Throughout the Insights campaign, a few themes rose to the surface again and again. Consider this the TL;DR (but seriously, go back and read them all):
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Community is everything.
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Trust yourself and trust the process.
Discomfort isn’t a sign to stop; it’s a sign you’re a human in motion. -
Failure is inevitable.
Get familiar with it, learn from it, keep rolling with it. -
Make space for yourself.
Meditate, unplug, get outside, practice gratitude, play. A full cup = better work, better relationships, and more creative people.
What’s striking is that every person we interviewed is doing something wildly different; cybersecurity, herbal medicine, data analytics, coaching, creative work, social justice, recruiting, and more. Different backgrounds, different goals, different lived experiences. And yet, when we zoom out, they arrived at the same foundational truths: Connect deeply, and be fully yourself.
In just 40 minutes of group conversation, we held more than 350 collective years of lived experience in one room. We could’ve stayed all day, but this highlight reel captures the heart of it.
Thank you to Azilee Curl, Jeremiah Onaolapo, Max Luthy, Sarah O'Brien Hammond, Daniela Arias, Dan Kirk, Tom Garvey, Zippy Burman, Deniz Sehovic, Ryan Wade, Geoff Strawbridge, John Tanis, Ryan Hagen, Vikyat Mulpuri, Jennifer MacMillen, Abbey Berger-Knorr, Beth Kruger, David Hollerbach, Luisana Rodriguez, Derek Desranleau, and Thea Braren for sharing your wisdom, honesty, and heart with us.
Stay tuned. 2026 is going to be big.
