Co-Founder / Chairman & CEO, InsideWork
Allan Lunsford sparks Insidework’s vision and contributes much of its thought leadership. He is also President of Lunsford Group, a privately held investment holding company consisting of a series of privately held, independently owned entities in real estate, software, media, demographics, health care and the Internet. Lunsford Group — augmented with consulting — has served such distinguished clients as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Apple Computer, BuyDirect.com, TRW, Eastern College, Herman Miller, Joy Manufacturing, World Vision USA & International, Malaysian Industrial Development Agency (MIDA) and the Brunei Investment Agency.
Al Lunsford thinks we are seeing a role reversal in which the influence of religious professionals is waning as the spiritual influence of ordinary workers grows. The vanguard of biblical spirituality is people who incarnate the good news of God’s kingdom by their lives in the marketplace.
I’m convinced our most significant offerings at InsideWork help business people re-form their worldviews around biblical perspectives.
That’s why The Scriptural Roots of Commerce — the SRC — is so important to us. I used to think of the SRC as a sophisticated Bible study for business people. I don’t think that anymore. The Scriptural Roots [...]
Allan Lunsford reflects on Africa, and his hopes for the future of the continent.
Al Lunsford is on a lot of mailing/emailing lists for newsletters and updates. This is the second of two posts on cutting through the clutter with clear, concise, visionary communication.
Al Lunsford is on a lot of mailing/emailing lists for newsletters and updates — from the marketing efforts of early stage businesses to the funding appeals of not-for-profits. Maybe you are too… If so, you know the struggle to make sense of communications that sometimes seem amateurish and vague. If you’re not on those lists, we’re tempted to say, “Thank God and pass this along to someone who is.”
Thomas Friedman reports a fascinating conversation with Democratic strategists James Carville and Stan Greenberg in The New York Times. Carville and Greenberg claim to have identified American voters’ emerging gut issue: Energy Independence.
People Listen (and Act!)
TED, the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference held in Monterey, California each February, has joined with BMW to offer TEDTalks
I have been amused at the coincidence between InsideWork beginning to scale as a company and all of a sudden having outages in our web presence. This may be nothing other than what it appears to be. Or not . . .
Final Thoughts on The Best Commencement Speech . . . Ever
The last of Al Lunsford’s three reflections on Steve Jobs’ speech to the Stanford Class of 2005.
Further Reflections on The Best Commencement Address . . . Ever
Al Lunsford’s second of three reflections on Steve Jobs’ speech to the Stanford Class of 2005.
A Mother's Day Reflection
It’s worth noting this Mothers Day that our mothers were partners or sole proprietors in one of the oldest, most widespread commercial enterprises on earth . . . the household.
The Best Commencement Address . . . Ever
Al Lunsford’s reflections on the best commencement speech he ever heard
Return of The Boss From Hell
Fast Company and InsideWork share a lot of common ground — including a mutual concern about "The Boss From Hell."
Judging by a recommendation from Ted Lucas and AnnaLee Saxenian’s body of work, I’m moving The New Argonauts to the top of my reading list.
What if you could "go back 30 years in the business world, knowing what you know now?" Rich Karlgaard asks in Forbes. At InsideWork we’re convinced that what we don’t know may be as significant as what we know.
How understanding the purpose of work stimulates innovation.
Ted Lucas of Lattice Capital Management LLC tells how understanding the meaning of work and the example of Bach stimulated creative thinking about his profession.
