We slept well in our tents last night protected from the strong North wind by our snow block walls. None of us slept well as the surface was quite uneven and uncomfortable. Today is our last day and we hope to soon hear the drone of the Twin Otter coming to pick us up. A…
We are now safe and snug in our tents at the Isaachsen weather station. More to come on that later. The day began as the rest. Up at 6:30 am. Spark the stove. Eat, drink and pack. The wind had been high all night and the constant flapping of the tent made it difficult to…
North Pole Day 9 Last night as we slept a new weather system moved in. The tent started to shake from the wind and the clouds started to form. By morning the wind was blowing maybe 25km and visibility dropped to about 2km. We packed camp and by the time we were ready to go…
We are now camped 10km from our goal. We slept in until 6:30am and started to ski by 9:00. Last night turned out to be a pretty warm night. The clouds came in and insulated the earth and held in all the solar heat from the day. The morning was not too cold. Maybe -15…
We are sitting in the tent with wind burned faces. We decided to wake at 6:15 and work hard to be on the trail for 9:00. The sky was blue with no clouds and it was about -20 with a light head wind which dropped the windchill to around -30. We set out on hard…
If you’ve landed on this post, we’re fairly confident that you don’t need us to convince you that creativity is one of the most important solutions for addressing the numerous challenges that face companies today. So we’ll save you the time – you’re welcome – and get to the point: we’ve been going over many…
It’s Saturday, May the 5th, 1956. Manchester City is playing against Birmingham City in the final of the 1956 FA Cup. 100,000 spectators fill the seats of the Wembley Stadium in London, England. 75 minutes into the game, Bert Trautmann, Manchester City’s goalie, dives at an incoming ball, but gets knocked out in a collision…
In recent years, companies around North America have been increasingly incorporating charity team building programs into their offsite events. I mean, if you do a quick Google search with the term ‘charity team building’, you can easily find more than three dozens of companies that offer team building programs with a give-back component. This really…
You work for a mid-sized tech company, and your boss decides to put together a temporary team (or task force) to deal with a common complaint that the company has been receiving from client surveys – the front-line, customer service representatives are impatient and unenthusiastic. Your products are state-of-the-art, but you’ve been slowly losing business…
Chaos is one of those words that none of us really like to use when talking about teams. For many of us, seeing chaos within a team is a sign that it’s failing. When we visualize high performing teams, we often imagine one where organization and predictability dominate…like a well-oiled machine. But back in the…