Jul 28 2019 36 mins
You can't have a leader without a follower. Music Entrepreneur Derek Sivers introduced first follower theory at the 2010 TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference. According to Sivers, the first follower is what transforms an individual with a unique idea into a leader. Here is a shortened version of his talk. I will put a link to it in the show notes.
First Followers are a part of the toxic work environment today, as they give the leader that "follower glow". In this episode, we talk about the death of Kirby Brown, follower of self help guru James Arthur Ray. Ray, who got famous from the movie "The Secret" led three seekers to their deaths in 2009 in a sweat lodge ceremony gone wrong. Kirby Brown, an entrepreneur and a seeker died that day. We look at this story in the context of followers and what can be done.
Books
Fear - Bob Woodward
Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered - Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Research
https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/first-follower-theory
https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement?language=en
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/james-arthur-ray-arizona-sweat-lodge/story?id=11016900
https://spiritualityisnoexcuse.wordpress.com/james-rays-first-victim-colleen-conaway/
http://www.seeksafely.org/resources/self-help-fact-sheet/
http://www.seeksafely.org/2019/02/08/happybirthdaykirby-wish/
https://www.truecrimepodcast.com/mixes
Music
Kai Engel
Downpour
Great Expectations
Synth Kid
Wizard of Lies
Chromatic
Chris Zabrieskie
The Oceans Continue to Rise
Stories About a World that Once Was
Music above is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/