Standing looking out to sea over a beautiful expanse of land, I could not help but feel at once small and vast. This is the power of environment.

Environment causes evolution. It's a concept I learnt 15 years ago from the founder of Coach U and Coachville, Thomas Leonard. He had deep insight into how crafting environments deliberately can cause evolution.

Leonard highlighted how all animals and plants adapt to their environment and conditions. The polar bear has developed a thick white fleece for camouflage in Arctic snow. The Chameleon is renowned for changing its colours to blend in to the landscape. Look at any animal and any plant you will see how it has evolved to suit the situation.

Leonard’s theory about deliberate evolution started the question: “what if we deliberately changed our environment to cause adaptation?”

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