Sarah Lewis: The Rise

Sarah Lewis, Founder of Vision & Justice, Harvard Associate Professor and Bestselling Author of The Rise and The Unseen Truth. 

"The Rise - Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery"

Sarah's keynote will be followed by Q&A and Book Signing. "The Rise" and "Unseen Truth" can be purchased at the Westcott Shop. You can make a purchase through our online store or onsite at 85 South Greenmount Avenue, Tuesday through Sunday, 10am-5pm).

Where do new ideas spring from? What really drives iconic, transformational change on both a personal and an organizational level? From Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to works of art, many of our creative triumphs are not achievements but conversions, argues Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, author of The Rise. And when we fail, that’s when we know we’re on the road to success.

Sarah draws on figures such as abolitionist Frederick Douglass and grit pioneer Angela Duckworth, revealing the importance of play, grit, surrender, often ignored ideas, and the necessary experiments and follow-up attempts that lead to true breakthroughs. Uplifting and counterintuitive, this keynote will equip you to harness failure, tap into your creative potential, and seek radical innovation in your personal and professional life. The path to success, Sarah notes, is often more surprising than we expect.

Sarah is the founder of Vision & Justice, a catalytic civic initiative that generates original research and programs that reveal the foundational role of visual culture in America’s representational democracy.

Interested in discussing the book prior to the event? Join our inaugural Westcott Book Club on November 9th at 4:00PM.