{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fit Happens: Why CEOs and Leaders Succeed or Fail","title":"He Left Silicon Valley to Run a Retreat in the Andes","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3165,"description":"He traded Silicon Valley for the Andes and built a life around a completely different definition of leadership. In this episode, I talk with Terry Cumes, CEO of Wilkatika Resorts in Peru's Sacred Valley and author of the new book Special Guests which explores leaving a career in education technology to run his family's wellness retreat full time. We dig into cross-cultural leadership, building community far from home, and why executive coaching and hospitality have more in common than people think.\nKey takeaways:\nWhy Terry unlearned much of his business school training to lead a Quechua-speaking team\nWhat actually motivates loyalty in a multi-generational family business\nHow a strong sense of place supports deep personal work\nThe difference between clarity, authenticity, and vulnerability in leadership\nWhy \"less efforting\" can be a more powerful leadership tool than problem-solving\nHow intuition and analysis work together in high-stakes decisions\nWhat it takes to build community after a major relocation\nConnect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaumgarten/\nEmail the show here: jason@fithappens.fm\n00:00 Intro to Fit Happens\n00:18 Meet Terry Cumes, CEO of Wilkatika\n00:46 Leaving Silicon Valley for Peru\n02:32 Discovering his hospitality superpower\n03:39 Leading a very different workforce\n04:22 Unlearning business school lessons\n05:13 What translated universally: loyalty\n06:49 Building community far from home\n09:17 Isolation and practical fixes\n10:39 Using travel as an external stimulus\n12:23 Why the Sacred Valley was chosen\n14:10 What makes a guest transform quickly\n15:34 Hospitality and the limits of delegation\n17:57 Boundaries in an always-on culture\n18:28 His yoga journey and its evolution\n21:08 Yoga and mindfulness going mainstream\n22:18 Blending intuition with analysis\n23:29 How ceremony supports decision-making\n25:04 Advice for skeptics of ritual\n27:09 Taking the leap without overthinking\n32:28 Building a legacy, not opting out\n37:32 Bringing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0AtGMO0HN5UCZe2_wf8pfE5Ad7xGwtuc4BOCVD_dVlA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNTdl/MDY2MDQyMDAzMmFk/MWIzNjMwMzMwZjFh/NTRmMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}