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When Christians Have Power

June 11, 2013 by mattperman

An excellent talk by Andy Crouch on the true meaning of power from the Q Conference. Here’s a key quote: “Power is for flourishing. Who is flourishing because you have power?” That’s worth asking.

Filed Under: Leadership

Should You Cut R&D During a Recession (or Worse)? No

July 26, 2011 by mattperman

An important observation by Jim Collins in How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In: During its darkest days, Xerox faced the very real threat of bankruptcy, yet Mulcahy rebuffed with steely silence her advisors’ repeated suggestions that she consider Chapter 11. She also held fast against a torrent of advice from […]

Filed Under: Management

Spiritual Leadership in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

June 27, 2011 by mattperman

1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 is all about leadership, though it is often overlooked as a leadership passage in the NT. I’ve copied the passage below and inserted some comments in italics as I go. For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and been […]

Filed Under: Leadership

Spurgeon on Leadership

June 1, 2011 by mattperman

I came across this book the other day, and it looks helpful: One of the helpful things about the book is that it has a summary of some of Spurgeon’s core leadership lessons at the end of each chapter. Here are a few of those that stand out: A leader must set goals to accomplish […]

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The Cape Town Committment on the Need for Developing Godly Leaders

February 3, 2011 by mattperman

As you know, I was in Cape Town for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization last fall. The statement working group from the congress has recently released the Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith and a Call to Action. Here’s the section on leadership, especially as it pertains to the church in the […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Missions

Systems Trump Mission Statements; Culture Trumps Systems

January 11, 2010 by mattperman

A few months ago I blogged on how systems trump intentions because systems create behaviors. In discussing the attempted Christmas bombing plot, Dave Logan makes the good case that the reality goes one step further: culture trumps systems. Hence, no amount of systemic change will ultimately solve the problems that led to the security breach […]

Filed Under: Management

Price-Driven Costing Rather than Cost-Driven Pricing

December 3, 2009 by mattperman

Here’s a good word from a BusinessWeek article summarizing Peter Drucker’s insight on how to price a product: Properly pricing a product is no easy exercise. It involves a complex bit of calculus that must take into account not only a business’ up-front investment but also the ongoing costs it expects to incur (as it […]

Filed Under: Management

The Wrong Way to Respond to a Recession

March 17, 2009 by mattperman

Tom Peters writes: I see far too many of my clients, good people with good motives, obsessing on pleasing Wall Street analysts, and taking actions that may well reduce their stock’s value two to three years out. They have slashed budgets on many longer-term strategies, such as research and development, talent retention and development, even […]

Filed Under: Management

How Economic Turmoil Breeds Innovation

January 20, 2009 by mattperman

Wired has a great article on recessions and the birth of big ideas. Recessions are a time to streamline in many ways for sure, but they are also a time to thoughtfully advance — not retreat. The article says this well in many places, including this one: When VCs from Foundation Capital met with their […]

Filed Under: Management

Recessions Are Not for Hunkering Down

January 7, 2009 by mattperman

Recessions are for recalibrating. Do not take the approach of waiting things out, only to come out on the other side doing the same things you were doing before. The world changes too fast. The recession is a chance to give more focus to adapting to how things have changed — things that have changed […]

Filed Under: Management

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