This is a nice interveiw (audio) with Gladwell from CBC. More and more I'm finding myself returning to his ideas, especially as they relate to the need for space and context for individuals to grow personal drive. I've striven to do this professionally with the courses I've created over the past few years--I've often described them as giving students a space to focus on something big and hard, and to do it in community. I now have more of an understanding of what I was doing.