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THE WORLD'S 1ST OFF-ROAD EXPLORE EXPEDITIONS (E²)
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS TO TRIGGER CHANGE IN JAPAN'S FUTURE LEADERS
​The WiSE Leadership Expeditions© culminate in a unique, annual off-road challenge designed to push the boundaries of leadership and innovation in extreme conditions, beyond a capstone project. Each year, a new off-road course in a different country introduces leaders to unique terrains, cultural contexts, real-world challenges, and unmet needs. This immersive experience, supported by a year of training, provides a stage for applying Relational Intelligence© and frontier technologies to discover needs and co-create human-centric solutions and discovery tools. Along the way, participants interact with rare, hidden gems in local communities—talented individuals and experts in frontier markets and sciences who are often overlooked. These interactions offer participants invaluable insights, opportunities to spotlight those with high potential, market test their ideas, and build a powerful network for future collaboration. By the end, participants will have validated a business opportunity, developed a solution, and created a 10 year vision and roadmap for implementation, positioning them to drive both immediate results and long-term success.

SHOCK & SHATTER LINEAR THINKING
 

with unpredictable terrains forcing creativity, adaptability, and proactive reasoning.

IDENTIFY & ASSESS EARLY SIGNALS OF CHANGE

spot and assess the novelty and value of unmet needs, market shifts & new technologies before they become obvious—beyond corporate walls & classrooms where real change happens

HANDLE ANY EDGE CASE 

If your leader, product, vehicle or idea survives training & the final extreme expedition, it thrives anywhere.

PRUDENT RISK-TAKING & OWNERSHIP

Solving a collectivist culture's hardest challenge of developing leaders who champion change, drive execution, and take responsibility for their decisions.

THE ULTIMATE STAGE FOR
WiSE Leadership Expeditions© are a living lab in the world's most complex, uncertain, and unpredictable terrains. Designed to push the boundaries future leader, vehicle, & solution performance in extreme conditions, and commercialize for everyday needs.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Unlike traditional races, racers are future executive leaders, those hand-selected by corporate board/executives as well as self-sponsored founders, to assess & upskill their potential through extreme conditions to prepare them for an increasingly chaotic & fragmenting global competitive environment

LIVING LAB
FOR HUMAN-CENTRIC INNOVATION

The challenges aim to stimulate the development of next-generation e-bikes, e-trailers, and 360 health and performance solution with a  process to discover leader's points of need that drive new markets & involving young engineers and designers both internal and external to corporate sponsors in a collaborative competition to take ideas into prototypes of novel innovations

HUMAN-CENTRIC MARKET DEVELOPMENT & SHOWCASE

races are open for leaders and their corporations to choose the path they believe is best - racing & innovating on a traditional bike or cutting-edge e-bikes and integrated e-trailers. This creates a direct comparison and competition between human and machine-augmented performance, showcasing the potential of human-machine collaboration.

Upcoming Expeditions

  • The Baseline: Cross-California | Summer 2025
    The Baseline: Cross-California | Summer 2025
    Sep 01, 2025, 7:00 AM PDT – Sep 15, 2025, 6:00 PM PDT
    Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
    Establish a baseline of your leadership skills & character and the best of today's e-bike & e-trailer technologies as we cross over 700 miles of mixed terrain from Silicon Valley to San Diego in this self-supported, but team-based e-bikepacking challenge.
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  • Cross-Japan | Spring 2026
    Cross-Japan | Spring 2026
    Mon, Aug 31
    Hokkaido, Japan
    Aug 31, 2026, 7:00 AM GMT+9 – Sep 14, 2026, 6:00 PM GMT+9
    Hokkaido, Japan
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  • Cross-USA | The Tour Divide | Fall 2027
    Cross-USA | The Tour Divide | Fall 2027
    Jun 03, 2027, 7:00 AM PDT – Jun 30, 2027, 6:00 PM PDT
    Banff, Banff, AB, Canada
    After 4 years of training & development of both human & machine innovations, join the ultimate showcase - completing the 2700 mile Tour Divide mountain bike race from Canada to Mexico. We aim to co-develop the first e-bike & e-trailer mobile solution to cross the Rocky Mountains in 27 days
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  • Indonesian Island Hop | Fall 2028
    Indonesian Island Hop | Fall 2028
    Sep 01, 2028, 7:00 AM GMT+7 – Sep 28, 2028, 6:00 PM GMT+7
    Medan, Medan, Medan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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All camps begin on Monday and end Friday afternoon

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