LifeHikes Global Summit 2026
Official Dates Coming Soon · October 2026

The LifeHikes
Global Summit

A live leadership laboratory for the new economy. Invite-only. No sponsors. No pitch. Just 150+ senior leaders doing the actual work — together.

150+
Leaders at the
2025 Summit
9/10
Participant
Experience Rating
71%
VP to C-Level
Attendees
When
October 2026
Where
New York City
Scale
2× Growth Expected
Format
Two Intensive Days

2026 Committed Hosts

Penguin Random House
Heidrick & Struggles — Vandy Club
ESPN
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About the Summit

A Live Leadership Laboratory
For The New Economy.

This is not a conference. Not a retreat. Not an offsite. The LifeHikes Global Summit is a controlled experiment in modern leadership development — with 150+ senior leaders as active participants.

Fortune 500 executives, elite athletes, championship coaches, cultural leaders, and media figures don't sit on panels here. We put them to work together. What they experience is the same system that scales leadership development across thousands of people — lived firsthand, at human scale.

The only elite leadership gathering where influence is built through skill, not status.

Business Leaders

Fortune 500 executives bringing real-world scale, accountability, and the pressure of decisions that matter.

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Athletes, Olympians & Coaches

Championship performers whose disciplined systems for building capability transfer directly across industries.

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Cultural & Media Figures

Voices who have built influence through earned credibility — not hierarchy. They equalize the room.

2025 In Photos

Inside the 2025 Summit

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2025 Host Venues

Hosted by World-Class
Organizations

Five iconic New York City venues opened their doors to bring the 2025 Global Summit to life.

Duolingo
Fortune
IBM
ESPN
Penguin Random House

🥂 The Welcome Cocktail Party was hosted by ESPN and MC'd by Giancarlo Esposito — setting the tone for everything that followed.

As Seen In
NEWSWEEK "LifeHikes Wants You To Reach Your Full Potential — One Filmed Skit At A Time" Read the Feature →
What Participants Said

Voices From
The Room

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It was so well choreographed and executed.

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Transformational — improving at 5% is a huge concept.

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This was so engaging and a very safe environment to learn.

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Excellent coaches. Engaging content. Great pace.

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Wasn't expecting so many transferable skills.

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I now leave this training a different person.

⭐ The Signature Deliverable

This Is What Leadership Development Looks Like When It Actually Works.

End of Day 2 is your Two Minute Talk — a topic of your choice, filmed by a professional crew in a 3-camera shoot, in front of a supportive live audience.

Most participants share their 2MT with their teams and on LinkedIn — not just as a personal win, but as a living example of what modern leadership development can look like. You control your content. Don't love it? Don't use it. (You will.)

$10,000+ Value
A 3-camera crew, professional lighting, live audience & editing — included in your Summit experience. What it would normally cost you alone.
Watch 2025 Two Minute Talks →
Two Minute Talk filming