2026.01.16 / Environment
Overseas Intensive Camp—2024 Nagano, Japan
TS Cloud held an overseas intensive camp in Nagano, Japan, in 2024.
“Why not take everyone to a place where they can neither hear nor see these trivial matters!”
To break this inertia, TS Cloud “moves” the office overseas for a week when necessary; through physical movement, we stimulate rigid thinking and allow the multinational team’s rapport to extend from online to offline in a foreign environment.
When we step out of Taiwan, even if we are so exhausted from concentrating on work that we could fall asleep instantly, we still seize the opportunity to experience life abroad. Such as: eating through local snacks, soaking in hot springs, learning to ski, experiencing Japanese business entertainment culture, or even a congested morning in Penang; through these experiences, our world grows larger and our horizons broader—things we could only “hear about” in the past, we can now experience personally.
We also went to Bessho to soak in hot springs to relieve the fatigue of the past few days, and continued to strive in a traditional Japanese folk house the next day.
P.S. he eel rice, fried pork cutlet, and soba noodles were incredibly delicious.
The Malaysia office is located in George Town, Penang, and features a massive whiteboard inside. It is incredibly convenient for brainstorming, as everyone can draw their ideas on the whiteboard. During that particular camp, we also tried the “Make Toast” method for the first time. To identify redundant internal workflows or those that could be automated.
Why Intensive Camp?
As knowledge workers, we can work anywhere as long as there is internet and a computer; however, our greatest fear is becoming gradually numb in a fixed seat day after day, causing our way of thinking to become increasingly narrow. In the office, because seats are close together, sales managers inevitably get distracted by overhearing their subordinates’ phone calls…“Why not take everyone to a place where they can neither hear nor see these trivial matters!”
To break this inertia, TS Cloud “moves” the office overseas for a week when necessary; through physical movement, we stimulate rigid thinking and allow the multinational team’s rapport to extend from online to offline in a foreign environment.
Only Employee’s Growth Can Drive Company Growth
🪂 Encourage an open mind and the acceptance of different ways of thinking.
If one can maintain an open mind to learn from others and listen before rejecting, it will build the breadth and depth of one’s thinking. When you see the working methods of overseas colleagues with your own eyes, you feel a sense of impact: “Why does he think this way?”, “I can’t believe there’s such a way of working,” or “This meeting is so efficient.” In the future at work, you will be better able to think from different perspectives. Similarly, when other colleagues see the changes in these members, they will follow suit, and over time, the company will reap countless “Good Ideas” as a result.🫂 Offline interaction is always warmer than being “internet friends”.
When communicating with members in Japan and Malaysia normally, we use video calls and chat; but through a screen, we are like “polite internet acquaintances”. By actually visiting each other’s workplaces, communicating face-to-face, and eating together after work, former internet friends have become comrades-in-arms who support one another. Because we have connected with the actual person (sharing things and thoughts outside of work), even when returning to Taiwan to communicate via video, we no longer worry if a certain sentence might offend or cross a line; there is less formality and more of a sense of closeness.Employees broaden their horizons and experience different lives.
TS Cloud’s business philosophy has remained consistent since its founding: making money is for the purpose of letting employees experience different lives.When we step out of Taiwan, even if we are so exhausted from concentrating on work that we could fall asleep instantly, we still seize the opportunity to experience life abroad. Such as: eating through local snacks, soaking in hot springs, learning to ski, experiencing Japanese business entertainment culture, or even a congested morning in Penang; through these experiences, our world grows larger and our horizons broader—things we could only “hear about” in the past, we can now experience personally.
Behind the Scenes of the Overseas Intensive Camp
We also went to Bessho to soak in hot springs to relieve the fatigue of the past few days, and continued to strive in a traditional Japanese folk house the next day.
P.S. he eel rice, fried pork cutlet, and soba noodles were incredibly delicious.
To Reap The Harvest, One Must Sow The Seeds
Every teammate at TS Cloud understands that “a company is not a school,” but there is a group of teammate willing to grow together and stand shoulder-to-shoulder to support each other through difficulties. There is no need to worry that differing opinions at work will affect the atmosphere of daily interaction, allowing everyone to feel at ease and give their all to their work. Usually, when arriving on the first day of the overseas intensive camp, everyone is full of energy and smiles; by the end of the day, they are so tired they want to collapse on the bed, but finally feel a great sense of achievement when harvesting the results, putting work aside at the end of the camp to PLAY! HARD!
The 2023 Intensive Camp in Penang, Malaysia
The Malaysia office is located in George Town, Penang, and features a massive whiteboard inside. It is incredibly convenient for brainstorming, as everyone can draw their ideas on the whiteboard. During that particular camp, we also tried the “Make Toast” method for the first time. To identify redundant internal workflows or those that could be automated.