358 Words | (1) Gather with Other Difference Makers, (2) New Research on Brainstorming Effectiveness, and (3) Why Job Creation Trumps Humanitarian Aid?

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Innovation: Gathering with other Kingdom leaders to discuss and learn together.

Desired Outcome: Grow your relevance while growing your digital community.

How does the local church translate powerful weekend experiences into meaningful digital relationships throughout the week? Move beyond follower counts and learn how to engage in deeper conversation, provide impactful resources, and develop teams and systems for managing your digital community. June 15, Phoenix, Filmlab. For more information, click here.

Are You Brainstorming All Wrong?

Innovation: Look for solutions to problems alone first and then brainstorm together.

Desired Outcome: To create the best possible solutions to serve people better.

When we think of brainstorming new ideas, we think of bringing together a group of people to collectively talk through the problem to be solved. It turns out that working on an idea alone first and then coming together produces much better results. When people work together first, their ideas tend to merge. Research also suggests that talking slows the process down. Watch this HBR video for some innovative ways of approaching brainstorming.

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out

Innovation:  Job creation instead of more food banks, clothes closets and homeless shelters.

Desired Outcome: To eradicate as much poverty in the world as possible.

Jesus said the poor will always be with us but not how many. Kingdom thought leaders Peter Greer, President of Hope International and philanthropist Phil Smith suggest that mitigating poverty is solvable and more about jobs than more humanitarian aid. Their new book Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty will challenge you in similar ways as when you first read When Helping Hurts. Are you providing food, clothing and shelter when people really need a job? I bought my copy.

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