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Creating a Thriving Culture

Our Radio Program, Thriving in Business and Life features colleagues, Will Wilkinson and Christopher Harding, as they share insights and valuable techniques from their new book. (Program begins immediately after a short ad from one of our sponsors.)

Our ongoing written blog, below, provides a forum for our latest thoughts and for your comments and ideas. Please join us in creating an ongoing conversation about the approaches you've experienced that help create a thriving culture at work, in your community, or at home.

Why Some Say Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge

We love to play games. It’s natural when we’re children but that impulse dulls as we navigate a traditional school system that emphasizes rules and memorization, rather than creativity and innovation. John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991, had this advice for remedying the problem. We can read his words as applicable to adult education as well as how we teach our children. “School trains ch

Something Magic Happens When You "Pass It On!"

Who do you want to be when you grow up? It’s an interesting question – fundamentally different from the usual one (what do you want to be…) – and it came to mind while we recorded our weekly podcast with Gary Dixon, President of the Foundation for a Better Future. In fact, I (Will) told Gary that I wanted to be like him when I grew up! Good joke but I kind of meant it. What an inspiring guy! You can listen in to our conversation with Gary at http://tobtr.com/10268253 I (Chris

What if Playing a Game Could Change Your Life?

Games . . . they can be engaging, even addicting. What about the game of life? How engaged are you in this most important of all games? That's a question we've been captivated by for a good portion of our lives . . . separately . . . even before we knew each other. And another question always accompanied that query . . . how could we help people understand how to play the game of life more effectively? Well, it’s been a year and half since we met on the gameboard of life . .