Odyssey Teams Blog
Three Ways to Foster a Disruptive Mindset That Breeds Innovation
Three Ways to Foster a Disruptive Mindset That Breeds Innovation By: Lain Hensley, Head Dream Chase of Odyssey Teams I recently hosted a TEDx talk in my hometown of Chico, Calif. on the topic of disruption -- a subject I...
How does Odyssey incorporate meaningful activities prior to the build in particular? I struggle with people just wanting to build a bike for hours and then are underwhelmed by donation numbers. Do not let them know anything about the building...
Lessons Learned from Cancer & Coming Back to Work
Entrepreneurs are famous for being self-taught business minds who relentlessly learn new skills. We read business books and attend conferences. We seek out mentors and develop new skills. But sometimes earth-shattering lessons — ones we could never learn from a...
A Boy Named Nobody: Inspiring Students to Support and Trust Each Other
Nobody Becomes Somebody: A Ropes Course Story This is a story about A Boy Named Nobody. I was leading a ropes course program for a youth-at-risk high school group. One of the first things I asked the kids to do...
In Memory of Margie Meadows - Her Impact Behind the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand
In Memory of Margie Meadows It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Margie Meadows this past week. Margie was the beloved wife of Ernie Meadow, the creator of the LN‑4 prosthetic hand—an innovation at the...
Life Cycles in Team Building: Lessons from Bikes, Tires, and Metaphors
Life Cycles: Lessons from Building Bikes Life Cycles, the original bike-building program, allows participants to create something valuable and pass it on to the end user. As they build a bike and gift it to a child, they experience...
Reinventing Team-Building: From Ropes Courses to Life Cycles™
By the Spring of 2000, I was losing my passion for the experiential medium that was tremendously successful for the previous decade. Ropes Courses started became synonymous with “teambuilding” and “teambuilding” was losing it’s value through poor facilitators, knock-offs and companies who were seeking it just to check the box...
Life Cycles Program: Leadership Lessons in Action
Life Cycles Program: Leadership Lessons in Action Today I delivered our Life Cycles program to a truly great client. The CEO of their business, Barry, is perhaps the best leader I’ve seen in years. His approach makes them a great...
Bikes and Teambuilding - Emotion is the Key with our Life Cycles Program
Bikes and Teambuilding - Emotion is the Key with our Life Cycles Program What Do Bikes Have to Do with Business? Why build bikes for children? Why the big surprise? These are some of the common questions we hear...