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The Ethical Alpinist: Grace in the Mountains over Glory on Social Media
At first glance, you may not think this has much to do with LinkedIn readers’ interests or something written by a LinkedIn Top Voice, but I see a number of parallels with what I want to think out loud with you about. First off leadership, that’s a dominant gene in LinkedIn’s DNA. Also, from my point of view, in business and startups (of which I have some experience), every project worth its salt addresses a problem in need of a solution, or an established enterprise that wants to grow, needs to have the benefit of strong leadership, good planning, the ability to pivot if/when need be, manage risk, and be able to prepare and execute. There is also the need to be able to coordinate and manage teams, and to be able to be of support during adverse conditions. Another thing about leadership is that you need to respect and appreciate the environment in that you and your team are working in. To me that also sounds a lot like mountaineering.
Parallels with my field of Global Health
Mountaineering is quite similar to working on global health problems:
- Both involve big, and seemingly insurmountable tasks,
- Both take the help of others in order to reach the goal,
- Both deal with risks, and
