I’ve been studying the concept of living systems as it relates to churches and one of the places which I’ve looked into is Emmanuel Gospel Center pastored by Dr. Doug Hall.  Here is a recent post I made, complete with the academic citations, based on the research I’m doing on a national view of churches […]

This week I will be presenting a workshop on systems thinking, which reminds us of the need to look at the big picture and not just the individual parts when working to solve problems.  So often, we can become overwhelmed with the details of complex and even simple issues, when, if we were to just […]

We’ve all experienced breaking down because some small part has failed.  Recently my wife’s car continually needed to be jumped because the battery had a small, but constant unknown draw on it that drained its power.  After months of effort by two mechanic shops, a ton of money invested, and a huge amount of frustration, […]

Here is #3 in the Leadership Ticklers series.  It challenges us to think beyond ourselves and to the benefit of other people and worthwhile causes. Today’s  Leadership Tickler:  What really matters? Entrepreneur and author August Turak stated, “We are most satisfied when we are in service of something bigger than ourselves.” Think through the many […]

In the last blog I began a short series designed to tickle a leadership idea.  Here is #2. Today’s Leadership Tickler:   Decide what not to do The late great Steve Jobs once stated, “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” We all have decisions to make.  In fact, we […]