As we begin a new year, many people have developed their strategic plan, their marketing plan, or their financial plans for the year. How many businesses, however, have ever considered developing a ministry plan? If you’re sincere about your faith, wouldn

In 2001, I owned a consulting practice that morphed into less consulting and more ministry. Gods blessing on those ministry activities led to forming a nonprofit today called Unconventional Business Network. During that transition I wanted to assure that

Its hard to know whether the plans I develop for the New Year are from me or from God. Im a very optimistic person so my plans can lean towards being unrealistic. Yet, a common question is, If Im carrying out Gods purpose, wouldnt He provide all tha

Did you know that until 1752 our forefathers celebrated New Years Day on March 25th? Our culture tries to undermine Christianity, but New Years Day is an example of the far-reaching impact Christians have had, even on our calendar. In 1582, Pope Gregory

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Scott Cook, cofounder of Intuit, and Professor Nitin Noharia discussed how to enhance customer value. The article highlighted CEO of RELX, Erik Engstrom. Engstrom has been asking his team customer-obsessed ques

Globally, 83% of the worlds population claims that religion is important to them. But of the 38 wealthiest nations that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, including the United States, only 36% view religion as important

The vision of Unconventional Business Network is that every business leader would become a Christ-centered catalyst for workplace transformation. The foundation of our vision is being Christ-centered. As we reflect on the birth of Christ, I’m reminded of

As we celebrate Christmas Eve, imagine the day before Jesus birth. Joseph had been leading a donkey for likely five days as he and Mary made the 90-mile trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem. All so that Rome could tax him more money. The final insult to this

One of the most dangerous aspects of AI will likely become our dependence upon AI rather than on God. Google gave us the search engine, but AI takes the search engine far deeper by providing prescriptive directives and knowledge based on research. Each da

A recent Wall Street Journal article chronicled business leaders complaints that too many employees are focusing on their phones or their laptops during business meetings. Some leaders acknowledged that they were guilty of the same behavior. In todays f