We Are
Corporate Sherpas
We combine psychology, neuroscience and behavioural
economics to solve the complex adaptive challenges faced
by Australian leaders and organisations.
Trusted Clients
What We Do
We use a Science Based Approach to Creating Flow State Workplaces
No grand final has been won in September, no golfer has won on a Sunday, and no inventor has ever invented genius, without being in ‘flow state’.
If your business requires you to work in this optimal state, you and your team need to be in flow.
The challenge is to train our brains to overcome distraction and interferences.
‘Performance = Potential – Interferences’
Kanwar Trevisan-Singh – Corporate Sherpas
Culture & Business Development
For organisations aiming to be more adaptive, changing culture is often the most challenging aspect. Adaptation requires new behaviours from everyone. We purposefully design cultures to strengthen the human ERP (Engagement, Retention, and Productivity).
Age of Imagination
Instead of focussing on ‘what is’, harnessing the strength of imagination gives us the capacity to explore ‘what could be’. We outline thinking frameworks for modern leaders to harness the culture of true innovation.
Leadership Development ss
From ‘fight and flight’ reactions to ‘stay and play’ responses, we use a science-based approach to develop leaders for success.
Rapid Deployment of Teams
When groups are highly attuned and sensitive to each other, ideas can flow and grow. We apply the most contemporary thinking based in science, to support teams in making micro changes to their communication and behaviours.
Our Business Context has Changed
Welcome to the Age of Imagination
Most Australian businesses have moved out of the industrial age and into an information age, but that’s not enough. The competitive levers of a modern Australian organisation is creativity and imagination.
‘Logic will only get you from A to B, imagination will get you to A, B and anywhere else.’
Sarab Singh – Corporate Sherpas
Our Business Context has Changed
Welcome to the Age of Imagination
Most Australian businesses have moved out of the industrial age and into an information age, but that’s not enough. The competitive levers of a modern Australian organisation is creativity and imagination.
‘Logic will only get you from A to B, imagination will get you to A, B and anywhere else.’
Sarab Singh – Corporate Sherpas
Who Are We?
We Are Passionate About Creating Future-Ready Leaders
Drawing on more than 20 years of practical experience, as well as studies at Harvard and London School of Economics, we have designed programs that help the smartest teams in Australia create opportunities amidst chaos and confusion.
Our passion is to develop future-ready leaders that ignite ingenuity and tenacity into their teams, essentially we help transform Experts into Alchemists.
Industries We Serve
We Work with Organisations with a Learning Mindset
We work with medium sized engineering, resources, disability and professional services businesses in Australia.
Engineering & Resources
Project teams produce sub-optimal outcomes when they fail to appreciate differences in technical and adaptive problems. We help teams build soft skills that otherwise have hard consequences for on-time, on-budget deliverables.
Professional Services
The competitive levers of success have moved beyond technical expertise. The key to long term success is based on communication, trust and relationships with clients.
Disability Services
With the introduction of NDIS, Disability Services has been flying with a half built jumbo jet and running repairs as it flies. We help to navigate the sector and make sense in this chaos.
Strata Communities
Strata provides for co-ownership of buildings often leading to differences of opinions for the building. We help Council of Owners and Strata Managers move past legislative and procedural interventions toward a sense of community and respect.
Engineering & Resources
Project teams produce sub-optimal outcomes when they fail to appreciate differences in technical and adaptive problems. We help teams build soft skills that otherwise have hard consequences for on-time, on-budget deliverables.
Professional Services
The competitive levers of success have moved beyond technical expertise. The key to long term success is based on communication, trust and relationships with clients.
Disability Services
With the introduction of NDIS, Disability Services has been flying with a half built jumbo jet and running repairs as it flies. We help to navigate the sector and make sense in this chaos.
Strata Communities
Strata provides for co-ownership of buildings often leading to differences of opinions for the building. We help Council of Owners and Strata Managers move past legislative and procedural interventions toward a sense of community and respect.
