E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

One of the best tests for a business is the ability to have the leaders leave without things falling apart. This frees up the most valuable people in the company to explore new opportunities. It also means that if they need a vacation they have the ability to take one. This is important, because there [...]

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The other day I spent some time interviewing people in one company about their process. I could tell that I was out of practice as I fumbled a lot more than I remember doing when I did it on a more regular basis. Fortunately, I had a great coworker with me, who encouraged me and [...]

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One of my former students asked me to tell her about the dynamics of a virtual team, I figured I will share my answers with all of you as well:
How do you accommodate the time difference while working with an overseers member of your team?
We pick times that work best for everyone. We [...]

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The other day I was at Alterra on Humboldt and was surprised to see them use heating to keep their outside space usable during winter. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the business reason for it, and if anyone else did that I would not give it a second thought. However, Alterra is very emphatic [...]

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In Christianity there is a belief that it was the devil who caused men to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which causes them to be separate from God and seek independently the path of right and wrong. In this video, the same argument is presented from a very different perspective. [...]

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