The Why of Adventure and The Adventure of Why: Shiny x Ken Wylie

The Avalanche Hour Podcast

Ken Wylie is a Human Hazard Management innovator, formerly an IFMGA guide, and author of the book Buried. Ken’s company, Archetypal, provides high-resolution self-awareness tools for people who work in High Potential Consequence (HPC) environments across several industries. In this conversation, Guest host Brooke Shiny Edwards takes a deeper dive into the heart of Ken Wylie and the vision he has for (HPC) Avalanche Workers and the adventure industry. We recommend reminding yourself of Ken’s background by re-visiting last year’s episode 8.1 when Caleb has Ken take the audience through the infamous 2003 tragedy of La Traviata. In this episode, Shiny and Wylie explore more of the insights to be harvested from that tragedy: the archetypes of disaster and safety, avenues of self-growth that can inform our decision making and how to embrace our shadow and light within, which may indeed be the greatest opportunity yet to embody our highest selves and manage the human factor castle.

So grab a cup of tea, a blanket and snuggle up by the fire for a deep and open hearted philosophical journey that hopefully guides you to integral moments of self-reflection that might help you stay safe this season.

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Music: Ketsa

Art: Mike Tea

Resources:

The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium. Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi

Robert Kegan Stages in Adult Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhRNMj6UNYY

The Evolving Self: Robert Kegan.

Human Journey Card Decks

Archetypal Open Enrollment Courses

Archetypal Workplace Courses

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