okay so my blog is sub-par. that does not mean that if you are reading this that you are sub-par, but rather that this site, from a literal, semantic, or a rhetorical sense is flawed. i am good with that. because ultimately the flaws in this site tell a specific story. regardless if i am…
my life, and i suspect that it may be the same for many of you, has been a constant stream of expectations: sometimes they are met, sometimes they are not. when my expectations are met i feel a sense of fullness; when they are not i feel a sense of dissonance. either way, i, as…
over the years i have been blessed with the opportunity and the fortune to help shape culture in organizations. some instances were by design and some were the result of circumstance. none of them, i believe, have been accidental. what i mean is that there are certain factors in my ministry and career that take…
i love cliches. when i was a kid living out in the void space between red bluff and cottonwood in northern california1 i did not have a great deal of entertainment at hand. sure we had both cbs and pbs (but in the mid-eighties that was not saying much). in between exploring the outdoors and…
over the next several days i will be posting several blogs revolving around the my personal ethos and the standard by which i ask my teams at rock church to operate. this ethos is born out of years of mistakes and triumphs and serves as the anthem that drives how i do what i do.…
today is a good day – that is, i have found the joy of zero. that is right, the joy of the zero inbox. now that is not to say that i have never been there before (well i do not mean to brag but it is a regular thing for me). it has taken…
recently someone asked me what my philosophy of marketing is. being me, i had a quick answer to their question: i believe the goal of marketing is to produce a change in the behavior of your audience (i.e. get them to do something), and to do so you need to “tell the right stories to…
i wrote this blog post a little over three years ago for a friend of mine who was starting up a web marketing consultancy. while he has moved on to other things this post still rings true and so i have decided to offer it here (updated and edited).
although I am a fan of (some of) the music of the enigmatic band (whoismgmt.com) and the use of their moniker is somewhat of an seo experiment, i did want to share three observations about management (i am a manager at the company i currently work for—Logos). observation one: the key to unlocking potential in…
do you make decisions? yes, we all do. as a matter of course, everyone, everyday is faced with a series of decisions. there is a constant onslaught of decision points that interweave the fabric of our lives. it starts at the first dawn of consciousness and ends with its last flicker. the very moment we…