What does Outward Bound strive to do?
What we do in the wilderness and in a variety of classrooms is create conditions where individuals, mostly kids but also adults, reach beyond their perceived limits to discover their possibilities. We help them realize that they re capable of far more than they thought, both physically and emotionally. When someone leaves the safe harbor of an Outward Bound course with an ability to apply what he or she has learned to create new possibilities and to serve others, then we have succeeded. What are your goals for the organization? The two really important things that we want to do are to reach more kids and to create a more diverse setting for them. In order to achieve that, a third thing we need to do which is a bit more suited to my own background is to simplify the way in which we deliver our mission by streamlining business processes. Why is diversity so important? If the transformative experience takes place in the company of a crew that is as diverse as the society in which we live,
