Molly’s Story: Muslims Are People Too
Not long ago, I was sitting inside a Starbucks when a woman walked inside, a woman wearing a hijab. The news has been full of the kinds of stories that would make me want to have some hesitancy when seeing a woman dressed in traditional Muslim clothing. Stories of bombings, attacks, violence, and war fill…
How to Successfully Set Yourself Up to be Blindsided
One of the first and best admonitions I ever heard from a supervisor was “don’t ever let me be surprised.” What he meant in sharing this expectation was he never wanted to be caught in a position where new information that probably required action on his part was catching him unaware. In other words if…
Next Steps Toward Increasing Influence in Disruption
The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruption across all slices of business, industry, and ministry. Unexpected recessions can force an organization to revamp or throw out the business plan for the year but this circumstance has cut much deeper. Many organizations are having to rethink their entire value propositions or even their main business purpose. In…