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LEADERSHIP EXPEDITION HERE

An invitation to join the Chief Explorer on a journey of self-discovery

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The Big Vision

An informal but influential global network.

To build a leadership development program that supports the development of an informal but influential global network of modern day Renaissance leaders. These leaders are initiating and sharing breakthrough innovations that nurture cross-cultural harmony, improve organizational performance and develop sustainable prosperity in their communities and in others around the world.

IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL

PERFORMANCE

Get inspirational learning and leadership stories that share innovative, collaborative solutions to complex challenges and encourage cross-cultural harmony, helping build productive, healthy and compassionate organizations and communities.

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YOUR BEST SELF

Get guidance and support as you tap into your imagination, find the courage to try and live your dream and commit to building the skills required to implement them. Start your leadership development program with the Chief Explorer now.

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About Don

Chief Explorer, Mentor & Storyteller

For more than five decades Don has wandered the world, living, working and visiting more than 75 countries, seeking innovative ideas, and the people behind them. He has enjoyed an eclectic and impactful career leading transformational change as an educator, entrepreneur, administrator, researcher & program designer, and mentor. Grounded in an insatiable curiosity, sense of humour and passion for connecting, Don launched his ‘real life’s work’ on his 80th birthday to share stories and leadership lessons inspired by his life experiences while offering a leadership development program that identifies, supports, connects and mentors high performing individuals who are making the world a better place.

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Pathfinders & Artistic Instigators

Modern day renaissance leadership in action

Abdullah Saleh

Abdullah Saleh

Paediatric Surgeon & Co-Founder of ICChange

Dr. Saleh is launching and scaling solutions, models, and technologies to improve the quality of life and security of vulnerable populations worldwide through a sustainable social enterprise model.

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Madoka Murata

Madoka Murata

Founder of Discovery Through The Arts

Madoka Murata is the founder of Discovery Through The Arts, which offers private and ensemble music lessons alongside education and community outreach programs to spread the natural healing power of the arts.

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Hawk Smith

Hawthorne (Hawk) Smith

Musician, Poet, Songwriter, Counsellor to Survivors of Torture

Dr. Smith is a licensed psychologist and the Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT) that rebuilds the bodies, minds, and spirits of people who have been tortured or persecuted.

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The Global Odyssey

Stories to help leaders successfully navigate the global knowledge-based world.

Join Don on “A Personal and National Journey Towards Cross-Cultural Harmony and High Performance”, featuring personal reflections on Don’s eclectic global, cross-cultural career of over 60 years of travel and work in 75 countries. These stories not only helped to build his leadership development program, they also present a distinctive arc of Canadian history in the context of the journey from colony to contributor as well as the journey from a society in which official racism was effectively embedded to an official multicultural society—a startling journey!

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Who Is The Chief Explorer

Learn more about Don Simpson – Chief Explorer of the Innovation Expedition.

A Canadian Odyssey

Watch the background on how the Global Odyssey LogBook series came to be.

Vision Quest Journeys

Informal interviews with dreamers who want to tack action on their dreams.

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Chief Explorer Don Simpson is a storyteller and mentor, focused on developing the concept of modern day Renaissance leadership to support high performing individuals who are committed to making the world a better place.

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