Resources
The following white papers, articles and exhibits relate to organizational challenges in broad spiritual and societal contexts.
The initial articles arose in my own spiritual context, but the focus of my work is beginning to expand. The white papers were written as support documents for keynote presentations, podcasts, workshops and breakouts.
White Papers
Renaissance Thinking
Drawing attention to barrier breakers like Gutenberg, Copernicus, Erasmus and others who practiced the three pillars of intentionality—being Imaginative, Industrious and Integrative.
Wavemakers
Measures for forging institutional change, regardless of one's rank, title, or status in society while not “flaming out” through enthusaistically attempting change.
Lost or Saved in Translation
Cross-Cultural Fluency is “the ability to engage effectively within a variety cultural environments and utilize diversity for mutual understanding and growth.”
Hierarchy Through the Ages
This paper contains two requested pieces related to the historical practices of brotherhood, as well as some objectives that a resilient brotherhood model would achieve.
A Paradigm Upgrade
Paradigm Upgrade was developed for use with both spiritual and secular organizations and involves the pursuit of superior organizational paradigms.
Articles
Consider Carefully What You Do
A brief study on the best way to respond to near-misses and failures within faith organizations.
Selecting Individuals for Prominent Roles
Proposed principles and practices are recommended for selecting individuals whose influence can have cascading influence.
Ethical Behavior & Communication
Study and lessons learned from churches and faith organizations that have experienced trouble.
Exhibits
Oahu Church
Case study illustrating consequences of long untended conflict and dysfunction, and the various benefits that a sound intervention can bring to a community.
A Leadership Matrix
A matrix structure for organizational decision-making is a system that has different people taking the lead and affecting outcomes, depending on the problem, challenge, or endeavor.
Vetting Candidates for Ministry
In order to preempt relational and financially expensive problems, I developed the following vetting and hiring process. This roadmap has been used in multiple churches.