Letting go is a ruthlessly practical matter. Actors get bound up by inhibitions, fear, and wasted muscular tension. Relationships go south because wrongs committed become posts to wrap fists around. New careers go unborn because persistent, outdated self-perceptions just won't fade. At this juncture in my life--one more sermon to preach, a new play rehearsal …
Ruts and Horizons: The Demand for Change – Gary Hamel at the Summit
How fast is your organization changing? And are they willing to change fast enough and dramatically enough to keep up with a world that is changing with exponential speed? "Are you changing as fast as the world is changing?" - Gary Hamel This was the essential question Gary Hamel (one of the most influential business …
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Bono at the Summit
Friday was fantastic, easily the best day of a Willow Creek Leadership Summit that I've experienced. The morning began with an effervescent Dave Gibbons describing "3rd Culture" leadership, ran through a re-imagining of Africa's story let by Andrew Rugasira, continued with Compassion International CEO Wess Stafford's emotionally powerful plea on behalf of the children of …
Margins, Fringes, and Outsiders
Yesterday was overload. Failure is the resonance that allows connection. - Dave Gibbons My heart is so full today, so challenged, so humbled. Leadership is profound. To answer the call of God, to step out into an unknown reality, to accept the uncertainty because of faith in Him. Yesterday was a parade of men who …
Inspiration
Hard to say where it comes from. The Greeks thought it came from the gods, from the muses. I suppose I still think it does, from God, from sources of creation and spirit that He oversees and delivers in mystery, in conversation, in idea and image. My son is no doubt being inspired even as …
JEFF BERRYMAN 