Oli Raison

The hypothesis that we have benefit, there's a benefit to really being exposed to a radically different culture has been proven out.

Yeah, I think the first thing is we put a really heavy emphasis on almost going back to basics and encouraging people to really consider what are their values and how do their values show up in the way they lead others.

And I think that seems obvious, but it's not something that gets a lot of focus these days.

And we're able to do that.

We're

it's quite a long period of time that we're out in the bush our experience is 10 days and the core of that 10 days is a six day camel trekking or camel supported trek through the deserts and mountains of northern Kenya so we really slow everything down and like Boris says we we don't have any technology we really get

off of technology.

We provide people with a pretty substantial amount of time for deep reflection that I think most of us just don't get a chance for in our day-to-day lives.

The other thing is, like we talked about technology, the technology is actually causing our brains to operate on a frequency that is not really conducive with creative thought.

And so being out in the bush, slowing everything down, our brains actually operate on a frequency

that enables us to be more creative.

And I think it gives, it creates an opportunity for people to really have revelations that they wouldn't normally get if they were just trying to achieve something in two days in a conference or in a boardroom whilst simultaneously conscious of the fact that their email inbox is filling up.

So I think it's a number of different things that really create the impact that our experience delivers.

Yeah, some of our cohorts actually continue to want to meet.

If I can just take a step back, the Samburu society is very collectivist.

They have a philosophy called Nabawisho, which is essentially a kind of, we are because they are.

It's this concept of interdependence, interconnectedness, and that we are all necessary to society.

And so that whole kind of philosophy...

Gets continued on and some of our groups after the initial coaching naturally just want to stay together.

They want to connect on a monthly basis and continue to support each other, which obviously has the added benefit of creating a kind of a really special sort of alumni network that we hope we can really build on.