Archive - May, 2008
It’s a Starfish World
I am currently reading one of those books I think every leader or leader-in-training should read: The Starfish and the Spider, The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom. A truly contrarian approach to the typical centralized top-down organizational approach, this book challenges your thought paradigms using models such as: Alcoholics Anonymous, craiglist.com, Wikipedia, the Apache Indians, Napster and al Qaeda to name a few – each the epitome of “successful and thriving” models of decentralization. Leaders letting leaders lead by inspiring, visioning, motivating, cheering … and then getting out of the way. more »
Taking the Facebook Plunge
I resisted while others persisted. I hesitated while others activated. I cowered while others powered. And finally, taking a deep breath and big swallow I entered the www.facebook.com site onto my browser and waited. more »
Homogeneous People Seek What Divides
A research project I’ve been working on lately has reinforced a theory I’ve held for years. When people who are alike (like an ethnic group) exist in the same sphere of influence they find their individual identity tends to be built with small pieces of differentiation. more »
And the Winner of the Six-Word Story Contest is…
Recently, a couple members of our team were at a conference in Dallas. The Christian Leadership Alliance (formerly the Christian Management Association) had their annual conference there. We rocked the house like we usually do, but this time something was different. We asked conference attendees to write a six-word story representing their life, with the winning story earning that person a iPod Touch. We received dozens of responses with varying levels of intensity and humor. Click more to find out the Top 10 and the winner of the contest! more »
