What You Heard is Not What I Meant
Cathy O'Dowd2020-05-19T16:11:47+02:00One Key Way Communication Breaks Down In Teams and What You Can Do About It A year ago I reached the summit of Mount Logan, the highest peak in Canada. [...]
One Key Way Communication Breaks Down In Teams and What You Can Do About It A year ago I reached the summit of Mount Logan, the highest peak in Canada. [...]
“Ski the gaps, not the trees.” That always seemed to be one of the silliest pieces of advice I was given as a novice skier. Let’s get real here. I [...]
Why the power of serendipity means you should focus on gaining skills and experiences, rather than achieving goals. Mountain climbing would seem to be the ultimate goal-driven activity, everything resting on [...]
When to stop focusing forward and instead look at what is holding you back. With snow still sadly sparse in the Pyrenees, I found myself out rock climbing with friends on [...]
The difference between ‘fluid decision-making’ and ‘making it up as you go along’ can be hard to detect. I’ve just returned home after a nine-day ski-tour in the Ecrins, a [...]
Why super-star hires can be an expensive mistake In a culture that worships success, failed projects normally just sink out of sight, vanishing without explanation. One prematurely terminated adventure [...]
Yesterday an infographic from BBC World swirled pass in my twitter feed, celebrating the first free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, done by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin [...]
A team of five, a week to prepare - the goal: to ascend and ski the second highest peak in the Alps! Now the only thing that lay between failure [...]
"I know you are going to succeed." The thing about camp two on Everest - at least back in the day when there were only 11 teams [...]
While I am very much a believer in planning and preparation, the fact remains that the adventures I enjoy most are often the ones that unfold spontaneously. I've just returned [...]