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Productivity Teamwork

My Team Just Died

Groupthink can be a killer. At a conference I’m attending we had a group synergy exercise. The facilitator broke us into groups of 6-10 people, then read us this scenario: You are the only survivors of a plane crash. It’s January and you are somewhere in the Canadian Rockies. Daytime temps are 25 below zero; […]

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Productivity

Strategic Personal Intent

Dear new global leader, Welcome to our final morning together. You’ve heard a lot this week about loving God, loving people, and learning how to embrace a scope of responsibility for our mission that extends to 10 or 20 nations. The challenge you face is daunting. Yet God has called you and he goes before […]

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Culture Leadership Productivity

Innovate or Die Trying: 3 Links

“You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, …” – Seth Godin, American author and Marketing Expert What does it mean to innovate? My Mac dictionary defines “innovate” this way: innovate |ˈinəˌvāt| verb 1. make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products: the company’s failure to […]