About CAN/DID
Our Philosophy
CAN/DID - Character & Interpersonal Skills Development and Deployment
In its most simple form, CAN/DID is a group of industry professionals and mentors who have come together to give back to the world of safaris and help us all refine the guiding culture throughout Africa. The veteran nature guides, career mentors and professional therapists involved all bring to the table knowledge, experience and skills that help guides improve their relationships with their guests, the relationship with their lodges, their work and its employees and, ultimately, the relationship with themselves!
Guides who understand themselves better and who have the tools to improve their 'lodge-life' are guaranteed to perform better at their craft!
Individual/Team Mentoring
Our team consist of veterans safari guides with no less than a decade of work in multiple lodges/camps across Africa, career counsellors and therapists. Wether it be courses that help to develop the skills of teams, individual coaching with those who may be struggling with guest feedback or battling with mental health and the strains that can come with life in a lodge environment - our team is here to help!
Mental health & Guiding
Our team has realised, over extensive research and, in some cases, personal experience that the relentless nature of guiding, the emotional and mental strain of lengthly work cycles, can leave us
exhausted - even burnt out. Fatigue, also, is the favoured habitat for mental illness such as depression and anxiety disorders. Unchecked, these conditions can end catastrophically, and have done. Our team has helped many through varying levels of mental challenges from simply acknowledging their existence to treating severe depression.
you CAN get help - we DID
Meet the Team!
Gerry - Coach, Counselor & Mentor
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Gerry - Coach, Counselor & Mentor
23 years in the field. Performance and mental coaching for guides, trackers and lodge staff.
Adam - mentor
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Gerry - Coach, Counselor & Mentor
A specialist guide with 15 Years experience in conservation and management across Africa. Currently a private guide for Natural Habitat.
Sally - Clinical Psychologist
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Many years experience with the treatment and maintenance of mental and emotional health challenges including depression, anxiety and other stress-related conditions, both in-person and online
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Kate - Naturopathic nutritionist/ mind and body healer
Empowering people with tools to support themselves through diet, lifestyle and stress management.
Andrew - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Nature & Trails guide, entrepreneur of sorts. 15+ years in the industry and advocate for mens health, both mental and physical. Helping guides with career advice and business ideas.
Thovi - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Nature & Trails guide with 10+ years of industry experience. Specialising in mentorship, sustainability, and conservation within the lodge environment. A strong advocate for women in Guiding, creating space for growth and stronger representation in the industry.
Ryan - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Ryan - mentor
Bird and Wildlife tour leader - Safari Guide. 10+ years in the industry. "I'm no fucking therapist but I been through some shit and understand hardship"
Stu - mentor
Andrew - mentor
Ryan - mentor
Extensive experience in some of the most challenging guiding conditions around Africa and owner of Firetail Fly
Performance & management tool for ambitious lodges & camps
Are you a lodge who wants to elevate to the next level?
Leave your email below and our team will send you the brochure with everything you need to know...
- Largely reduced workload for management
- Human made - human run - no Ai
- Gaurenteed performance improvements
- Better relationships between teams and individuals
- Understand your guests better than ever before
- Recognise excellence and encourage individual growth with precise data
- Safe & private space for honest and impactful dialogue regarding areas where a guide may be underperforming or battling with mental health
