We tend to think of the hero’s journey as a story about individuals.
But right now, it feels different.
Something is shifting — in people, and in the organizations they are part of.
What once worked starts to feel too small. Too tight. Not because it is wrong, but because it no longer holds what is emerging.
And this is where most people pause.
Not dramatically. Quietly.
We stay busy. We optimize. We manage complexity.
A sophisticated way of not moving. And yet — this moment is not only difficult. It is also full of possibility.
Less linear. Less controlled. But potentially far more generative.
Joseph Campbell described the pattern long ago: there is a call, then a rupture, then a choice.
Today, that choice is not only personal.
It is organizational.
Some leaders will cross — and take their organizations with them.
Others will keep things working… until they slowly stop working at all.
Not for lack of intelligence. But for lack of movement.
Here is the shift: This is no longer about the lone hero.
It is about whether people — and the organizations they shape — are willing to cross.
In Portia Nelson’s short poem, a person keeps falling into the same hole — again and again — until one day, they choose a different street.
So here is the question:
Where are your holes right now — and what, exactly, would it take for you to choose a different street?