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Gardner outlines five premium thinking abilities: the disciplinary mind, the synthesizing mind, the creating mind, the respectful mind, and the ethical mind.
Bernard Moon notes that the idea of "posterity" is a bit burdensome; so maybe its disappearance from our cultural norms is no surprise. So many questions and no simple answers... Yet, there it is, a solid principle for anyone trying to out with a biblical worldview. So where do we begin?
Bernard Moon / Jan 12 2009
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Every two years the Josephson Institute conducts a national survey of ethics among U.S. high school students. The results of the 2008 survey "paint a troubling picture of our future politicians and parents, cops and corporate executives, and journalists and generals."
Jim Hancock / Dec 5 2008
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Category by category, the question is not, "Are we vulnerable to disruption?" but "What will disrupt our business plan and who will be behind it?"
In 1981, San Francisco television station KRON ran a two minute, 17 second feature on the coming age of online newspapers: "Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read the days newspaper; well it's not as far-fetched as it may seem..." Jim Hancock invites us to take a look at what went right and what went wrong with that vision.
Picking up from the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, Solomon West observes some of Jesus’ most immensely practical teaching on how we are to live our lives.
Solomon West / May 12 2009
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The Tom Peters! Company posed four questions to a gathering of senior executives. They all had the same answer: disruption.
Jim Hancock / May 18 2006
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Business leaders must increasingly hone their ability to anticipate how the future is unfolding. This interview with Joseph Ellis, formerly of Goldman Sachs, provides insight into how to train your mind to see
Rather than one form of capitalism, most notably the American model, multiple models are developing around the world, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Each needs to be respected and critiqued with a biblical lens.
When he was 20, Bradley J. Moore wanted nothing more than to be a songwriter and have his songs recorded by major artists. This is the tale of one young man's brush with destiny and how he killed it. Part 01
When he was 20, Bradley J. Moore wanted nothing more than to be a songwriter and have his songs recorded by major artists. This is the tale of one young man's brush with destiny, how he killed it, and what he learned the hard way. Part 02
ChangeThis asked three questions about the economy: “In one word, sum up how you feel right now;” “How is this affecting you?” and; “What are you choosing to do about it?” The 1400 replies they received are further proof, beyond the intuitive, that work is life and that the personal is the professional. Given the chance, what questions would you ask the respondents to the ChangeThis Economy Survey?
From 50 Cent to Dallas Willard to an encounter with Jesus, Solomon West tracks the dangers of greed unchecked.
Solomon West / May 11 2009
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Our habits of thinking, our assumptions about the world can trap us. How do we recognize trends and spot change earlier? How do we overcome our personal and organizational assumptions that keep us from seeing?
Eamonn Kelly, CEO and president of the forward-thinking Global Business Network looks back and forth, picking up clues about the future rooted in the past.
What if you could "go back 30 years in the business world, knowing what you know now?" Rich Karlgaard asked in Forbes. At InsideWork we're convinced that what we don't know may be as telling as what we know.

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Argues that America's approach to global influence is stuck in a 20th century mindset. The EU model, while appearing weak militarily, is actually creating a "network" alternative to hard American power, and is shaping the 21st century.
One event among many that pushed InsideWork® to schedule the More Than Money conference for July 2009 instead of waiting a few more months was the seminal Frontline television documentary. Inside the Meltdown. Watch Inside the Meltdown here and consider the possibility of attending the conference in San Francisco, July 17-19, 2009.

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Five Factors That Will Define the Extreme Future:
1. Speed. The rate of change will be blinding, comprehensive in scope, and will touch every aspect of life.
2.Complexity. A quantum leap in the number of seemingly unrelated forces that will have a direct bearing on everything from lifestyles to work to personal and national security. Jame Canton, Ph.D.
Whatever you're working on, at this stage of the game, why wouldn't you take it to the Internet?