Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
On 9/11
August 30, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The week after next will be the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US, including the World Trade Center towers. Like everyone else, I can remember exactly where I was at the time – such a pivotal moment in global history and a very personal experience. In September 2001, I was heading Marketing [...]
After Everest
August 22, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
“What was it like on the summit?” and “What’s Next?” are two of the questions I’ve been asked over the past 93 days after returning from Everest. Having had some time to re-acclimate and talk to my fellow climbers, I thought I’d share some thoughts that can only come several months after summiting when perspective [...]
Bold Aspirations!
June 19, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
So I finally got off my arse and tried to create some sort of music-in- background, slide-show with small-video showing some fun scenes from Everest and Juniper’s role in same. OK, so I still have a lot to learn about editing, and Animoto is cheap and easy, but not super-professional, but it’s a start!
Leadership Lessons from Everest
June 4, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Between 22,000′ and 26,000′ I spent time mentally on some big thinking about leadership examples and tried to consolidate into one coherent list and words. When your own life and goal are in danger and success is not guaranteed, you can manage and lead in some areas. My top ten as below. 1. Set big [...]
Getting to be part of the Team
August 14, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I’ve written a lot about climbing and running (well, that is this site ) and about leadership and teamwork – but not so much on what it takes to be part of the team. During the past few weeks, I have been interviewing candidates to be part of our work team and I started thinking [...]
Brotherhood of the Rope
August 7, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
I’m finishing the book High Exposure by David Brashears, the famous IMAX filmmaker and mountaineer (five Everest summits). The following photo is from his website and rights: What is interesting is to read about the Everest disaster of May 10, 1996 from his view, where having read it from Jon Krakauer’s point of view in [...]
The Next Mountain
May 26, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The call came out of the blue. Literally. While I was in South Africa. This is Kate with so-and-so executive recruiting agency. I’m calling to see if you are interested in discussing an opportunity with Juniper Networks heading their strategic alliance business towards Ericsson. I say, sure, let’s talk tomorrow when I am back in [...]
Running and Thinking
May 30, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
I realized somehow that it had been almost two weeks since my last post – how could that be? Where did the time go? If I were to write on two relevant topics it would be around getting into a routine, thinking time, and new company adaptation. I finally got in a long run today [...]
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