LEARNING FROM THE EDGE

Learning from the Edge — Episode 3 Guest: Paul Taylor, Operations Manager at REACT Disaster Response Episode title Small Bands of Determined People: Leadership When the Ground Keeps Shifting Description Paul Taylor spent 26 years in the British Army — Northern Ireland, the Gulf War, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan — before a sliding-doors moment took him into expedition guiding. Then the 20...

What keeps a team moving when everything says stop? For John Peck, the answer has never changed: human connection, handled with depth and care. John is a former army officer and Metropolitan Police Commander who has spent decades leading in some of the most demanding environments imaginable — from inner-city London at its most volatile, to unclimbed Himalayan peaks, the Sahara Desert, the North Po...

Uncertainty Is Not the Problem Most leaders treat uncertainty like a fault in the system. Something to fix. Something to wait out. Psychologist Dr. Jon Rhodes has spent nearly two decades working with Olympic athletes, polar explorers, and corporate leaders — and he's clear: the teams that thrive aren't the ones who eliminate uncertainty. They're the ones who've learned to move intelligently withi...