“It was clear…that what kept [top performers in flow] motivated was the quality of experience they felt when they were involved with the activity. This feeling didn’t come when they were relaxing, when they were taking drugs or alcohol, or…

Courtesy of Creative Commons What led 350 innovators, creatives, and change-makers from around the globe to show up at a summer camp ground just north of New York City for 4 days? It’s a fair question….

And I propose that the question is not about readiness for a course or teaching or starting the business. It’s about bravery. Am I ready to be brave?

Hyperbole repels me. Still, call it a movement. A wave. A surge. A revolution. An evolution. A tide of creative people and business people are driving one another to do business as unusual. To do business as art. We’re not bonded…

Every once in a while a feeling seizes me. It often comes while writing something seemingly different from the feeling. Last April, I kept feeling something not just about me but about us. Something to do with our mutual frustration with…

But how do execute that idea? More, how do you scale it in a way that’s sustainable beyond being a one-hit wonder?