Adventure

There are quite a number of books describing the adventures and integration of the Dutch settlers in New Netherland. One of them is Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 by Janny Venema. Another one is The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by Russell Shorto.
New Netherland became a successful adventure because it’s base was a well-established society that was firmly held together by a Dutch-modelled government and church, and which maintained continuous communication with the fatherland, the Dutch Republic.
In the beginning there were only a handful of settlers, surrounded by an unimaginably vast wilderness inhabited by thousands of Indians.
These settlers arrived by ship. First they had to stay on this ship while their houses got built. They didn’t know what to expect.
When the men died from hard work or diseases, the women took over the work. The families and church members helped each other. So people survived thanks to a well-organized system of relief for the poor.
In New Amsterdam, Governor Peter Stuyvesant attempted to eliminate all worship outside the Dutch Reformed Church, but his governing board in Amsterdam opposed the policy as detrimental to commerce. Like Amsterdam itself, New Amsterdam did not enforce rules which prohibited worship by Jews, Catholics, and others. Thus, New Amsterdam flourished and, as New York City, it continues to host a diverse populace with widely varying religious expressions.
During the American War of Independence, the Dutch were active allies of the American rebels. They were the first to salute the flag of the young Republic, and thus, on November 16, 1776, acknowledged the independence of the United States.
So the people who came to New Netherland and New Amsterdam were brave, were not averse to adventure, looked for religious and democratic freedom, built up social networks for mutual aid and worked hard to make a better living.

What kind of adventure could you imagine for your organization?
What are the necessary competences and skills of the people in your organization to make it a successful enterprise?