'the smartest people aren’t just the most technical. They’re the ones with foresight, wisdom, and empathy.' That’s exactly what we train for on The Fellowship men’s retreat. Not through slides or performance theatre — but through peak states, long walks outdoors, nature, and deep dialogue. The way Socrates and Aristotle actually did philosophy: walking, questioning, sensing, … Continue reading Jensen Huang of NVIDIA says it plainly:
Human nervous systems evolved for villages, not global firehoses. Yet today, we absorb the whole world before breakfast. War. Disaster. Collapse. Injustice. Suffering. The anterior cingulate cortex doesn’t experience this as neutral information. It experiences it as threat. So attention narrows. Habits tighten. Possibility contracts. Not because we are failing, but because biology is trying … Continue reading ✨ Reconnecting Clarity in an Overloaded World ✨
Most of us were trained to behave like widgets. -Stay in lane. -Wait for permission. -Optimise your function. But humans are not components. We are sensing, creative, relational, meaning-seeking beings. That’s why working in Dynamic Self-Organising Teams (D-SOTs) feels so different. Because in D-SOTs: -Leadership circulates. -Intelligence is shared. -Responsibility is human again. -And something … Continue reading “Leadership is not scarce. Our systems just make it so.”
đź’šYesterday, I witnessed something quietly beautiful.đź’š As part of the Stoic Pilgrim Fellowship, we live by a Field Manual of 12 principles — ethical anchors for how we move, think, and act. One of them is Generational Generosity: the idea that our actions today should benefit those who will come after us. A small group … Continue reading đź’š Planting for the Future: Generational Generosity in Action 🌱
AI optimises brilliantly. But optimisation without restraint starts to feel inhuman. Not because machines are evil — but because they’re shaped by environments where winning is everything. That’s how systems end up behaving like the dark tetrad: cold, extractive, manipulative — without intending harm. AI doesn’t feel brittleness. It doesn’t pause at ethical edges. It … Continue reading AI isn’t dangerous. Misaligned systems are.
Men have spent centuries being shaped for obedience. Empires, institutions, and markets all depend on men who follow orders without asking too many questions. Over time, this obedience becomes confused with virtue. But the kind of personalities most comfortable issuing such orders are rarely the wisest. Modern psychology identifies a cluster of traits — the … Continue reading When Obedience Becomes the Problem
Every day we pass trees, flowers, and plants. Most of us don’t truly see them. We’ve been trained to treat green things as mechanisms, objects — resources to be managed or ignored. That way of looking is the same mechanistic story that’s pushed us toward crisis. From cradle to grave we learn to put “nature” … Continue reading Walk with the Living World
It happens when people are in the right state to think together. Dynamic Team Walkshops take big, abstract problems and make them human-scale. By walking side-by-side in nature, people move into a calmer, more coherent mental and emotional state. This isn’t theory – it’s biology. Gentle movement and shared rhythm naturally increase anandamide, serotonin, and … Continue reading Real change doesn’t come from telling people what to think!
That’s the problem. -When you never slow down, you lose perspective. -When you stay indoors, immersed in noise, you drift from reality. The smartest leaders know this: * You don’t find clarity by pushing harder — you find it by stepping back. * That’s where coaching and nature come in. Walking in wild spaces shifts … Continue reading Most business leaders are too busy to think!?
If you want your team to perform at its best, it’s not just about skills—it’s about understanding themselves, each other, and how they operate together. Our Dynamic Team Walkshops combine: Self-awareness & strengths exploration Developing an ecology of practices to operate as a truly dynamic team Neurochemical bonding in nature—using the outdoors to spark creativity, … Continue reading Dynamic Team Walkshops
