About This Episode

Joe chats with speaker, author and catalyst of inspiration Kevin Carroll about how a playground can give us a place to belong, mentors who see things in us before we see them in ourselves and the importance of how we start and end our days. They go onto talk about the importance of play, whether you are an executive on Nike’s campus or a child learning about the world. And Kevin shares some wisdom from his conversations with Kobe Bryant about how we cross the threshold to fight the good fight. Kevin drops his truth nuggets at every stage of the conversation from: the secret key to bringing our vision to life invisible hands and mysterious forces at play to the secret ingredient to bring our ideas into reality.

About Kevin Carroll

Kevin is an author of four highly successful books published by ESPN, Disney Press, McGraw-Hill and A Kids Book About. He has helped turn creative ideas into reality for organizations such as Nike, Starbucks, adidas, Walt Disney, Target, Proctor & Gamble, Columbia Sportswear, Mattel, the National Basketball Association and many others.

Kevin has dedicated his life to advancing education, sports and play as a vehicle for so cial change and success. He was honored to address the United Nations as part of the UN Year of Sports for Development and Peace in 2005 and is an ongoing advisor and active supporter for many global social innovation organizations. Kevin was named by SUCCESS magazine as one of 19 “SEERS – changing the world!”