NICOLAS CARVAJAL
Keynote Speaker & Expedition Consultant
Leadership • Beyond • Limits
WELCOME TO YOUR NEXT HORIZON
In the face of unprecedented challenges, from the boardroom to the world’s most remote frontiers, traditional theory often falls short. What you need are strategies forged where stakes are highest.
My methodologies are not born from textbooks; they are refined in the vast expanse of the Atlantic, honed in the debilitating cold of the Arctic, and proven in literal life-or-death situations. By embracing the path less travelled, I’ve gained unparalleled insights into true leadership, unwavering resilience, and the strategic execution essential for navigating any unknown.
Today, I leverage this unique crucible of experience to empower leaders, transform teams, and guide ambitious individuals through their own uncharted territories.
From high-impact corporate keynotes inspiring breakthrough resilience to bespoke advisory for audacious expeditions, I deliver actionable strategies, battle-tested and built for real-world success.
Ready to explore?
Ocean Rower • Keynote Speaker • Expedition Consultant
ABOUT
I am not your typical speaker or expedition consultant. My journey, from London’s technology sector to rowing 5,400 km solo across the Atlantic, has been anything but ordinary. I have lived with Arctic tribes in sub-zero conditions, sailed Viking ships around the Cape of Storms, and mentored Guinness World Record expeditions. Along the way, I’ve also trained service dogs, managed a dairy farm, and taught SCUBA diving on remote islands. My friends call me a polymath. I just call it a life worth living.
Today, I help others navigate their own storms. Whether you are leading global teams through uncertainty, healing from trauma, or planning your next bold mission, I provide strategies that work when the stakes are highest.
My mission remains constant: help others foster a wilderness of spirit while maintaining discipline of mind, because true leadership is not about having all the answers…
It’s about staying the course when the storms hit, and emerging stronger on the other side.
Principles • Forged • In • Fire
THE SIX ELEMENTS
Throughout my life, I have picked up a few things, some of which, I have actually become really good at, traditional Inupiaq dancing not really being one of them!
Resilience
Whether surviving storms in the Atlantic or navigating uncertainty in the boardroom, resilience is the foundation for all breakthrough outcomes. When others panic, I help you see it through.
Purpose
I help you find purpose to fuel your perseverance. When your actions are rooted in something greater than yourself, you can push through pain, uncertainty, and doubt with conviction.
Transformation
Growth does not happen in the safe zone. It happens at the outer edges of the map, where risk, failure, and potential intersect. I help you cross that threshold towards brighter horizons.
Leadership
True leadership reveals itself when everything falls apart. These are the moments when trust, clarity, and courage define outcomes. I show you how to lead when it matters most, not just when it is easy.
Creativity
The ability to improvise under pressure is a superpower. When the old playbook fails, the solution is not in doing more, it is in doing different. I teach you how to survive after falling off the map.
Preparation
The distance between dreaming and doing is where most ambitions die. I can build the blueprint for transforming the “impossible” into the inevitable through methodical preparation.
“Aim to foster a wilderness of spirit whilst, at the same time, maintaining a discipline of mind.”
-Nicolas Carvajal
Let’s Chat • Collaborate
CONTACT ME
I’m currently living in Bogota, Colombia. If you happen to be around this part of the world and would like to work with me, or if you are from another distant shore, and fancy having a chat with me about anything, even how to lasso a shark, then feel free to drop me a line or two.