A great day delivering a tracking walkshop yesterday up in the Lake District. I'll be going back up to deliver a Foraging Walkshop in May if you're interested. The attendees were mainly conservation and ecology students. But I will be holding some urban and wilderness survival - one-day - workshops in November - 4th, 11th … Continue reading 👀 The Stoic Pilgrim Field Training Days 👀
Redundancy i.e. having alternative options is vital for society to continue to work as is. But as we're seeing in the geo-political scene, it's still not enough. Our societies are so dependent on fragile supply chains that should the lights go out - and those in the know are talking about this possibility - then … Continue reading Redundancy i.e. having alternative options
In a world that's experiencing change on a paradigm shifting scale, I wonder how will ordinary people react? We're more than likely going to experience major 'shocks' to the world order and if that's not unsettling enough, we're likely going to be maneuvered into a war footing, and some sort of tech-surveillance dystopia as a … Continue reading One Day ‘Stoic Pilgrim Field Day’
Know yourself. Read the situation. Make the decision. Act. A one-day immersive experience at Gradbach Mill designed to build confidence, self-belief and resilience through learning practical skills drawn from self-protection, wilderness survival and urban resilience. You don't build confidence by being told to be more confident. You build it by doing complex things, relearning some … Continue reading STOIC PILGRIM FIELD DAY – BUILDING CONFIDENCE & CAPACITY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
As we head into Autumn, I have some time to organise and run a one-day Stoic Pilgrim Field Day — a practical day of challenge, adventure and reflection. A mix of: 🌲 Self-awareness — understanding how you respond under pressure 🔥 Philosophical adventure — using real experiences to explore how we think, decide and act … Continue reading 🌌 STOIC PILGRIM FIELD DAY ☯
For decades we've celebrated the #entrepreneur. The person who creates economic value. But perhaps the future needs a different kind of leader. The #Communiteer. Someone who creates #socialcapital. Who connects, collaborates and contributes. Less "How can I succeed?" More "How can we flourish?" Entrepreneurs build businesses. Communiteers build the relationships that make #communities #resilient. Could … Continue reading Have we been chasing the wrong words?
Then we build community resilience, because when the systems - which we know are very fragile -fail, it will be dynamic and robust communities who will be able to survive... #Anarchist - #BenjaminZephaniah - pointed to this during his interview when talking about the #GrenfellDisaster Dynamic Teams and communities have:- + Agency - they can … Continue reading The point for Stoic Pilgrim Adventures, as a CIC, and D3R is to help organisations build Dynamic Teams in an AI 🌍
Often; when you see adverts for leadership positions, you notice this long list of skills, that nobody actually possesses constantly. In the dynamic teaming philosophy we teach, we treat leadership as a potential energy within small, complex evolving teams. Self awareness plays a big part of our work in developing these teams. As a bit … Continue reading 🌍 Leadership Development in Dynamic Teams in an AI World 🌍
The subject I'm presenting in the woods is SERE -Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape 😉 What fun! Don't worry there won't be any ... 'prolonged' stress positions or waterboarding 😉 However, I will be focussed on mindset development, decision-making under pressure and stoic-like virtues of courage, compassion, curiosity and clarity. And whether you're doing some … Continue reading I’m just preparing a workshop for military cadets next week.
We Evolved to Think While Moving For almost all of human history, important conversations happened while walking. Our ancestors solved problems, planned journeys, built alliances and shared stories as they travelled through landscapes together. Movement wasn't separate from thinking—it was part of thinking. Modern neuroscience increasingly supports this ancient practice. Walking increases cerebral blood flow, … Continue reading NetWalking: Why Walking Side by Side Creates a Collaborative Advantage – Netwalking for Staffs Chamber of Commerce
