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SPECIALISTS IN LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT

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We design and deliver tailored development pathways grounded in a high-challenge, high-support philosophy that build individual and collective resilience.


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SPECIALISTS IN LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT

Is
uncertainty
uncertainty

Impacting
your
people?

Let's do something about it

We design and deliver tailored development pathways grounded in a high-challenge, high-support philosophy that build individual and collective resilience.

Trusted by:

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A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS

Things that have never happened before,
happen all the time.
A lesson we learned the hard way.

No one had ever had a fire onboard their boat, but then we did.

During an race to row across the Atlantic Ocean in 2017, we were hit by a devastating rogue wave. The resulting capsize ignited a fire that destroyed our communications and navigation equipment and rendered our safety cabin uninhabitable. What followed is widely regarded as some of then most perilous sequence of events in the history of ocean sport. In the middle of the night in an Atlantic storm, a colossal oil tanker found us and attempted a rescue.

None of the tanker’s crew had ever conducted a rescue operation, but now our lives depended on their ability to do so.

The result was a calamitous mismatch of expectation and reality, during which life and death was ultimately determined by a few inches and a series of high-pressure decisions. All our experiences of navigating through uncertainty, change and pressure became the foundation of Rogue Wave Scenarios.

Our core belief is that resilience is the most critical skill for success and facing challenge is the catalyst to building it.

Max & Chris

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rogue wave that started it all

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How We Work

We create high challenge,
high support environments.

We create
high challenge,
high support environments.

We apply our methods in three areas:

We apply our methods in three areas:

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Our Expertise

Unique Experience Meets Global Expertise.
We combine:

Extreme Survival
Principles forged inside the eye of the storm

We have operated at the edge and have first-hand experience of high-stakes life or death decision-making. We know what it takes to think clearly when there is no margin for error.

Extreme Survival
Principles forged inside the eye of the storm

We have operated at the edge and have first-hand experience of high-stakes life or death decision-making. We know what it takes to think clearly when there is no margin for error.

Strategic Foresight
World-leading scenario planning expertise

We engage world-leading expertise for navigating uncertainty to help organisations explore beyond the horizon and support strategic leaders in aligning and committing to action.

Strategic Foresight
World-leading scenario planning expertise

We engage world-leading expertise for navigating uncertainty to help organisations explore beyond the horizon and support strategic leaders in aligning and committing to action.

Behavioural Psychology
Deep understanding of the science of stress & pressure

We employ a deep knowledge of evidence-based science on how people respond under pressure and how to improve how leaders and teams think, communicate and decide at the coalface.

Behavioural Psychology
Deep understanding of the science of stress & pressure

We employ a deep knowledge of evidence-based science on how people respond under pressure and how to improve how leaders and teams think, communicate and decide at the coalface.

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Our Team

OUR TEAM


Max Thorpe

Cofounder & Director
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Max is the protagonist of an unlikely comeback story and world record-breaking athlete. He cut his teeth in Atlantic storms and ocean rowing, which began 10+ years of experience in endurance, expeditions and extreme environments preparedness. At his previous role at British expedition brand Shackleton, he was responsible for preparing and motivating individuals to set and achieve the biggest, scariest and most rewarding challenges of their lives.

Max Thorpe

Cofounder & Director
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Max is the protagonist of an unlikely comeback story and world record-breaking athlete. He cut his teeth in Atlantic storms and ocean rowing, which began 10+ years of experience in endurance, expeditions and extreme environments preparedness. At his previous role at British expedition brand Shackleton, he was responsible for preparing and motivating individuals to set and achieve the biggest, scariest and most rewarding challenges of their lives.

Chris Williams

Cofounder & Director
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Chris holds a decade of senior commercial leadership in professional sport together with deep expertise in the psychology of stress and pressure. His experiences surviving the storms of the Atlantic drove him to specialise in human responses to pressure. He is an expert facilitator and leadership coach who helps people thrive in uncertainty.

Chris Williams

Cofounder & Director
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Chris holds a decade of senior commercial leadership in professional sport together with deep expertise in the psychology of stress and pressure. His experiences surviving the storms of the Atlantic drove him to specialise in human responses to pressure. He is an expert facilitator and leadership coach who helps people thrive in uncertainty.

Geraldine Wessing

Chief Advisor & Facilitator
Snr Director Foresight // L'Imad

Geraldine is one of the world's foremost geopolitical scenarios practitioners. Having recently stepped in to lead foresight for UAE's sovereign wealth fund, L'Imad, she spent over 20 years at Shell leading their pioneering foresight team on country-level environment assessments and global scenario development.

Geraldine Wessing

Chief Advisor & Facilitator
Snr Director Foresight // L'Imad

Geraldine is one of the world's foremost geopolitical scenarios practitioners. Having recently stepped in to lead foresight for UAE's sovereign wealth fund, L'Imad, she spent over 20 years at Shell leading their pioneering foresight team on country-level environment assessments and global scenario development.

Dean Rodrigues

Senior Advisor
M&A // Advisory

Dean is one of the UK's most respected M&A bankers, with a top-class career built at one of the world's leading independent M&A advisory firms, Greenhill.

Dean Rodrigues

Senior Advisor
M&A // Advisory

Dean is one of the UK's most respected M&A bankers, with a top-class career built at one of the world's leading independent M&A advisory firms, Greenhill.