463 Words | (1) Choosing Intentional Acts of Kindness, (2) How to Become the Center of Your Community, and (3) Leveraging Outsourcing for Kingdom Purposes.

Seeking Opportunities to Provide Intentional Acts of Kindness

Innovation: Focusing attention on the unspoken but obvious needs of others and providing the practical help necessary.

Desired Outcome: Helping to bend culture back towards Jesus.

There is something almost magical that happens when someone does something for us at exactly the time we need it most. Regardless of motivation, it touches us on an extremely deep level. In truth, most people are a little startled when someone actually cared enough to see the need and to take action. In our modern day culture, these occurrences are referred to random acts of kindness. In modeling Jesus, we can initiate very intentional acts of kindness that can change people lives. Be ready for your intentional act of kindness today.

Start a Community Podcast

Innovation: Start a podcast to build local community and awareness.

Desired Outcome: To put you and your Kingdom organization at the center of the community.

Podcasts have become an accepted way for people to receive information and build community. Unlike videos, a podcast can be consumed anywhere. Listeners of podcasts become connected to their host in a very personal way. Hosts have learned that sharing vulnerability allows their listeners to draw extremely close to them. They become like trusted friends and their listeners truly identify with the host and what they care about. Think of the power of a local weekly newspaper back in the day. To start your own podcast, here is a free online tutorial from Pat Flynn, one of the best podcasters in the business.

Consider Outsourcing as Innovation for Greater Results

Innovation: Leverage outsourcing on your next breakthrough project.

Desired Outcome: To meet the needs of the people that you are serving in the most effective and efficient way.

The spirit behind outsourcing is to access to the best talent and tools to meet your objectives and only pay for the fraction portion of service you require. The outsourcing business model is to specialize in a particular area and attract the best people (and career path) and process to deliver the needed results at a percentage of the cost required to build the competence in-house. The adage goes something like, “control everything that is crucial and outsource the rest.” How can you apply outsourcing to your next innovation?

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