Not all stories end happily; in fact, not all readers want stories to end with good outcomes. However, Business as Mission (BAM) seeks quadruple bottom line outcomes which are good. One of those outcomes has to do with the spiritual, faith, and discipleship. Some call them Kingdom outcomes. The book Missions Disrupted provides the reader […]
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When I began to seriously study the science of how adults learn in the context of a team and in another culture, I learned things like: “Involve me, so I can understand” from Dwight Smith, author of Creating Understanding an expert of culture in Africa. “Coaching requires curious questioning” in my coach training from Bob
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The conversation about measurement in business and determining what matters is a lengthy one. Andy Grove summarized the issue with — we need to “measure what matters,” and that is the difficult part. So, we talk about the language of Financial Analysis Dashboards, KPIs, sales metrics, customer retention rates, CAC, and much more. The world
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This article was originally published on the website www.businessasmission.com on May 29, 2025. —– This article is for BAM practitioners and those who support them in their work. It’s about what to do when something really bad happens and how to mitigate it happening in the first place. I have been visiting, observing, asking questions,
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