What Everest Teaches Us About Sustainable Leadership with Kenton Cool

What can the world's highest mountains tell us about building a sustainable future?

Kenton Cool has summited Everest 19 times, each time as a guide. He's spent 35 years operating in environments where resources are scarce, conditions are unpredictable, and the margin for error is razor thin. In those environments, sustainability isn't a strategy; it's survival.

In this episode, Alex Smith talks to Kenton about the visible impact of climate change on glaciers across Europe and the Himalayas, the tension between pursuing adventure and reducing your environmental footprint, what "leave no trace" really means in practice, and how the lessons of high-altitude leadership translate directly into how businesses respond to complexity, risk, and long-term thinking.

This one is a little different. But the core message is the same: what you do today has consequences, and the best leaders understand that clearly.

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