How Ernest Shackleton Used Improvisation to Save His Crew
When your "Plan A" becomes a graveyard, do you freeze or do you pivot? In this episode of The Optimistic Beacon, Dr. Ray Calabrese continues the series Endurance: The Shackleton Way by exploring the essential leadership trait of improvisation.
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out with a meticulously detailed plan to cross the Antarctic continent. Within months, the ice crushed his ship and his strategy. Discover how Shackleton transitioned from a rigid explorer to a master of the "liquid mind," using everything from seal blood and oil paint to screws in his boots to ensure…
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