Your Ministry Can Reach Millennials With This Tool

For the last several decades churches have been trying to figure out how to reach the members of their community that are in their 20's and 30's. Years ago these groups were called the Singles Group, which later became the College and Career Group, which became more succinct when shifted to Young Adults. Now, the …

What’s Your Organizational Operating System?

Where do your loyalties lie? Mac or PC? For most people, they are staunchly one or the other and their motivations can come from a deep love for the one they are loyal to or intense dislike for the one they don't use. These days the conflict between Mac and PC is multifaceted, but the …

Building a Successful Alliance

Every day new strategic alliances are formed between corporations, entrepreneurs, and outreach organizations because there is a shift in understanding that autonomy is no longer paving the road to success, but it is through cooperative alliances that sustainable success is possible (Pett & Dibrell, 2001). With the increasing turbulent environment of increased government regulations and …

Employee Information Inundation

An individual’s day consists of constant inundation of information from media outlets, social media, conversations, family relationships, and work environments. So, in the conversation regarding global foresight, scenario planning, and data analysis, it is safe to assume that employees may not have the mental capacity or the actual time to fully consider the information that …

Faith and Science for Ministry Success

The church is embarking on a revolution of change that has not quite caught its own momentum but is quickly catching up with itself. As culture is changing, people are living differently and approaching their involvement with the church differently. With the expansion of technology and the breakdown of social barriers, people are approaching their …

Day-to-Day Innovation

Innovation is not something that just happens. In fact, innovation occurs when seemingly unrelated things come together in a new way (Berkun, 2010), often at an unexpected time. For this reason, organizations need to foster cultures that are conducive to innovation in order to allow innovation to be discovered at just the right moment. This …