Sherpas in the World
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We Live in a VUCA World
Creating a Healthy Relationship with Uncertainty
Today, we need to operate in an fast paced, ever changing business environment which is no different to what is experienced in Military Operations and thus described as VUCA: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.
Upcoming Events
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Base Camp – A Podcast by Corporate Sherpas
Base Camp is designed to bring you fresh insights, expert interviews, and thought-provoking discussions on the science of complex adaptive leadership and well-being. Whether you’re on your commute, at the gym, or when taking a stroll.
Welcome to Base Camp!
Welcome to Base Camp! In this episode we introduce the Sherpas and the key challenges we will be tackling throughout the show.
- What does it mean to create flow state workplaces?
- How technology has produced data that showcases how changes in perspectives, emotions, biofeedback loop we can leverage through conscious interventions and getting into flow improves performance
- How organisations and individuals hinder their own ability to get into flow
- How the Sherpas operate through SEVA: Simplicity, Experimentation, Vulnerability and Abundance
- What are the hard consequences of not investing in developing your people?
BATTLING THE DEMONS BETWEEN OUR TWO EARS PART 1: How our individual narrative impacts organisational performance
Key Highlights
- How the stories we tell ourselves can drain our energy, distort our perspectives and distract us from what is important in the moment
- The two brain networks that are essential to performance and wellbeing, and how we can move towards the high-performance network
- How creativity and rumination can be two sides of the same coin
- An evolutionary explanation as to why we have a negative bias towards rumination
- The biology of chronic stress
- How human nature is to be negatively biased and the impact this has on leadership
- The 4 components of self-awareness that you can lean on to further understand your internal narrative
- Richard Davidson – leading researcher in the neuroscience on performance
BATTLING THE DEMONS BETWEEN OUR TWO EARS PART 2: Tools to optimise your inner narrative for performance and wellbeing
Join us for Part 2 of our exploration into the internal battles we face in navigating VUCA environments. We delve deeper into the four aspects of self-awareness: reflection, mindfulness, meta-awareness, and rumination, focusing on how to combat the negative impacts of ruminative thinking. Learn practical strategies to manage rumination, including:
- The powerful “WIN” question (“What’s Important Now?”)
- The physiological sigh breathing technique.
- Mindfulness and meditation and how strengthen brain connections, enhancing focus and emotional regulation.
We explore the science behind these techniques and share real-life examples of how to apply them to improve your energy, performance, and overall well-being, both personally and professionally.
Unlocking growth in the resource industry - Ben Dorant
This Basecamp episode features RCR Mining Technologies’ Ben Dorant, who shares his unique blend of technical skill and adaptable leadership. We explore industry challenges, the power of cognitive maturity, and practical tools for developing high-performing teams. Learn how to navigate uncertainty, foster a thriving culture, and optimise your team’s energy – physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. A must-listen for leaders seeking to thrive in complexity.
THE PARADOX OF PRESSURE: Is Stress a Force for Growth or a Road to Burnout?
Stress is ubiquitous in both our personal and professional lives. We’ve all felt it – deadlines, meeting expectations, looking after loved ones. It shows up in different ways: tightness in your chest before a big presentation, the weight of responsibilities piling up, the health consequences, the relentless voice in your head asking, Am I doing enough? Too much of it can break even the strongest among us leading to burnout, exhaustion and disconnection.
According to the Productivity Commission costs associated with these issues are estimated to be between $12.2 billion and $39.9 billion per year in Australia.
At the same time people say that they need a certain level of stress, we hear things like pressure makes diamonds. It can ignite motivation, sharpen focus and unlock a different level of creativity. The paradox is that the same pressure that drives us can also break us—so how do we navigate it? It’s clear that this is s topic worth diving into.
What We Believe
Our Values
Simplicity
We make the complex simple.
Experimentation
We respond creatively to uncertainty.
Vulnerability
Surrender ego for a higher purpose.
Abundance
We subscribe to a mindset of Infinite possibilities.
Time to Transform
Let’s Get Started
Sarab: 0400 095 605
Kanwar: 0432 438 031