RUGGED, CANDID, COLLABORATIVE, HILARIOUS

Pete Turner is a cultural expert with years working in the most dangerous and   culturally challenging environments on earth. His stories and lessons inform  leaders, to leverage existing cultural patterns. These smooth cultural paths leads to accomplishing goals with less chaos and cost. Much more than handshakes, Pete displays how how he successfully interacts within any cultural environment and still thrives. He's a recognized expert in leveraging culture to create more efficient interacting with different groups. He's a combat veteran and former Army spy.  He's worked to help Dept of State, Dept of Defense and host nation leaders leverage culture.  He has extensive overseas experience in hazardous conditions in a variety of positions including operations: Joint Endeavor (Bosnia), Iraqi Freedom (2004-6, 2008-10), New Dawn (Iraq 2010-11) and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2011-12).

In Pete's Word's

"I've been able to succeed in different cultural environments because I leverage the existing cultural paths to my advantage. By exploiting what already exisits, I am free to achieve the same result with less: cost, time and stress. All from an otherwise previosly unknown paths."
​-Pete Turner

 "I am literally alive today, despite over a 1000 combat patrols, due to my ability to enter into another's cultural security envelope. The elders I afford trust to are literally bound to me as if I am familiy. This extension of trust affords me uncommon access social secrets that are kept from us." -Pete Turner

What Other's Are Saying

YOUR WORK IS BRILLIANT!! You need to write a book!! --Don Vandergriff

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"I highly recommend Pete Turner as a consultant or employee for your organization. I had the opportunity to work with Pete under extremely demanding conditions in Afghanistan from 2011-2012. Pete is an intelligent, self-motivated individual who tirelessly works to achieve the organization's goals. Pete has the unique ability to analyze a system, breaking the system into it's individual parts while remaining cognizant of the complex interaction of the whole. He is then able to identify opportunities and suggest changes which improve efficiency and effectiveness. Coupled with this ability is a keen understanding of human nature and culture. This allows Pete to anticipate the reaction of key stakeholders to decisions and potential outcomes as well as secondary and tertiary effects of those events. This allowed me as a commander to make better decisions and increased the efficiency of my organization. Pete is one of those rare individuals who displays the drive, judgment, and intellectual capacity to take an organization to the next level. He will have an immediate and lasting impact on your organization." Commander Afghanistan

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Pete said, "Give me your hardest problem." I laughed and gave him what he wanted. Within a very short time, reports started to flow into my email. I could see him exploring my cultural space in real time. I was amazed by the information he was getting. Nobody else on my staff was getting the same metrics. My staff and I were skeptical, even Pete said, "Hey, let's test it. Let's make sure what I am seeing is accurate."  It was, he had found the source of my issue and it was me.   instantly knew why our previous efforts had failed. I knew I had pushed my team in the wrong direction. I, and this is no exaggeration, I never would have seen this if not for Pete's incredible insight. --CEO ​

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Pete's vision and guidance made him an incredible asset. Hi's, "Ground Truth" allowed me to see how culture was negatively impacting my business. The problems he identified were simple, but no doubt were costing me money.. Pete's stories are fabulous and I encourage anyone who wants to better understand culture to have Pete come and speak.  --Business Owner, California

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"Pete is perhaps the best field operative I have had the pleasure of working with. But he then carries that professionalism back into the office, where his conceptual analysis and ability to synthesize data into functional recommendations is superb. He has a no-nonsense approach that is refreshingly direct and applies his approach within and outside the unit. It would be a pleasure and an honor to work with him again." Dr. Brian Price

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"Mr. Pete, despite not working for me officially, became my closest adviser. while he worked in Zabul. Unlike any other American he got our culture and ways of accomplishing things in an Afghan way.  He was able to communicate with the Americans who had always meddled too much to allow me to be effective. Literally, no other American in all the years I've been a leader has been able to gain the access that he had. I trust him completely and think he's a brilliant man and a great father. I have to add one more thing...Pete was not only able to gain trust with me and still do his job with the Americans; he was also invaluable to help me understand how to better govern the residents of my district." --Zarif Senior District Governor Zabul Afghanistan

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​"Pete is a consummate professional. His initiative, experience and common sense establishes a solid foundation that provides detailed "out of the box" perspectives. I found Pete to be a trusted adviser when making decisions. I would work with Pete again at the first opportunity." Trent Loucks, Director

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Pete applies his vast experience, creativity, and intelligence to both long term and immediate analytical requirements. More importantly, Pete's vision and perspective enhance any leader's institutional awareness allowing them to more precisely achieve their desired goals.  Pete is a phenomenal teammate and can function effectively in even the most austere combat environments. LTC Commanding in Baghdad Iraq

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