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A discipline for the passage we are in

Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey

National Geographic Explorer · Global Advisor · Keynote Speaker

Today's leaders are navigating without a map. Wayfinders built a discipline for navigating uncertainty over millennia. That discipline is the foundation of wayfinding leadership, shaped by decades of research and its proven application with Fortune 500 companies and international institutions.

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Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey

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Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey comes from a lineage of navigators on both sides of the Pacific. She is a descendant of Hawaiian navigator-chiefs and the second great-granddaughter of a European lineage of sea captains.

She was mentored for nearly a decade by Grandmaster Navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug of Satawal, Micronesia, considered the greatest wayfinder of our time.

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Capt. Don Walsh
"Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey expanded her early commitment to her people's culture in Hawaii to the world. We are all better for it."

Capt. Don Walsh

National Geographic, Ocean Elder

Dr. Pualani Kanahele
"Dr. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey has ventured through life clothed in her Hawaiian name, i kona inoa Hawaiʻi. Kapuʻuwai, heart, lani, righteous endeavors."

Dr. Pualani Kanahele

Hawaiian Elder and Educator

Ken Granville
"Dr. Lindsey's vision for a better world has only just begun to be fully unleashed. Her potential to do good is enormous!"

Ken Granville

Co-Founder & CEO MindAptiv

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