

The Guy Came Barging through the Double Doors
Leaning forward, the guy came through the double-doors of our office like he was charging a castle. I walked up to greet him, though...

Chris Yager
Jun 7, 20232 min read


Suren Thami, Emily Y-D and the Guided Moment
Here’s how I heard the story: When the students arrived at 2 AM, there was a line-up of cars waiting to transport them from the airport,...

Chris Yager
Jun 7, 20233 min read


1997
After college, after a year in China, after several years working with students in the outdoors, after a summer as a mountaineering...

Chris Yager
Jun 7, 20235 min read


Expeditionary Learning - NOLS Interviews
A longtime collaborator with Chris and expert at expeditionary learning, our conversations and research have led us to NOLS time and time...

Calla Sneller
Apr 8, 20233 min read


Theater of the Mind: An Immersive Theater Experience
“This experience was profoundly interesting and I’m really excited to debrief it,” stated Chris after attending the Theater of the Mind...

Calla Sneller
Mar 31, 20232 min read


What we believe - Humanism
On our pathway towards setting up the belief system that drives our work, humanism became central to the conversation. Perhaps this...

Calla Sneller
Mar 24, 20232 min read


The need to improve the Guide Life Cycle: An Interview with Josh Morris
“It just doesn’t matter if we win or if we lose. It just doesn’t matter!” chants Tripper Harrison as his fellow counselors hoist the Camp...

Calla Sneller
Feb 18, 20234 min read


500,000 Student Days: Biggest Take Homes in Risk Management
Regardless of a company’s assuredness, everyone stands to benefit from learning principles of Risk Management and Emergency Response. To...

Chris Yager
Feb 15, 20238 min read


Devoted to the Question: An Interview with Ben Bogin
To be devoted to the journey, to the essential questions that we seek to answer, rather than the destination is well, quite bluntly, way...

Calla Sneller
Feb 11, 20232 min read


Savings Young People's Lives: An Interview with Susan Daily
It is impossible to encapsulate Susan Daily into a category or even summarize her incredible skills into one career path. She is an...

Calla Sneller
Jan 29, 20232 min read


The permission to create a more radical, beautiful world: An Interview with Shannon Clements Parry
In a world of systems with implicit inertia to keep us busy, disconnected and going with the unintentional flow, how do we pause, take a...

Calla Sneller
Jan 29, 20233 min read


One Second's Learning
From the time I lurched out of my bindings until the time that I hit the tree, I traveled about 40 feet and was in the air for just over...

Chris Yager
Jan 29, 20234 min read


Flow and the Movement of Clay: What I learned from a weeklong pottery class in Denmark
I have been throwing pots for 35 years. During a week-long course in Copenhagen, I recently learned that for 35 years I have been...

Chris Yager
Jan 29, 20231 min read






