He believes that opening up stewardship of TED to a new person is the best way to ensure the future of the organization is improved and capable of achieving its potential at a greater scale.

“and the craziness of this comes from my conviction that this is actually the best way to ensure that the future of Ted is much much better than even what we've seen before”

He believes the transition is necessary to build up resources and launch new business ventures to support TED's long-term growth.

“there's a moment to kind of transition Ted to the next phase but also to build up resources so we can do more and I think that's an important distinction”