This is a novel idea.  I sense a marketing campaign coming on. HT:  Ed Stetzer

Acts435.org.uk I don’t know of another website like this in the US. This is a creative ministry idea from the UK. People tell local churches their specific needs and it gets posted to the internet.  Then people can give to specific needs. Simple, innovative, and solves problems. How many requests for help do you get at your church, especially around the holidays.  Most churches don’t know how to help (and can’t help everyone).  This seems like a great solution. Maybe someone reading this would like to start something like this. You start it… I’ll help promote...

Inc. Magazine recently had a great article on brainstorming.  Here’s part of it… Brainstorming is big at most creative organizations today, but in becoming ubiquitous it has lost something. The invitation “let’s brainstorm about that” typically leads to a gathering in a conference room where the convener asks for ideas then shoots them down as fast as they come up. And brainstorming sessions have come to resemble any other meeting—veering off topic, sucking up time, and causing impatience or boredom. That’s in part because brainstorming has been compressed and...

One of the biggest questions right now, whether it be personal or business, is how to innovate and move past what has come before. In fact, whole companies have grown up around the idea of innovation and fostering it within staid organizations. But really it comes down to a single question. What If? Throughout the ages, innovation has been fostered by imagining what is possible instead of what you can do with your current resources. The key way to innovate is to question the status quo and “ask the right questions” – not what can we do now, but what is possible. via How To Innovate By...

Kaihan Krippendorff writes:  For more than a decade I’ve studied history’s most creative strategists–from Napoleon Bonaparte to John Boyd–and compared their thinking habits with those of their modern peers–Grameen Bank founder Mohammad Yunus or Tesla CEO Elon Musk. I have found five thinking habits that stand out: 1.  Mental time travel 2.  Seeing the interconnected system 3.  Frame-shifting 4.  Disruptive mindset 5.  Influence It really makes for a fascinating read: The Five Habits of Great Innovators When are YOU at your most INNOVATIVE...