By: Rose Anding on September 14, 2016
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV) “But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, and the deep…
By: Pablo Morales on September 9, 2016
My journey with Jim Collins has been an unexpected one. I was first introduced to Good to Great by a missionary serving in Nicaragua. I read it for the first time out of curiosity and I found it engaging. Years later, I read the book a second time while I was pastoring a declining church.…
By: Jason Kennedy on September 9, 2016
One of the most quintessential leadership books that has had a major impact on my ministry and leadership has been Jim Collins’, Good To Great. Collins’ basic premise for his work is that good companies never achieve greatness because they are satisfied with the status quo of being good. Collins, in his monograph Good to…
By: Kevin Norwood on September 8, 2016
Level 5 Leadership In his “extra chapter,” Jim Collins really brings some great insight into the difference of leadership between a “for profit” business and the social sector or “not for profit” organizations.[1] I have been keenly aware over the past year that most of the “great” authors of the books that we have read…
By: Phil Goldsberry on September 8, 2016
Introduction The leadership market is filled with a plethora of authors and principles that vacillate from “snake oil” to legitimate and practical practices and theories. Among the best is widely acclaimed and respected author Jim Collins. In my opinion, Collins is considered a canonized author on the sacred writings of leadership. Since its release, then…
By: Aaron Cole on September 8, 2016
Introduction: Good to Great by Jim Collins is one of the best books on leadership. Collins not only engages the reader with the simplicity and highly applicable nature of his writing, but also supports his theories and leadership principles with real data and research. Although Collins is addressing companies the application goes all the way…
By: Marc Andresen on September 8, 2016
I am not interested in George Fox Evangelical Seminary producing good ministry leaders (pursuant to its mission). I am interested in the seminary applying the principles of Jim Collins’ Good to Great to its Doctor of Ministry program. If we as students were content to be part of good ministries, we would not be investing…
By: Aaron Peterson on September 8, 2016
What I like most about Good to Great and Good to Great and the Social Sectors is the call for a new way to evaluate churches and schools. It is a breath of fresh air to have someone as respected as Jim Collins essentially say that measuring churches is not about Sunday attendance and budgets.…
By: Claire Appiah on September 8, 2016
James C. Collins – Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking Is Not the Answer: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Introduction James C.…
By: Garfield Harvey on September 8, 2016
The premise of “Good to Great and the Social Sectors” is easy to interpret and accept. Jim Collins’ thought behind this book is how to build a framework (or formula) of greatness while exposing principles that has the potential to lead to greatness. “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, as it turns out,…
By: Rose Anding on September 7, 2016
Introduction Written by J. C. Collins and published in 2011, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap—and Others Don’t describes how companies have actually transitioned from average to huge, while also examining the other side: why this transition does not happen and why those companies end up in failure. The first book focuses…
By: Aaron Cole on September 3, 2016
This has been quite a journey and quite a year! I did not know really what to expect when I began. I would describe my academic journey as a “treadmill experience”. It began in September being a bit overwhelmed because we were dropped in the deep end. It eased with the advance, only to increase…
By: Garfield Harvey on November 13, 2015
Why You Asking All These Questions? Finding the book Social History of the Media by Burke and Briggs on kindle was impossible so if you are reading this it means you have evolved in the technological era. What sacrifice did you make to be online because I did not print this blog? Are you reading…
By: Kevin Norwood on November 12, 2015
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke in their book A Social History of The Media from Gutenberg to the Internet, look at the progression of life through the lens of change. Change is not always any easy thing to grasp and at times it can be viewed as positive and negative at the same time. Their…
By: Phil Goldsberry on November 12, 2015
Introduction The phrase “lipstick on a pig” has always fascinated me. The “thought” that someone would even attempt to perform such a feat is astounding and humorous. The “reflection” of the lack of stewardship with perfectly good makeup is disgusting. The “process” to even bring the two together, pig and lipstick, is a task that…
By: Pablo Morales on November 12, 2015
INTRODUCTION I am forgetful. That is no news to those who know me. Yet, there are some events that I clearly remember. I remember the first day we bought a BETA player. We could watch movies at home! (Yes—we had to eventually replace it with a VHS player). I remember the first day we installed…
By: Marc Andresen on November 12, 2015
“…like you were walking into the middle of a conversation?” This is what it feels like to open a book, only to discover that the first page inside the cover has a “29″ in the upper right corner. Who absconded with everything up through page 28? Yes, those pages are not extant in my copy…
By: Jason Kennedy on November 12, 2015
Introduction: A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet is a highly researched book that views how media has shaped and impacted the world in which we live. From Gutenberg’s press in the 1400s to the crazed social media era we live in today, Asa Briggs and Peter Burke explain how media has…
By: Colleen Batchelder on November 12, 2015
Briggs and Burke seek to bring us into the historical complexities of dialogue and challenge us to communicate effectively. “This book argues that, whatever the starting-point, it is necessary for people working in communication and cultural studies – a still growing number – to take history seriously, as well as for historians – whatever their…
By: Aaron Peterson on November 12, 2015
Media and technology are everywhere. As I sit here in Huntington Imaging Center waiting to get X-rays a man walks in and comments, “Everyone is on a device.” I stop writing, look around and see the 15 other patients in the room all staring at a screen; most phones, but two working on laptops. Me?…
