Applying Extreme Adventuring Principles to a Business Context

Climbing Mount Everest and the workplace challenges IT professionals experience daily may not initially seem similar, but there are valuable lessons from extreme adventuring that can apply in a career context. In the recent ISACA^® Podcast episode “Fear Is OK, But Complacency Will Kill You,” North America CACS opening keynote speaker Alison Levine shares how lessons she learned on Everest can apply in a business context.

In this podcast, which provides a preview of Levine’s North America CACS keynote session, Levine, the first American Women’s Everest Expedition Team Captain, explains the danger of complacency and how leaders can help their teams overcome it. Levine also shares strategies for overcoming imposter syndrome and discusses the importance of kindness and compassion in leadership. In the podcast, Levine explains the importance of flexibility and adaptability and how, in some cases, they can be the difference between life or death.

To listen to this podcast, visit the Fear Is OK, But Complacency Will Kill You page of the ISACA website, or stream it on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Podbean, Spotify or Stitcher.