I’ve just returned from the TED conference in Palm Springs. One of the most fun bits was spending time with Tara Hunt. I have high regard for Tara, not just because she’s a fellow Canadian, but because she hangs out on the edge of what’s happening with business and stirs things up. She’s a social media star – but not just as a “I know about the technology” but from the point of view of “How does this matter to us as humans?” and “How does this help us build and shape community?” She is the author of The Whuffle Factor about how social media impacts the way business is done now, and plans to call her next book “Happiness as Your Business Model.”
In our conversation, we discuss:
- Why business seems to operate in a way antithetical to how we are wired to live and operate as human being
- The deeper roots of happiness – and why that matters in business
- The balance between numbers and community
- How to start building your community around you and your business
You can follow Tara on Twitter at @missrogue and check out her (brilliantly named) website www.horsepigcow.com
Todd Kashdan, a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at George Mason University is also the author of a new book, a fantastic book called 
Kevin Carroll has an amazingly cool background. Raised by his grandparents in Philadelphia, his first job really was with the U.S. Air Force where he served as a language interpreter and translator. And in those ten years he became fluent in Croatian and Czech and Russian and German. But while being fantastic at languages, he was also an athlete and soon an athletic trainer. Leaving the Air Force, he worked his way up to be the head athletic trainer for the Philadelpha 76ers. So he’s already cool. But then he was tapped on the shoulder by Nike. He spent a number of years at Nike helping to deepen their understanding of athletic performance and team dynamics and interpersonal connection, basically helping Nike become one of the forces it is today.
Jason Fried’s new book 
