Adventure
Andy Pag has driven a chocolate-powered lorry to Timbuktu.
He’s captained a sailboat across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific Oceans.
He drove around the world in a scrap-yard bus fuelled only by scavenged waste cooking oil.
He cycled across Central America, paddleboarded through Venice, and flown in the Himalayas transporting passengers in his a paraglider.
The aim was always to travel sustainably, but none of these adventures started as polished success stories.
They started as imperfect ideas, constrained resources, sceptical stakeholders, and a high likelihood of failure. This is how change looks from the ground.
Along the way, he’s broken down in the Sahara Desert, broken his back in an a 100m fall in Nepal, been just feet from a lightning strike in Guatemala, and been locked up with a murderer in an Indian prison.
Failures turned out to be the moments that mattered most. They were the stepping stones to success. Accepting that failure was an option created the space for him to experiment and innovate. This mindset made room for creativity, adaptability, and the confidence to let go of ideas that weren’t working — even when a lot had already been invested.
It’s the same challenge organisations face when navigating change. Whether the goal is sustainability, innovation, or culture shift, progress depends on how people respond when the original plan starts to unravel. Andy’s stories show that failure doesn’t stop the momentum —handled well, it’s often what creates it.
Which would you like to hear about: Andy’s success stories or the failures?