KEVIN CARROLL - A Kindness Crew HERO
If you have the chance, just 1 minuute, you have to check out this guy Kevin Carroll. One of the many incredible people who have inspired the Kindness Crew and who we are PROUD to call a friend! He will teach you how to PLAY and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!
http://www.kevincarrollkatalyst.com/about.html
(A little info below from his very cool website)
“About
Kevin Carroll is the author of the highly successful Rules of the Red Rubber Ball. He is the founder of The Katalyst Consultancy where his “job” is to nurture and care for the individual and communal inner spirit and to inspire new ways of thinking. It is not unusual for him to work with CEOs from Fortune 500 companies and a group of equally unruly first graders on the same day. In fact, it’s expected. He considers himself an excitatory agent for change; in other words, he’s a “Katalyst.” The “K” is for Kevin.
Raised by his grandparents in Philadelphia, Kevin spent endless hours at the neighborhood playground where he found his calling: a red rubber ball. Kevin’s pursuit of play and his red rubber ball took him overseas with the Air Force. Kevin spent ten years in the United States Air Force as a language interpreter and translator gaining fluency in Croatian, Czech and Serbian and conversational fluency in German and Russian.
After the Air Force, Kevin landed a job as the athletic trainer and physical education teacher at The Haverford School in Philadelphia, which quickly led to his job as the head athletic trainer for the Philadelphia 76ers. While at the 76ers, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight tapped Kevin to bring his unique experiences to the sneaker giant and help inspire their creatives. Although no job existed at the time, Knight encouraged Kevin to “hang out” and create the job that would add value to the company. Kevin accepted the challenge and stayed for seven years as “Katalyst.” He was instrumental in helping Nike develop a deeper understanding of athletic product performance, team dynamics and interpersonal communication. He was also the inspiration behind the Lance Armstrong wristband phenomenon. Kevin left in 2004 to found his own brand, The Katalyst Consultancy.”
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