When Explore Performance partnered with UBS on a global learning initiative, the aim was simple: design something meaningful, scalable, and sustainable. Awards were never the goal. That’s why it’s humbling to have the work recognised with both a Gold and a Silver Brandon Hall Group Award. Often called the “Academy Awards of Learning and Development,” these…
Read more →On a recent paragliding flight over the stunning peaks of Mt Blanc, Axe’s flying instructor shared a critical lesson with him that resonates heavily in today’s business environment. “The only reason we can fly in a paraglider is because of two things—technology and human power. Look after both, and you’ll be around for a long…
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When you’re repeatedly smashed by storms, capsize multiple times, and fail to reach your goal three times in a row—it would be easy to walk away.
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Welcome to the first post of Exploratory Tales – a new twice-monthly series where we dive deep into the strategies, mindsets, and real-world lessons that drive exceptional team building, leadership, and high performance. We’ll be publishing this here (our blog), LinkedIn channel and emailed directly to our existing audience, so make sure that you get this in…
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Does being the opposite of fragile mean being robust, resilient or even just strong ? Our lead facilitator and explorer Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson has a different take on this as he explains 3 different ways to measure strength. Check out this video to see what it really means to be anti-fragile!
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Self Awareness, Self Observation and Self Regulation – 3 very crucial factors that lead performance coach Chris McUtchen shared during our ‘Building our Emotional Superpowers’ showcase yesterday. Check out this awesome summary of his key pointers!
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In January 2017, lead facilitator and explorer Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson embarked on the challenge of rowing to New Zealand. It was a journey of many ‘firsts’, with the attempt at rowing from Singapore to Australia, to venturing across the extremely treacherous Tasman Sea that would bring him to New Zealand. Check out the trailer to…
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In early February, Jason Toshack, the regional general manager for cloud computing company Oracle NetSuite, invited Mark Mathews to address his 200-strong team. By all accounts it was an inspiration-packed 90- minute Zoom presentation. Mathews is not your typical corporate speaker. He is a professional big-wave surfer who suffered severe leg injuries, including a torn…
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Keeping the passion alive as we head towards the back end of the year! Today we delivered a hybrid session in Singapore. We had participants attend in person at the amazing #Catapult room and other members dial-in virtually all across APAC. Thank you Victoria Great, James Andrade and Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson – it’s been awesome…
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Lead Facilitator and Professional Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews, has teamed up with his sponsor, Red Bull, to produce a short movie called ‘The Other Side of Fear’. The Other Side of Fear Mark is no stranger to fear – the film follows his incredible journey following his close-to career ending injury, and will inspire anyone…
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