Nine Prayers for Innovation

Nine Prayers for Innovation

DELIGHT & DESIRE PASSAGE: Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 PRINCIPLE: Notice the order of these comments from King David. First comes the command to find your heart’s delight in God. Then comes the promise...
Experiments: Bullets Before Cannonballs

Experiments: Bullets Before Cannonballs

Experiments are the seeds of innovation. And while they are just one of a variety of factors in the formula for cultivating a culture of innovation, they may be the X factor. Here’s why: if innovation can be imagined as a funnel, experiments are the top of the funnel;...
Experiments: Enemies of Experimentation

Experiments: Enemies of Experimentation

The enemies of experimentation are legion. And taking the first step to simply name them is huge. What do you think gets in the way of you and your team or your organization experimenting? What are the top enemies of experimentation? Name them. Write them down. Doing...
Experiments: Can God Experiment?

Experiments: Can God Experiment?

Let’s tread water in the deep end of the innovation pool again and ask a question that will help further refine our theology of innovation, specifically, related to experiments. Here it is: Can God experiment? I really don’t think this is one of those trick questions...