MATT DICKINSON
In a dazzling
presentation
which impresses
and enlightens
business audiences,
Matt Dickinson,
analyses the
performance
of teams over
his ten years
of film making
with the world’s
top expedition
practitioners
and asks…
“what
is it that
separates
those who
achieve their
goals from
those who
will inevitably
fail?”
His presentations
are relevant
for any organisation
seeking to
meet new challenges
in a rapidly
changing world.
May 1996 Matt
made a successful
ascent of
the North
face of Mt
Everest and
became one
of only five
British climbers
to do so.
He also became
the first
British film-maker
to film on
the summit
and return
alive. Drawing
on his experiences
he explores
the human
factors separating
those who
succeed from
those who
fail.
In a dramatic
season in
which 12 climbers
died in the
worst weather
conditions
on record,
Matt Dickinson
and professional
climber Alan
Hinkes summitted
Everest by
technically
the most difficult
North face,
beating hurricane
force winds
and temperatures
of minus 70
degrees below
freezing.
Matt’s
film of these
dramatic events
“Summit
Fever”
has already
been seen
by more than
20 million
people worldwide.
Using dramatic
and sometimes
humorous examples
of success
and failure,
he distils
the vital
factors that
have enabled
leaders to
plan effective
strategies,
so they can
cope with
setbacks and
changing conditions.
Discover how
to build teams
ready and
equipped for
success to
achieve peak
performance
against overwhelming
odds. Matt
explores the
determinant
reasons why
twelve lives
were lost
and demonstrates
how with more
effective
leadership,
better communication,
and more cohesive
and adaptable
teams they
could have
avoided one
of the worst
mountaineering
tragedies
ever.
Matt Dickinson
is a film-maker
and writer
who specialises
in the wild
places and
the wild people
of the world.
Trained at
the BBC as
a researcher
and production
manager on
programmes
as diverse
as Wogan,
Jim’ll
Fix It and
Ever Decreasing
Circles),
he left in
1988 to be
a freelance
producer-director.
Specialising
in adventure
documentaries,
Matt Dickinson’s
credits include
ITV’s
Voyager, BBC
1’s
Classic Adventure,
and several
hour-long
films such
as Channel
4’s
Encounters,
Equinox and
ITV’s
Network First.
He has produced
films for
National Geographic
Television
in the USA.
His programmes
have been
broadcast
in more than
thirty-five
countries
and have won
more than
20 international
film festival
awards.
Matt Dickinson’s
recent journeys
have included
a sea voyage
by yacht to
Antarctica,
the first
descent of
the perilous
rapids of
the Brahmaputra
River, the
world hang
gliding altitude
record at
over 40,000ft,
the first
hang glider
flight from
Cotopaxi Volcano,
and a walk
across the
inhospitable
Namib Desert.
Based upon
his first-hand
experiences,
Matt Dickinson
wrote “The
Death Zone”,
an account
of the two
Britons’
amazing expedition,
published
by Hutchinson
in October
1997, it is
an extraordinary
story of human
triumph, folly
and disaster.
“A
brilliant
and inspiring
presentation”
Microsoft
“Thought
provoking
and relevant
to any organisation
facing their
own mountain
to climb”
Volvo Trucks
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