Wayfinding Leadership
with Dana Carman and Joel Yanowitz
Wayfinding historically refers to the navigation methods used by travelers over land and sea to find unmarked routes or to navigate unknown territory. In this time of upheaval and deep transition, we are navigating unknown territory globally — leaders are feeling the tension of old mindsets and previous ways of solving problems that are no longer adequate to the scale of the collective transformation that is needed.
Wayfinding is a process of trueing to the self that is calling you, your next horizon. We begin with an experience in nature, away from your daily pressures and routines in order to listen from a deep rootedness. This deliberate pause, with the aliveness of nature as mirror, affords powerful inquiries to emerge.
We guide you in identifying the tensions and blockages that are holding you back and turn towards these tensions with curiosity, compassion and humor in partnership with the Earth. In this container profound alchemy happens that helps to clarify what’s calling you — in your life, your role as a leader, and in your organization in this critical time. Together, we design a path forward that is in service of this emergent future. This includes experiments that support the integration of what was seen and felt “on the mountain” so it becomes an embodied reality in your work and in your life.
Wayfinding is about connecting to your own true nature and creating space for possible futures. It’s about transmuting conflict into opportunity, confusion into clarity, and blockages into open horizons. It’s about walking the path that brings you most alive and into deeper alignment with your purpose, while serving the greater whole in this time of collective transformation.
Building on the Wayfinding experience, individual leaders, top teams and their organizations are able to build new organizational cultures that create the conditions for all to thrive.