Here it is, that’s the end of a cycle. The raid agile of June 2018 will be my last. The raid agile is over (for me). It was a beautiful adventure. Eleven raids if I count the upcoming one in June. More than a hundred raiders, four years. Lots of learning.

Why am I stopping? The rustic workload has defeated me. Organizing a raid is real hard work, real stress, being attentive to the smallest details: do we have milk, tea, coffee? How many vans are needed to pick people up at the Nîmes train station? Who wants to eat what, when? Who feels comfortable in their room (double or not)? Who snores and wakes up whom? Who hurt their ankle during the hike? Who did we lose on the way? This group just cancelled a month before the raid, what do we do? Etc etc etc. Today I naturally want to continue doing these awareness sessions, these training courses, these coaching engagements—different, modern, off-site—but focusing only on the people and not on the organization. I’m trying to find simpler settings, beautiful hotels, places that handle everything except the content.

I’m also stopping because it’s good to know when to stop. To stop when everything is going well. When after four years each raid appears to me as a success, a real little adventure that—I hope—has managed to open the chakras¹ of many of our raiders. Knowing when to stop makes sense, not doing too much, maximizing value, moving on to something else.

So this last raid will be a collector’s item.