By Charlie Gilkey

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Yesterday, Danielle LaPorte showed us why it’s important to relentlessly search for the why behind the what. Today, Janet Goldstein explains why thought leaders need conversations with thought partners, brainiacs–and themselves.*****

I spent this past weekend at Hamilton College in upstate New York where the entire community was celebrating the institution’s 200th anniversary and my husband (class of ’83) and I were celebrating our daughter’s second month of her freshman year.

While liberal arts education is under attack, and many people have a facile disdain for traditional education... More...