Jamie Clarke

Jamie Clarke works with elite teams who win: Olympic teams, NHL teams, sales teams, leadership teams, and start-up teams. What connects them all is pressure. With his own hard-won philosophy of decision-making in extremes— and a storytelling technique that can take you from laughter to tears in minutes — Jamie recharges audiences with fresh perspectives on success and failure, and risk vs. reward. Creative, humorous, passionate, and on-point, Jamie walks you through his successful planning process for expeditions and business. Essential tips on risk assessment. Check. How to listen for cracks in the ice — and your team. Check. Weathering storms, literal and metaphorical. Check and check. Through heart-stopping challenges, Jamie has reached the peak of his profession as climber and expedition leader. After failing twice, Jamie regrouped to reach Mt. Everest’s death-zone summit, twice. He’s trekked 1,000 miles across the most inhospitable desert on the planet and is one of the few alpinists to reach the “Seven Summits” – the highest peak on each continent. As a successful entrepreneur, Jamie learned many business lessons the hard way as the CEO of an e-commerce retail start-up. His high-energy programs takes you to dangerous places, both real and imagined. He’ll guide you to the edge and bring you back safely. You’ll learn that the highs and the lows are both great teachers. While not on the road speaking or trekking in the Canadian Rockies, Jamie is an Adjunct professor at the University of Calgary where he teaches and mentors in the Centre for Advanced Leadership.

The Gaylord Opryland Shuttle is located in the Terminal Parking Garage to the right after you exit the lower level of the airport. Continue along the ground Level and look for the ‘GRAYLINE’ BUS under the ‘HOTEL SHUTTLE’ sign – the GRAYLINE bus will arrive on the HALF HOUR mark at the Airport and on the HOUR mark at the Cascades Canopy at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. HOURS OF OPERATION: MON - SAT: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM* SUN: 6:00 AM-3:00 PM* COST: $18.00 USD ONE WAY *Shuttle will run every hour at the top of the hour, from the Cascades Canopy at the Resort to BNA and on the bottom of the hour from BNA to the Resort. Your confirmation Email will serve as your boarding pass. Please show your confirmation email to the shuttle driver. If you want to confirm your return trip to the Nashville International Airport, please click here

Ground Transportation

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The approximate taxi or ride share cost from BNA to Gaylord Opryland is $25 each way.

Professional and Olympic-level Performance Coach, Expedition Leader, Business Builder and Master Motivator

Wednesday, November 20th at 8:00-9:00am