The latest assertions on how we can bend workplace culture toward greater creativity and innovation.
Next time you think about making a negative comment (online or in-person), consider your motivation. Is your criticism well thought out and intended to benefit? It could be a defensive reaction, an attempt to improve others' perception of you or to bully someone into...
A tornado warning sent me into a family friend's storm cellar when I was growing up in my rural Oklahoma hometown. Down there he had flashlights, a battery operated radio, stored food items and blankets. The storm passed after several minutes, but we could have stayed...
In several conversations recently, it became obvious the problem being discussed was how much ability we have to choose for ourselves. How much of our lifestyle, career arc, social circle, etc. are determined by circumstances or other people instead of by our choice?...
3:45 PM CDT Closing Session Andy Stanley Jesus asking, "Who do people say I am?" then "What about you guys say I am?" Peter answers. Jesus says Peter didn't come up with that on his own, but it was revealed by the Father. Jesus says, "On this rock, I will build my...
4:15 PM CDT Session 4b: Unscripted Leadership Mark Burnett Interview by Bill Hybels Started as a T-shirt seller on the beach. In Europe, if you don't speak right or go to the right school, you don't get options. That's not the case in the US. A businessman told me to...
What You See is What You Get. This is a common phrase used to describe software programs that allow you to edit something and simultaneously see how it will look in the end. What You See Is What You Get is often shortened to WYSIWYG (pronouced "Wizzy-Wig") and it...
If you're alive, you have moments when fear puts its fist in your stomach. When you sense that, your mind shifts into a survival mode and pushes you to choose between fight or flight. Of course, those are not your only options. But our instincts deceive us, believing...
I was thinking today of leaders with very different approaches, both effective in their own way. The first approached leadership like a landscaper approaches his work. He would try and plant people in the area they could best grow. The right environment of grounding...
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In reference to an angel he carved for Saint Domenic's tomb (the total project was a massive undertaking of multiple artists spanning 500 years), Michaelangelo made his famous remark, I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. When we think of...
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