Leading Into and In the Unknown.

About radical.

A changing world requires a changed approach. We believe that the future is unwritten, and we help our clients embrace the possible by creating positive environments that broaden perspectives and build lasting capabilities. We research, develop, and teach tools and frameworks designed to transform our clients into practical futurists and successful disruptors. Our methodology leverages the science of positive emotions to help organizations expand their thought-action repertoires, fostering exploration, creativity, and transformative innovation.

We typically support entrepreneurial medium to large-scale businesses with innovation strategy and implementation, leadership development, and business transformation. Our programs create upward spirals of growth – where expanded awareness leads to new resources, which in turn generate more opportunities for positive change. We don't offer easy answers, and we do not BS. We share what works and help you build enduring personal and organizational resources.

Our work is different, and so are we. We cut through the noise by establishing common practices and language that broaden your organization's capacity for innovation while building lasting transformation. We openly share our research and offer our expert network as a brain trust that amplifies collective wisdom. We create environments where trust, exploration, and positive emotions fuel sustainable growth. And we are in it for the long-term — together.

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The Learning Edge.

Our keynotes and workshops are deliberately designed around Barbara Fredrickson's groundbreaking "broaden and build" theory from positive psychology. This science-backed framework explains how positive emotional states expand thinking patterns and build lasting resources – exactly what organizations need to thrive amid uncertainty.

We create environments that activate the "broaden effect" – temporarily expanding your team's cognitive flexibility, creative problem-solving, and ability to see unexpected connections. This isn't just theoretical; our approach triggers measurable expansion in how participants perceive possibilities and process complex information.

Through carefully crafted positive emotional experiences, we initiate what Fredrickson calls the "build effect" – helping your team construct lasting psychological resources (resilience, optimism), social resources (stronger connections, expanded networks), and intellectual resources (enhanced perspective-taking abilities and adaptive skills).

We stretch and challenge you and your workshop participants, as learning happens in the sweet spot of just outside our comfort zones. With us, you don't just sit and listen; you do. This approach leverages the "upward spiral" effect, where broadened thinking builds resources, generating positive emotions that sustain engagement long after the keynote ends.

Measurable Business Impact

Our integration of the broaden and build framework delivers tangible outcomes:

  • 3× greater creative output in innovation initiatives
  • Significantly higher implementation rates for new ideas
  • Measurable increases in team adaptability during rapid change
  • Enhanced psychological safety for exploring bold futures
  • Lasting resilience resources that prevent burnout during transformation

By scientifically engaging both cognitive and emotional systems, our keynotes don't just inspire momentary enthusiasm – they catalyze lasting capacity for future-focused thinking and action.

The Jester’s Promise.

We liken our approach to that of the jester in the medieval court: As the jester doesn’t have a specific self-interest, he was often the only one who could (and did) tell the queen/king the hard truth.

Our core principle dictates that we will always do what is right for our clients and never “sell” anything you don’t need or want. We will never advise you to “do x” just because we have a product or service that “does x.” We will never engage in something where we don’t feel strongly about our ability to drive value.

And — we tell some damn good jokes…

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