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Steve Jobs’ Legacy: Real Artists Ship

by Ken Leadership

“Real artists ship.” — Steve Jobs (1955-2011) That was one of Steve Jobs’ early mantras for his team of geniuses. What did he mean? Jobs meant that it doesn’t really matter how beautiful your dreams are, how simple your lines are, or how ergonomic your next product is in your mind’s eye. Real artists ship. [...]

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Act Now!

by Ken Leadership

This paper is not going to write itself. October arrived four days ago. With a November 1 deadline looming for the first three chapters of my 150-page dissertation, I reached the sobering conclusion that: This paper is not going to write itself. For the next few weeks (27 days to be exact) my early mornings, [...]

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Video: This is Church!

by Ken Movements

What if we tried a fresh, 20-century-old approach to church? It might look like this…

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Video: Social Media Revolution 2011

by Ken Culture

I know you’re probably tired of hearing more statistics about social media. But how well do you use it? How well does your organization, business, church or local ministry use social media to empower your vision champions? To drive change? To bring new business in the front door? To accomplish your mission? As leaders we [...]

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Authoritative Leadership Requires Credibility

by Ken Leadership

In today’s postmodern cultures, the ability to influence others – to lead – is increasingly dependent on one’s credibility rather than one’s position. “Because we said so” never really worked that well in leadership. Authoritarian leadership by coercion has become passe. That doesn’t mean we can’t lead authoritatively. As authoritative leaders we call others to [...]

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How to Improve Any Virtual Team Meeting

by Ken Leadership

This fourth post in our series on Distance Leadership comes from my good friend Erik Butz. Erik has been serving as an Operations leader in East Asia for over a decade. How to Improve Any Virtual Team Meeting We all know that running an effective meeting is tough, even with a group from the same [...]

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Why Campus Crusade changed its name

by Ken Culture

The big news, as you may have now heard, is that Campus Crusade for Christ has changed its name to Cru for our US ministries. This name change comes as we are celebrating God’s good hand on this ministry for 60 incredible years. The two-year process of seeking the Lord for a new name engaged the [...]

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