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Winning against the odds
Brad is a passionate speaker with the interest and experience to show how people and businesses can make better decisions. His presentations focus on leadership, teamwork and winning against the odds – often
when the odds are stacked impossibly high against success.
Brad has spoken at a wide range of companies and at specialist Antarctic conferences in Norway, Ireland and the UK. Further he has enjoyed appearances on American cable TV and internet radio and was recently invited to present to 500 top employees of a Fortune 100 company.
Brad’s interest in polar history started, aged 8, when he picked up a book about the Antarctic at his local Public Library. From there, he has continued a lifelong interest in how people – and businesses – survive, and thrive, in almost impossible situations.
“I have been booking speakers for almost 30 years. I have heard lots of explorers. Many have a similar tale to tell. To people outside the world of exploration, many explorers seem crazy, possibly heroic or slightly unhinged. Brad is not, himself, an explorer. But he has studied them in depth. He speaks about them with a clarity and perceptive insight which is unmatched in others. His analysis of what worked, what made people choose they route they did, make the decisions they made, and how they survived is remarkable. Which is why I took him on, exclusively, with DBA Speakers”.
Diana Boulter, Founder, DBA Speakers
Originally from the US, but based in London, Brad was honoured to be made a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
His detailed knowledge and unprecedented levels of research have led to Brad being approached by
writers and producers in the TV and Film industries to advise them on a range of future projects.
Speech topics include (but are not limited to):
- Improving your Decision Making Skills
- Lessons from Scott, Shackleton and other early Antarctic Explorers
- Confronting adversity
- Building effective teams
- Succeeding against all odds
During his talks, Brad shares unforgettable adventure stories about the challenges and decisions facing the early Antarctic Explorers – Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Mawson. His presentations are illustrated with fascinating historical photographs from the actual expeditions. You will learn powerful techniques to improve decision making, at a personal, team or business level.
In 2017, Brad wrote his book When Your Life Depends on It – Extreme decision making lessons from the Antarctic. Personally endorsed by the world’s greatest living explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, this book is co-authored with David Hirzel, a California-based Antarctic historian.
Brad puts the reader right into the action of the true, harrowing, life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers during a heroic era of exploration. This book reveals unparalleled lessons in leadership, team work, and the sheer determination that can help all of us make better decisions in life.