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Wild Scholars

“Liberation”, painted by Ben Shahn (1945). Let’s help our kids get out of the rubble … and become free and capable in their community. “Wild Scholars” write-up (0.70 MB) “Wild Scholars” slides (0.88 MB)

Wild Scholar: You will thrive in your chosen communities. When you have an idea, you will be able to conduct a process to make your idea into reality. You will engage teams; you will learn rapidly; you will channel resources; you will satisfy customers and clients. Your ideas will increase in reach and excellence; your friendships will grow in number and authenticity; your skills will increase in range and impact. When immersed in new communities, you will be able to adapt and thrive readily.

Why? What will make you different as a Wild Scholar?

1 Customers/clients. You will come to recognize customer needs, and learn what is required to satisfy them. Your “goal” is to be able to thrive in the wild, not simply achieve dead “standards”. And so your assessment will ultimately be through clients.

2 Intelligent fast failure (IFF). You will come to embrace Failure, through the process of intelligent fast failure. Embracing and learning from failure will accelerate your ideas forward, grant you ownership of your future, instill tenacity in addressing needs, and build in you the courage to risk positively for new relationships and ventures.