The Blue Sweater

711: Seth Godin - Creating Tension, Solving Problems, the Savannah Bananas, Leading Without Authority, Using AI, Hidden Entanglements, and Getting Unstuck (The Knot)

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk, 18 October 2026. The book comes up at 12 min 4 sec in.

Seth Godin mentions The Blue Sweater as a book he helped Jacqueline Novogratz write. He recounts the book's central story: as a teenager Novogratz wore a cherished Alpine-design blue sweater to school, was cruelly teased by cheerleaders in front of her crush, and donated it — later, while running in Rwanda, she spotted a stranger wearing that very same sweater.

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