• Analog Leadership is rooted in the principle that actual growth happens when leaders engage directly with experience.

• In contrast to the digital world, which emphasizes speed, efficiency, and shortcuts, the analog process demands deliberate, sequential engagement with tasks, integrating people and environments. This slower, more intentional mode of leadership development resists shortcuts and requires leaders to navigate complexity one step at a time.

• Crucially, Analog Leadership is not only about action, but also about disciplined reflective communication. By pausing to examine decisions, behaviors, and outcomes: leaders cultivate the meta-cognitive awareness necessary to adapt effectively across the varying scenarios of the current era.

The Experiential Learning Cycle

• At the core of the program is the Experiential Learning Cycle.

• Participants begin with concrete experience by performing real sailing maneuvers with limited or no previous experience required, all guided by expert and USCG-certified captains. These actions provide immediate, tangible challenges.

• The experience is then followed by mindful, structured reflection, and a guided debriefing during which participants critically examine their decisions, emotions, and team interactions.

Sailboats & Leadership

• The sailboat is more than an out-of-the-office setting: it is a living laboratory for leadership utilized by societies for millennia.

• Unlike controlled environments, the water and wind are unpredictable. Success depends on the crew’s ability to work as a team, define responsibilities, adapt to changing conditions, and translate shared intent into coordinated action.

• This constant interplay between environment and crew mirrors the realities of organizational life, where leaders must guide their teams through uncertainty with clarity and trust.

What is Analog Leadership?