1 minCentral Park, seeing the future (video blog)Landscape architect, visionary and explorer Frederick Law Olmsted could see the future because he was the one preserving it and creating it.
1 minExploration, stewardship and the Upper Peninsula (video blog)Leave no stone unturned. But be sure to put it back where you found it.
3 minSettlers, Explorers and BrokersI used to think that Explorers were the only important (and ultimately essential) roles which moved civilizations forward. But have you e...
2 minThin ice, complacency and curiosityIf you've ever intentionally walked onto thin ice, I can guarantee you weren't struggling with complacency in that moment. When you were ...
1 minThe alley less traveled (video blog)In Hong Kong without GPS. Unplanned wandering is the key to successful expeditions.
1 minLocation, Location, Exploration (video blog)You've heard the phrase, "Location, location, location." It's important where you choose to formulate your dreams, cast a vision or make ...
3 minWhen dreams happen…now what?I was confronted with that question a month ago after I met Cindy Chang Mahlberg of Denver at an Entrepreneurs Conference in New York Cit...
3 minPilgrimageThe idea of True North has become a popular metaphor. It's an easy concept that helps explorers understand the direction they're going, e...
2 minNo mapThe Exploration Group was on an expedition for which there was no map. While this scenario is not uncommon, the client's question is alwa...
1 minExpedition Detroit (video blog)As an explorer, I've been experimenting. I hope to do more of these. Can you imagine if Lewis and Clark had video blogged?
3 minFast Decisions (Part One)The Exploration Group recently led an international scouting expedition that pushed us physically, mentally and intellectually. It was fa...
2 minFour ways Expeditions create space to explore crazy ideasI have been fortunate enough to experience many great spaces during my life. From the spacious St. Paul's Cathedral in London, alone earl...
7 minWhat our Commissioners are sayingAn evergreen selection of client observations from recent expeditions: Truly Transformational "Thank you for a great year of executive co...
2 minExecutives must ponder Part OneIt is one of the most difficult tasks for an executive to prioritize and accomplish, let alone justify to others. Pondering is hard becau...
2 minAm I a Commissioner?There are three questions The Exploration Group always asks when talking with someone about a potential Expedition. They are: 1. Do you...
1 minRoom for the unexpectedOne reality of exploration is that sometimes you find what you expect or have hoped for. Another reality is that sometimes you find what...
1 minExplorers... the craftsmen of discoveryBefore there were CEO's, before there were managers, before there were consultants, there were Explorers. Explorers were the craftsmen of...
2 minCuriosity... opens the doorSeveral years ago my mother and I were talking and I stated that I was curious about how cities worked. She said to me, "Dwight is there ...
3 minEveryone needs an Exploration Group"Every organization needs The Exploration Group." If I had been the one to say that, it would sound arrogant, but I didn't. Organizations...
2 minPoint Hope Village in GhanaPoint Hope Village. For many years it was just a name. An idea that was in the mind of the popular nationwide radio host Delilah who is ...
