Author name: Greg Golf

Kids these days… Weekly insights for inspiring flexible and thoughtful leaders I came across an article in Outside Magazine a few weeks ago that had me chuckling. “Can a Campfire Improve Your Mental Health? Many Therapists Say Yes.” To summarize the piece, therapists and nonprofits are using campfires to help a variety of folks (teens included) open up about their struggles. And the science backs it up. A 2014 study found that sitting around a fire decreases blood pressure, fosters…

Kids these days… Weekly insights for inspiring flexible and thoughtful leaders Did you know there’s real strategy to Rope Burning? Yeah, maybe K&E lifers already know this, but this summer I saw it in action for the first time. In real time. Jordan Cohen, coaching on the Grey team, had this down, and it was incredible to watch. Teepee height versus width. Flame placement. Match economy. Teaching iteration under pressure while a hundred kids chant “Watermelon cantelope come on baby burn that…

Kids these days… Weekly insights for inspiring flexible and thoughtful leaders I’m writing this as summer draws to a close. This is always the most bittersweet time of year. The buses have rolled away. The bunks stand empty. Another transformative summer has ended, this one on the edge of exciting change. Evolution is essential. But sitting here in the quiet, I found myself thinking back to something I shared with camp families 25 years ago. A simple question that shaped so much of what…