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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
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.
Things that have never happened before, happen all the time.
Things that have never happened before, happen all the time.
Things that have never happened before, happen all the time.
A lesson we learned the hard way.
A lesson we learned the hard way.
No one had ever had a fire on board their boat, but then we did.
No one had ever had a fire on board their boat, but then we did.
During a 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 one of the most perilous sequences 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.
During a 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 one of the most perilous sequences 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.
None of the tanker’s crew had ever conducted a rescue operation, but now our lives depended on their ability to do so.
Their only reference came from low-intensity, box-ticking drills completed under the protection of daylight, perfect weather, and calm seas. 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. Despite everything, not one of those decisions was fatal.
These unique experiences of navigating uncertainty, change and pressure at the edge became the foundation of Rogue Wave Scenarios.
Their only reference came from low-intensity, box-ticking drills completed under the protection of daylight, perfect weather, and calm seas. 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. Despite everything, not one of those decisions was fatal.
These unique experiences of navigating uncertainty, change and pressure at the edge 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 for building it.
Our core belief is that resilience is the most critical skill for success, and facing challenge is the catalyst for building it.
If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
Max & Chris
Max & Chris’s search and rescue reaches its dramatic climax as they cling on to side of the oil tanker
This story is being developed as a book and a film. Hear it first hand via:
Keynote: Through Fire & Water
Keynote: Through Fire & Water
Keynote: Through Fire & Water
Seminar: Principles from the Eye of the Storm
Seminar: Principles from the Eye of the Storm
Seminar: Principles from the Eye of the Storm
Get in touch if you want to truly inspire and motivate your team or audience.
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senior leaders worked with
miles of oceanic uncertainty navigated
industries served
rogue wave that started it all
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How We Work
We create high challenge,
high support environments,
applied across three areas:
We create
high challenge,
high support environments,
applied across three areas:
Storm Mentality
Storm Mentality
Storm Mentality
Storm Mentality
We challenge your team under pressure, then help them move from default reactions to deliberate responses.
Building Resilient People
Stormproof Strategies
Stormproof Strategies
Stormproof Strategies
Stormproof Strategies
We stress-test your strategy against the critical uncertainties you face, providing leadership teams with stronger alignment and conviction to take action.
Building Resilient Strategy
Self-Righting Organisation
Self-Righting Organisation
Self-Righting Organisation
Self-Righting Organisation
We build resilience into the culture of your organisation, so it becomes the compass for decision-making, leadership and teamwork.
Building Resilient Culture
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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 of Explorers, Thinkers & Pioneers.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 is one of the UK’s most respected M&A bankers, with a career built at Greenhill, one of the world’s leading independent M&A advisory firms. A deeply reflective leader, Dean has decades of experience getting better out of the best bankers in Europe in an industry synonymous with high-takes and relentless intensity.
Dean Rodrigues is one of the UK’s most respected M&A bankers, with a career built at Greenhill, one of the world’s leading independent M&A advisory firms. A deeply reflective leader, Dean has decades of experience getting better out of the best bankers in Europe in an industry synonymous with high-takes and relentless intensity.
Dean Rodrigues is one of the UK’s most respected M&A bankers, with a career built at Greenhill, one of the world’s leading independent M&A advisory firms. A deeply reflective leader, Dean has decades of experience getting better out of the best bankers in Europe in an industry synonymous with high-takes and relentless intensity.