 weeks holiday from work a year? Sounds appealing. That's how much time you're missing out on by not taking a lunch break and according to Bupa, a staggering 70% of us aren't taking one. We often fall into the trap of working over a lunch break to get ...

Street Wisdom founder David Pearl took to the streets of Fitzrovia for a special event in partnership with our friends A Plastic Planet to run a session for design consultancy Made Thought. The focus of the session was to think about how we can all turn off the plastic tap. What ...

On a balmy evening in May I joined seven strangers for a Street Wisdom walk in Dublin. Steve Blank famously said “there are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside”. While he was referring to customer discovery, sometimes when you’re feeling stuck the only thing to do is get out of the office. In ...

At the core of Street Wisdom is the idea that every moment is extraordinary, and each street full of inspiration. With an open mind, comfy shoes and clothes fit for the weather, the streets can provide answers to a myriad of questions. All we have to do is ask.