Capture the Flag Game Influences on Capture Your Flag's Mission - Erik Michielsen

In Chapter 11 of 13 in his 2015 Capture Your Flag interview, Capture Your Flag founder Erik Michielsen is interviewed by author Danny Gutknecht about how the metaphor of Capture Your Flag compares to the game of Capture the Flag. Michielsen shares how a repeatable, team-based game ties into the intersection of enjoying play and finding purpose in pursuing a goal bigger than oneself. He notes the importance of creating a safe place to play an how this translates into the Capture Your Flag interview environment where interviewees get to share, learn, and develop over time. With this, he connects it to a founding framework around positive psychology that embeds hope, optimism, and positivity into Capture Your Flag's mission to make a difference for its community. Erik Michielsen is the founder of Capture Your Flag and author Danny Gutknecht is the author of "Meaning at Work."

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