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Learning From Elephants
CONVERSATION TOUR
The Netherlands
1st - 10th October 2024

Why elephants?

About 30 years ago I had a surreal encounter with a herd after a crocodile attack in the Okavango, when they spent a night peacefully surrounding my improvised campsite. I felt I was being protected and shielded from the river. A life-changing and invigoratingly-humble experience indeed.

​This provided me with a vocabulary to adequately articulate what wilderness means and represents for us. And in ecological terms, our own insignificance. To access a secret and universal humble dialect of the heart. Once you fall in love with elephant, you fall in love with the other animals, the birds, the plants, bugs, bacteria and fungi. Only then perhaps, is it possible for a culture of inclusiveness emerge.

Elephant are highly sensitive and intelligent beings. With them, surprising and inspiring encounters emerge. Wisdom from the wild. Clarity. Connections that inspire your perceptions of inter-being.

The relevant principles that modern leadership requires, in order to navigate through our system changes with innovation, authenticity and resilience.

Tour itinerary:

1st Oct:
Morning available for appointment
Afternoon leadership session at Homeschool Inholland, Amsterdam


2nd Oct:
Morning available for appointments
Afternoon/evening keynote address for a private client, Amersfoort.


3rd Oct
Morning private session, Amsterdam
Late afternoon available for appointment

4th Oct
Morning private leadership sessions, Utrecht area
​Afternoon available for appointments

5th & 6th Oct:
Available for appointments

7th Oct: 
Morning available for appointments
​Afternoon private session at Almelo


8th Oct:
Morning open session, a walk at Amsterdam se Bos, 7.30 - 10.30. To register go to: https://naturalleadership.eu/agenda/fnl-early-morning-walk-8-oktober-2024/
Afternoon private event, Amsterdam

​9th Oct:
Morning available for appointments.
Mid-day Ubuntu session with International School for Philosophy, Leusden 
Afternoon/evening private session, Rotterdam

​If you are interested to discover more about our leadership transformation for future events or trails, it would be great to meet. Or meet again.

Connect with us!
​Alan direct via WhatsApp:​ 0027834724783 
Email: [email protected]

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  • WELCOME
    • ABOUT >
      • Why & Who?
      • Where we go
      • Philosophy
      • Elephants
      • Elephant encounter video explained
      • Guide mentoring
      • Media
      • Review our LinkedIn articles
      • Insights & Testimonials
      • Journal
      • Connect
  • NATURE & LEADERSHIP
    • Leadership trails
  • TRAILS & SAFARIS
    • HEREandNOW Trail
    • Okavango Wilderness Trail
    • Okavango leadership trail
    • Private Wilderness Experience
    • On an Elephant Path with Alan: Umlani
    • Klaserie Pioneer Trail
    • Desert Elephant safari
    • Zambezi Legend safari
    • Okavango Ubuntu Trail
  • CONVERSATION TOUR EUROPE '25
    • More details
    • Tour calendar