American Christianity has been using the parable of the minas to encourage business owners to maximize profits, and pay tithes on those profits. While earning my BBA in entrepreneurship from America’s largest Baptist university I certainly heard my share of… Read More ›
It has been said that true love is less a feeling and more a decision–less emotion—more deliberate action. Said another way, work is “love in motion.” God is love, …but does He make people love? Could joy be similar? What… Read More ›
Of course He is! Isn’t He? Dr. David L. Cooperrider is the Fairmount Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, and a leading thinker in the areas of positive organizational development. Dr. Cooperrider… Read More ›
And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mould a new reality Closer to the Heart Closer to the Heart The Blacksmith and the Artist Reflect it in their art Forge their creativity Closer… Read More ›
“You have clearly forgotten the One who doesn’t care about possessing, who doesn’t try to turn a profit from every human exchange.” — Rumi (about 1200 A.D.) There is nothing new under the sun. The concepts informing the generative economy… Read More ›
Is strategy all about winning? Are rivals and competition necessary to inspire great strategy? Could strategy serve a higher purpose than “total market dominance?” One of the legendary “Lords of Strategy“, Michael Porter, claims in his 2001 paper “Strategy and… Read More ›
Did Jesus use the fish, or cross logo to promote his “brand?” Did he label his “business” (as in”…I must be about my father’s business…”) as a “Christian/Kingdom/Jesus business?” I don’t think he often even told people who he was… Read More ›
What did esteemed business thinker and author, Peter Drucker, say was more important than strategy? Culture. What was God teaching Adam as they walked together in the cool of the day? Culture? Why was God displeased with Cain’s sacrifice and… Read More ›
You’re working hard on your business. Long hours. Late nights. Sacrifice. “Things that are worth while don’t come easy,” you say to yourself. After all that work – what will you have? The greatest bakery/auto repair/coffee shop/plumbing supply, etc… in… Read More ›
Growth. It’s the primary focus of many executives and business owners, and many – at some point in their journey – seek some supernatural assistance for achieving that growth. We want God to “bless” our businesses – what ever that… Read More ›
Society is now replete with examples of men who have fathered generations of frustrated, disappointed, betrayed, angry, and wounded offspring. Through abandonment, divorce, substance abuse, incarceration, or the phenomenon of “absent while present” – fatherlessness is pandemic. There are now… Read More ›
If you want to be inspired by God – ask Him to reveal ways to generate more value than you extract. That is what your business is for – to generate more value than it extracts. God will inspire business… Read More ›
Stop asking God to “bless” your business. Stop asking God to “bring” you more customers. Stop asking God to “bring” you the right employees. Stop asking God to “multiply” your sales. In the Christian culture it is popular for business… Read More ›
Look at the diagram below. Study it for a minute or two. As a leader, your challenge is to create an environment, a culture that fosters the leveraging of the resources listed on the left (mindsets) to create the stuff… Read More ›
The president of the company earns $1.4M annually. About half of that is bonuses and stock. She’s anxious. Sales are down and she’s not happy, and everybody knows it – especially the VP of sales who’s been in his position… Read More ›
Yesterday I submitted my presenter application to TEDxABQ, which is the TEDx event in Albuquerque, NM being held this September. Some friends of mine talked me in to submitting after discussing some of my ideas around generative governance, generative economy… Read More ›
Science tells us that matter is condensed energy. Energy in this condensed form is material and visible, however there is a lot of energy we cannot see. Ultraviolet and Infrared light, for example, are invisible. For the purpose of this… Read More ›
Radiant energy is the energy of electromagnetic waves. Now, I am not a physicist. I don’t even play one on TV. But, in my limited understanding, visible light is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye and responsible… Read More ›
In the previous posts, I have presented evidence that the current economy is ordered around scarcity and competition. Additionally, I have presented evidence that the universe is ordered around indestructible energy. In fact, all of the matter that exists originated… Read More ›
In Thinking Fast & Slow, (which is a highly recommended book on how humans make decisions) Daniel Kahnemann, a professor of behavioral economics at Stanford, brings much of his life’s work to the layman. As a layman, a couple of… Read More ›
Mitch Cowart 