Campsites and C-Suites

When a friend nearly drowns on a backpacking trip with you, lessons are learned. Sometimes the best stories (and lessons) don't come from our successes, but our failures. Being out in the wilderness can be a great teacher not just for survival's sake, but also for how we thrive in our organizations. This is Campsites and C-Suites, a leadership podcast that will use true stories from the wilderness as a basis for learning about leadership. As we explore the bridge between being in the backcountry and the boardroom, how does what we experience outside inform how we lead inside our...

Latest episodes

1. A Backpacking Disaster's Lessons in Leadership

   27 Oct 2026

   What can a backpacking trip disaster teach us about life and leadership? In Episode 1, two backpackers split up in the wilderness and one nearly drowns. I was part of that trip, an…

   34 min ▶