Love is at the heart of genius. When I was studying adult learning in the PhD program at the University of Chicago, I was fascinated—and disheartened—by the lack of heart and soul in the research literature. It was as if love had been systematically divorced from learning, leaving behind only cold, detached analysis. Perhaps love…
A creative life isn’t linear—it twists and turns, often in unexpected ways. But those pieces and experiences? They have a way of circling back, connecting in surprising and meaningful ways. In my twenties, I worked as a computer scientist for two Fortune 500 companies. Then, at 27, my life changed in an instant. I broke…
As a coach and educator, my work is to reveal the wisdom that lies in the spaces we can’t see. Creative breakthroughs happen when we perceive the wisdom that lies outside of our ordinary ways of looking. In Gestalt psychology, there is a concept called ‘figure’ and ‘ground.’ Westerners tend to see figure and have…
Sometimes we need to be smaller in the world… so we can connect with ourselves in a deeper way. What does being smaller mean for you? Smaller may mean understanding that you can’t help everyone. It may mean giving yourself permission to do less, letting go of the pressure to solve every problem or meet…
Museums have a unique power to ignite curiosity and shape our paths in profound ways. As Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and I wrote, “One often meets successful adults, professionals, or scientists who recall that their lifelong vocational interest was first sparked by a visit to a museum. In these accounts, the encounter—with a real, concrete object from…
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