Learn and develop actionable strategies for fostering resilience, problem-solving, and effective leadership in evolving and unpredictable environments. Cas combines his experience at Deloitte with leadership lessons learnt from his challenging expeditions.
Read lessDive into the 'Explorer's Mindset', blending growth mindset and grit, to effectively navigate uncertainty, embrace change, develop resilience and achieve ambitious goals.
Read lessGain insights into building cohesive teams, making informed decisions, and cultivating a collaborative culture essential for organizational success. Cas shares relevant leadership lessons on how he had successfully established an aligned high-performance team to achieve two Guinness World Records.
Read lessExplore the building blocks of a healthy organisation and team. Cas will help your team build clarity and alignment, and achieve the impossible.
Read lessAddress the challenges of sustaining high performance in leaders and teams with Cas, applying practical tools to manage mental, physical, emotional, and relational energy sources. Learn to effectively lead teams in becoming more resilient, focused, and "burnout-proof," driving sustained high performance and success.
Read lessThrough interactive workshops with Cas, learn to cultivate a growth mindset, distinguishing differences between fixed and growth mindsets and understanding their impact on leadership and team dynamics.
Read lessTaking lessons (and footage) from surviving some of the most hostile environments on the planet, teams face real-world scenarios, fostering collaboration, strategic thinking, and resilience to achieve success in a changing environment. Cas has developed this immersive learning experience to give you the opportunity for healthy debate and shared problem-solving, resulting in retaining key insights and behaviors for longer.
Read lessRenowned Australian explorer holding multiple world records
James Castrission, also known as Cas, is a premier public speaker, renowned as one of Australia’s 50 Greatest Explorers. As a thought leader in leadership development and high-performance team building, Cas champions the power of an explorer's mindset.
With his wealth of experience from his 5-year tenure as a management consultant at Deloitte, Cas brings a unique blend of adventure and motivation, reaching over 920,000 people across 40 countries. He equips leaders with proven strategies from his consulting years and shares invaluable leadership lessons from his Guinness world-record-breaking expeditions—kayaking 3318km across the Tasman Sea and skiing 2275km from Antarctica's coast to the South Pole and back, both unsupported.
Cas tailors his presentation to suit different audiences and achieve your organisation’s specific needs and desired learning outcomes. He is most sought-after for his unique and immersive simulation-based learning: Uncharted Ice and Uncharted Waters where teams learn to adapt, make rapid decisions, and navigate uncertainty to not only survive but to also thrive.
Drawing on his experiences, James has published two books titled ‘Crossing the Ditch’ and ‘Extreme South’ to reflect on his adventures and the leadership lessons in achieving extraordinary goals.
In 2013, he founded MyAdventure Group – a business committed to providing Australia’s premier corporate Adventure-based development programs. Harnessing lessons learnt from the most hostile environments on earth, his corporate programs are designed to develop teams and drive competitive advantage in organisations.