Author: JD Stewart
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The End of the World – And the Church Does Nothing!
I find it amazing that the end of the world is being prophecies once again and the Church has no response. Throughout history there have been countless predictions of the end of the world and other false prophecies and the church responds with yawn. Christ stated even he did not know when the end was…
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Experience is not a very good teacher.
A cliche, that appears to be universally believed is, “Experience is the Best Teacher.” My father once told me he disagreed. He said, “Experience is not the best teacher. It may be a good teacher, but it is not the best teacher.” He then went on to explain that experience can extract an extremely high…
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6 Tips For Starting an Innovation Program
Innovation is hard. If it were easy everyone would do it. But why is it so hard. Managing innovation is what is difficult. Creating a culture that supports innovation is certainly difficult. Then nurturing an idea into a product or services that people love is hard. Innovation is hard because there are so many myths…
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Misdirection
One of the most useful and important tools in a magicians arsenal is misdirection. Misdirection is generally misunderstood by the layman. Misdirection is not making you look at something while the magician is doing the sneaky stuff elsewhere. While that is the popular conception of misdirection it is woefully inadequate. Misdirection is letting you see…
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6 Myths about Creativity
There is a lot of buzz around creativity now. Business school have MBA concentrations on it. This may seem strange to many who think creativity just happens. Not true creativity requires nurturing and care. It is easy to squelch. And it is done all the time. It is squelched most often because it is not…