Speaking

Energizing. Reflective. Engaging. Direct. Potent. Effective. Outstanding. Immediate. Approachable. Applicable. Real.

Above are a few words participants have used to describe Adventure in Everything keynotes and workshops. Matthew Walker uses vibrant and engaging photographs and anecdotes from his expeditions around the world to illustrate and share the Five Elements of Adventure with audiences, offering tangible and practical ways to apply the lessons in their personal and professional lives.

What would it mean if you could:

		Recognize your mental barriers to change and develop strategies to break through or minimize those barriers?
		Identify and capitalize on the common values that energize and inspire you to new levels and achievements in your daily life?
		Embrace change and utilize it for business and personal growth?
		Foster a mindset that seeks solutions and looks for opportunities
		Increase your tolerance for adversity while increasing your commitment to change for achievement of your endeavors?

Life challenges us to examine our choices and embrace change for our own personal and professional growth and development. Matthew Walker uses his unique experiences as an international climbing guide and psychologist to convey a powerful message on navigating challenge and adversity with focus, energy and confidence. He fosters a mindset in your team that seeks new opportunities and breaks through barriers. Team-based workshops with Matthew enable teams to create an environment of innovative thinking and collaboration; assisting companies wanting to foster an environment that embraces change for growth and sustainable success.

Matthew's approach will enable you to commit and succeed with your endeavors, embracing uncertainty and adversity for a powerful change.

Workshops & Speaking Engagements
Inner Passage offers innovative and customized courses, trainings, and experiences for businesses, organizations and individuals. We bring our expert educators and facilitators to you or together we can develop a unique and customized wilderness based expedition.

Inner Passage's Custom Courses offer a unique and powerful opportunity to bring adventure, literally and metaphorically, into your business and personal life. By uniting adventure and leadership we are able to work with individuals, teams, and organizations to strengthen their sense of self, increase their awareness of self and others, improve communication skills, and strengthen trust and risk-taking.

Our Custom Courses present an experience that gives immediate physical and mental feedback to the participant. These experiences can quickly reveal the patterns and dynamics that underline our unique leadership style and give direct feedback for what is working and what is not.

Keynote & Workshops

Adventure in Everything:

The Five Elements of Adventure:

Matthew presents the 'Five Elements of Adventure' as a framework to assist leaders and teams in understanding their strengths and effective leadership qualities, as well as providing a guardrail to keep positive influential behaviors on track. Through practical insight, unforgettable images, impactful exercises and facilitated discussion, Matthew uses the Elements to develop and guide individuals and teams to their full potential.

Why Climb? :

You are a product of your mountain.

Aspiration--who you want to become and how you become that ideal self--is one of the greatest motivational forces available. Understanding how our values, character, and personal and organizational strengths converge to support our highest endeavors yields limitless motivation and engagement. Matthew's presentation takes you into the heart of the Himalaya to explore how we are not only a product of our chosen mountains but that our chosen mountains have the most significant lessons to share with us.

The Sharp End of the Rope:

Leading into the Storm

Leadership is an art and it demands consistent resiliency, astute judgment, and precision decision-making. Join Matthew has he takes you into the heart of a high-altitude storm to explore how expertise, probability, and consequence shape our leadership style and influence the outcome of our endeavors.

Testimonial:

"A great presentation! Matthew connects significant outdoor experience and adventures and transforms them in practical approaches to our personal and profession lives. Whether it was how to better engage or how to drive toward your personal or professional goals, the keynote provided a unique experience. It was inspiring, entertaining, and we came away with practical ways to apply the Five Elements of adventure to our lives."

Dave Manchester
SVP Sales, Cycling Sports Group, Cannondale

"Matthew Walker's presentations and programs have been an asset to our property. His perspective and direct approach offers our guests a unique experience that is simultaneously engaging, challenging, and rewarding."

Michael Tompkins
President and GM, Miraval Resorts