A Mack truck - or rather a Cybertruck - hit social media giant Twitter recently. Since his purchase and self-appointment as CEO, Elon Musk brought a sink to work, fired half the workforce, forced the rest back to the office, bickered with advertisers, undermined the verified "blue check" in a spectacular fail, spooked investors, and activated legions of trolls. In the process, he amped up the stress levels of 3,500 unfortunate workers and their families who now must add "Faustian bargain" to the long list of stressors in their lives.

I was asked to self-reflect prior to arriving: what do you expect the canyon to teach you? I imagined connecting leadership concepts with the canyon’s vast beauty. I expected the canyon to test my perseverance through the discomfort. I expected the canyon to assume its place as a dramatic background for an otherwise routine learning experience. I soon realized that I had it all backward.