Athletes & Innovation: Flopping, Hot Dogs, and Granny Shots

From 1890 to 1967 the sport of high jumping saw little innovation. Participants went over the bar in a handful of ways, with the intent to jump and land on their feet.

Jumpers preferred landing on their feet because it prevented them from getting hurt. And while there were many small changes in high jumping techniques over those 77 years, nothing compared to what happened in the summer of 1968.

At the Summer Games in Mexico City, a young college athlete named Dick Fosbury did something unfathomable. He jumped over the bar backwards.

This article highlights innovations like the Fosbury Flop, and the lessons in innovation that we can apply to our own lives.

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Write of Passage Review

Reflections from a 5 week online writing course

You probably already write. You may have a journal, an old blog, or a semi-active Twitter account. But you’ve always wanted to do more. You follow authors and writers that inspire you. You want to publish consistently. You want to write more compelling pieces. You want to have a regular newsletter that people actively engage with. But you never really knew how - or where - to start.

If this resonates with you, you’re not alone. Lev Naginsky and I shared a similar experience. Here we share the most impactful principles and tools we learned from our time in an online writing course, as well as the tangible benefits we’ve seen since the course ended.

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