Inner Wilderness Guide
Integration Specialist
When The Old Maps Stop Working
You may notice it in quiet moments:
▲ Decisions that feel more complex than before
▲ Approaches that once worked but now feel incomplete
▲ A growing sense that something fundamental is shifting
We are in the middle of something none of us have navigated before.
The speed. The scale. The way each crisis feeds the next.
And with it — a low hum of unease that wasn’t there before. A sense of being off balance. Worrying more. Finding that what used to work, doesn’t quite anymore.
Not a storm to survive. A threshold to cross.
Many capable people are sensing it.
The strategies that once created clarity and success no longer seem sufficient.
The world feels more complex, less predictable, and harder to navigate using the frameworks that once worked.
This is the moment I call The PIVOT.
I’m Dave Schoof.
For more than two decades I’ve worked with leaders, founders, and coaches at the edges of what their maps could explain.
I’m an ICF Master Certified Coach, former intelligence officer, and long-time student of consciousness and human development. Based near Lausanne, Switzerland. Working globally.
I don’t have a map for this moment. Nobody does.
What I have is decades of learning how to move well in unmapped terrain — inside and out.
The PIVOT
The PIVOT is a conscious shift — from relying on the map that built your success, to navigating the terrain as it actually is now.
Not a methodology. Not a fix.
A different kind of becoming.
The PIVOT
Who This Work Is For
The PIVOT tends to resonate with thoughtful people who sense they are standing at a threshold.
Many are:
⏶ Experienced leaders navigating increasing complexity
⏶ Founders and professionals questioning their current path
⏶ Coaches and facilitators wanting to deepen their capacity
⏶ Thoughtful people sensing a deeper shift in the world
They are not beginners.
They are capable people who sense that the next chapter of their development requires more than new strategies.
When you're ready,
there are different ways in.
Individual Sessions
Developmental Coaching Programs, Leadership Coaching, Professional Coach Mentoring
As an inner wilderness guide, I can help you with new ways to navigate, make sense of the meaning of your world, and achieve your goals in sustainable ways. I also provide supervision for coaches.
Groups + Teams
Embedded Advisor, Leadership Team Coaching, Group Exploration
Creating a new culture of sustainability, upgrades to effectiveness, learning agility, rigorous mutual support, and creativity will be critical for senior leadership teams, project teams, and communities.
Retreats
Leadership Retreats, Men’s Work
Relational space is a powerful accelerant for transformation and self-development.
The Imaginal
Exploring Expanded States of Consciousness
For those interested in working with expanded states of consciousness through psychoactive modalities.
