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It's so easy to compartmentalize ourselves into a work self vs a personal self.  Psychology shows that if we aren't careful we can end up flipping a switch in our brains, putting up a different perso…

In today's world, it almost seems impossible to maintain integrity in all we do.  To consistently take the long view, making decisions that prioritize the good of others, is seemingly a lost art.  Bu…

This week's Tour brings a new guest, but a veteran of living out the Wonder Tour, Brian.  As leaders it can be a struggle to get everyone rowing in the same direction.  We all have a vision to cast, …

Integrity has the power to hold everything together in our lives but it also has a power to set us free.  Mirabel's superpower of integrity fixes the cracks in her family, lovingly shining light on t…

As we begin a new series on integrity, it's nice to start with a working definition.  On Wonder Tour, we define integrity as acting consistently for the good of others.  To have high integrity is to …

As a finale to our series on curiosity, we take off on a whimsical air ship with James Newton Howard playing in the background to learn how our curiosity impacts the character of others.  Through Jim…

If you've seen The Matrix you might have found yourself wondering if your life might infact be some grand simulation.  Derrick and Drew flip that question by asking how culture could act like a matri…

This time our Tour leads us to the Matrix as we continue our series on Becoming Curious Explorers.  Often, when we are searching for our role in the stories playing out in our lives, we tend to see o…

This time on Marvel's What If...?, what can we learn from Doctor Strange's unyielding pursuit to raise Christine from the dead?  In this exciting, yet haunting episode the writers of the show seeming…

This time the guys visit the alternate timeline of Marvel's What If...?.  In the midst of a series focused on Becoming Curious Explorers (like some of our favorite leaders), it's time to look at the …

Curiosity drives character development.  Plain and simple.  The directions we are curious towards will be the directions our character moves in the long term. Join Derrick and Drew as they learn from…

This week's Tour is a character study of everyone's favorite magician GOB Bluth from Arrested Development.  GOB seems to fail quite often, yet he always has the persistence to get back up and try aga…

Buddy the Elf shows us all how to be curious in any environment.  Each of us could ask ourselves the question: how might I be more curious given my life experiences and current situation?  Buddy teac…

In this week's Christmas themed episode the guys put themselves in the shoes of Buddy the Elf, examine why we would choose to be curious when it generally requires that we take a risk and put ourselv…

(Loki S1 E1) To kickstart the series on Becoming Curious Explorers Derrick and Drew travel with Loki to visit the Time Variance Authority.  Much like Loki, we are often thrust into totally unfamiliar…

As leaders, we all want our work to live beyond us so we must be effective at passing it on to the next generation.  In the bridge episode between the Game Theory series and the Curious Explorers ser…

The guys go deep into Halladay's character and approach to mentoring, seeking to understand how we do like the great founders we look up to, can "pass on" our greatest skills and learnings to the nex…

It can feel hard to keep up with the pace of change in today's climate.  Thanks to the virtual world of the Oasis in the year 2045, the game moves at an even faster speed making it challenging to sta…

Off on another rabbit hole, the guys take a crack at the infamous Anchorman fight scene.  As humans, we all run across conflicts from time to time.  Some seem avoidable while others are just plain ri…

Continuing the Hunger Games Tour with Danny, the guys ponder how Katniss is able to use her empathy to create an alternative win condition for the game.  While it often feels like the "game makers" w…