WildEdge is a nature-led leadership consultancy. We take founders into mountains and cold water to make better decisions. We work on identity, alignment and leadership coherence. On the surface, it looks analogue and deeply human.

Underneath it runs an AI-powered operating system.

That contrast is the point.

We are not technical founders. We are not building a SaaS company. We are building a mountain-based consultancy. Yet behind the waterfall photographs sits a structured AI boardroom that handles engineering, pressure testing and iteration.

It frees us to do the work that cannot be automated.

I want to tell you a story…

One sunny Saturday morning, about 8 months ago, I declared I was having a morning in bed. My business had put me through the wringer that week, and I was craving multiple coffees, watching the sun rise over the woods and the latest Fourth Wing book (don’t judge me). But of course, as is always the way, by 8:30am I jumped out of bed, declaring I’d just had our £multi-million idea.

I grabbed a roll of IKEA craft paper and unrolled it on the bedroom floor, using the kids’ discarded detritus to hold down the corners, and mapped out a business plan…

That’s the moment WildEdge Worx was born.

Indulge me a flashback…

Most leadership development assumes that better thinking produces better leadership. Our experience, backed by a growing body of neuroscience and psychology, suggests the opposite order of operations.

Under sustained pressure, leaders do not lose clarity because they lack capability. They lose it because the conditions they are operating under narrow attention, suppress creativity, and push decision-making into reactivity. You cannot out-think a nervous system that is constantly braced.

This is why we have built our work at WildEdge Worx the way we have, combining rigorous business coaching with deliberately designed experiences in nature. Nature is not the backdrop to our work. It is the mechanism that resets state, restores perspective, and allows leaders to hear themselves think again.

When the conditions change, leadership changes quickly. Decisions feel cleaner. Courage becomes steadier. Vision stops feeling abstract and starts feeling possible again.

This article explores the science, the experience, and the frameworks behind why this approach works, and why so many founders and senior leaders are discovering that the future of leadership development is being built in motion, not meetings.

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Welcome to the first edition of our ‘Notes from the Wild Edge’ newsletter

Sitting on the edge of the wide moorland expanse of Bleaklow, this craggy summit offers stunning views over Manchester, and hides a tragic tale in its heathery hags.

When I explain that I take people up mountains for 1:1 Business Coaching sessions, I often get a lot of ‘wows’, and ‘that sounds amazing’ comments, but the truth is, it’s difficult to get your head around what ACTUALLY happens in these sessions, and how they work.

Here I share the Anatomy of a Mountain Boardroom Session, or my 7-step process with a difference

Standing as the 17th highest peak in the Yorkshire Dales, Rogan's Seat may not be the most well-known summit in the national park, but its remoteness and open moors mean you’ll barely see another soul all day.

The key is starting the thinking and having the conversations that get the mind moving, and then giving yourself time to ponder 💭

The highest point in England, this popular destination in the Lake District has some incredible routes, crags and views, especially once you venture away from the well-trodden National Three Peaks path from Wasdale.

Reflections on the Meet Your Mountain - Find Your Path Walkshop in Ambleside

A prominent landmark rising above Leeds, this hill has plenty of history and gives surprisingly expansive views across Leeds and Yorkshire

Rising above the town of Sedbergh, this accessible hill offers incredible views across the northern Yorkshire Dales, and offers a gateway to the wonderfully quiet Howgills.

What is the ‘World Peace’ of our time?