Wade Jackson. News, Media
7 March 2011
Wade is interviewed about the Christchurch Earthquake Comedy Fundraiser he organised by The Aucklander Read the full interview here.
July 2009
Wade is interviewed about the launch of JOLT Challenge by Vicki Jaye for NZ Management Magazine Read the full interview here.
May 25 2009
Wade was interviewed about JOLT Challenge and personal transformation by Alicia Hamilton for MiNDFOOD Magazine. Read the full interview here.
January 2009
Wade was interviewed about Having Fun at Work by Dr Kathryn Owler for the Business to Business newspaper. Read the full interview here.
July 2008
Wade was interviewed by PJ Taylor for the Howick and Pakuranga Times. Read the full interview here.
March/April 2007
Wade was interviewed by Simon Young for Idealog magazine on beating fear. Read the full interview here.
7 November 2007
Wade is interviewed about The Improv Bandits by Sharu Delilkan for The Aucklander. Read the full interview here.
April 30 2010
Wade is interviewed about JOLT Challenge by Jocelyn Rein for the Central Leader
When a gentle push in the right direction isn't enough, a jolt into action is just what's needed. It's exactly the kind of life-transforming change that's being offered by life improvement programme the JOLT Challenge. Unlike most personal development courses, which are often one-offs or only focus on one area, JOLT Challenge – The Self Intelligence Experience is a 9 week course. It combines applied psychology, creativity, hypnotherapy, theatre and martial arts and both Eastern and Western philosophies.
JOLT co-founder Wade Jackson says it's an holistic approach, covering all the bases – emotional, spiritual and physical. He and friend Steve Hill spent 5 years developing the course using their combined expertise in corporate training, drawing on their knowledge of behavioural therapy and neuroscience, making it user-friendly.
Participants receive the JOLT Challenge book that covers everything in the course. From that they read and do exercises for an hour a day, 5 days a week, recapping at the weekly group lesson. Mr Jackson says the book acts as a toolbox that people can return to at any time. "I wrote the book and I still come back to it, " he says. He says the authors' motto when writing the book was "simple and effective". "People are too busy to do complicated stuff."
The JOLT programme couldn't have come at a better time for Charles Bailie. Late last year, within days of starting the JOLT Challenge, Charles experienced the ultimate rough patch when he was made redundant and diagnosed with cancer in the same week. He says the coping mechanism and techniques he learned helped him through the ordeal. "It could have been cataclysmic," says Mr Bailie. "Being on the course helped me focus and look into myself."Even though he's now finished, he still uses the techniques every day. "I'm up and going now and really energised but I still draw on it."
