KEYNOTE TOPICS


Drawing from his real-life survival scenarios and wilderness expertise, Creek Stewart reveals essential life lessons learned from the wild. In this compelling program, Creek will teach you how to harness resilience, creativity, and perseverance to overcome life's toughest challenges. Through captivating stories and practical demonstrations, you will discover how survival skills can be applied to personal and professional growth.

Audience Takeaways

  • Embrace Resilience: Learn how to cultivate resilience to face and overcome challenges in business and personal life.

  • Foster Creativity: Discover the importance of creativity and resourcefulness in problem-solving.

  • Develop Perseverance: Understand the value of perseverance and maintaining a never-give-up attitude.


What’s the real secret to high performance? Spoiler alert: it’s not what you think. In this game-changing session, wilderness survival expert Creek Stewart will share how to turn the embers of potential into a roaring flame (literally). Through captivating survival stories and practical demonstrations, Creek teaches how resilience, creativity, and perseverance can transform lives and lead to personal and professional success.

Audience Takeaways

  • Unlock Inner Potential: Learn strategies to discover and maximize personal strengths and talents.

  • Build Resilience: Understand how to cultivate resilience to face and overcome challenges.

  • Enhance Creativity: Discover the importance of creativity and resourcefulness in problem-solving.

  • Develop Perseverance: Embrace the value of perseverance and maintaining a never-give-up attitude.

  • Teamwork and Leadership: Recognize the importance of teamwork in achieving success.


How you deal with challenges when life gets hard plays a huge part in the outcome. By exploring six compelling survival scenarios, wilderness instructor Creek Stewart demonstrates how resilience, courage, and perseverance can help you overcome your toughest challenges. You will leave inspired and equipped with actionable strategies to tackle your own obstacles and achieve your goals.

Audience Takeaways

  • Embrace Resilience: Learn how to build resilience to face and overcome life's challenges.

  • Cultivate Courage: Understand the importance of courage in pursuing difficult tasks.

  • Develop Perseverance: Discover how perseverance and a never-give-up attitude lead to success.

  • Apply Discipline: Recognize the role of discipline in achieving goals.

  • Harness Positive Thinking: Appreciate the power of a positive mindset even in adversity.

  • Adapt to Change: Learn to adapt and thrive in changing environments.


This isn’t just another “team dynamics” program. Guided by wilderness survival expert Creek Stewart, this session will explore the profound impact of inspiring deep passion within your team. Using powerful survival stories where individuals found their 'WHY' in desperate scenarios, Creek illustrates how this understanding can transform your corporate culture. This session will teach you how to create an environment that inspires motivation, fulfillment, and peak performance by focusing on purpose and meaning.

Audience Takeaways

  • Overcoming Burnout: Implement strategies to overcome burnout and sustain long-term motivation.

  • Understanding the WHY: Learn how discovering the underlying motivation can inspire unparalleled dedication and passion.

  • Creating a Mission: Develop a mission that fosters meaning and fulfillment in the workplace.

  • Building Deeper Connections: Foster meaningful connections within the team to enhance motivation and performance.

  • Optimizing Performance: Cultivate a culture of fulfillment and purpose to optimize individual and team performance.

  • Infusing Purpose: Understand the importance of operating with purpose and its ripple effect on corporate success.


In a rapidly changing world, the ability to pivot, adapt and evolve has never been more critical. With a unique combination of compelling survival stories coupled with proven business strategies, wilderness expert Creek Stewart will illustrate how resilience, mental toughness, and the agility to adapt to new circumstances can be the difference between life and death.

Audience Takeaways

  • Embrace Change: Learn the importance of embracing change to thrive in uncertain environments.

  • Build Resilience: Understand how to build resilience and mental toughness to face challenges.

  • Think with Agility: Develop the ability to think quickly and adapt to new circumstances.

  • Cultivate Adaptability: Discover strategies to pivot effectively in the face of adversity.

Creek truly shined as the Emcee and speaker for our Sporting Clays fundraiser. His ability to eloquently articulate our organization’s mission and purpose while highlighting our achievements was remarkable. What set Creek apart was his genuine and engaging approach, drawing from his own life experiences to connect with our audience in a passionate and captivating manner. It’s evident that Creek’s love for God and the outdoors, coupled with his expertise in outdoor survival, made him the perfect fit for the event. We are grateful for his invaluable contribution, and look forward to working with him again!
— Major Marc S. Johnson, Divisional Commander, The Salvation Army
Creek not only knows how to start a survival fire in the woods, but he can ignite a new passion for work, life, and service to others in any audience whether comprised of Fortune 500 CEOs, entrepreneurs, or volunteers. When you book Creek, you don’t just get a keynote speaker. You really add another team member to your event planning staff who is personally invested in making your event successful.
— Ryan Larson, Associate Director, National Eagle Scout Association, Boy Scouts of America
Finding challenging and enjoyable retreat content for executives is a difficult task, but one made immeasurably easier by participating in a Creek Stewart survival workshop. In our custom-designed outing, our group learned important survival skills while enjoying a woodland setting complete with a camp circle and whiskey tasting. It was one of the highest-rated sessions in a talented field of events. Creek’s knowledge, creativity and understanding of how to translate survival topics into relevant business content are rare talents, and I am a better leader as a result of participating in his program.
— Nate Golm, CEO, Leaders Staffing
Creek is exceptional. He knows his stuff, presents well, and is the real deal. We have hosted him twice in two separate parts of the country, and both groups gave him rave reviews. I highly recommend him.
— Richard R. Waterfield, Chairman & CEO, Waterfield Enterprises. Former Chairman, YPO Orange County & YPO Northern Indiana.
I have personally heard Creek Stewart present to large audiences on two occasions. He is excellent. He is well prepared and relates to people with energy and a compelling message. His presentations are unique, memorable and informative for a wide range of interests and ages. All can benefit from his passion and expertise.
— Bill Larson, CEO, Larson Financial Group, Seattle, WA