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I enjoy reading the blogs of Paul Sohn, and the following can be found in its entirety in his blog, God and Guinness: The Missional Drink that Changed the World. I am quoting most of Sohn’s thoughts here with some modifications, not as an advocate of the Guinness drink, but as an example of what businesses can […]
“Be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.” (King Solomon in Proverbs 23:19) The football season is over for another year but not without its accusations of cheating, scandal and ethical challenges. Such is true of all of life and especially in doing business internationally and cross culturally. Doing business ethically between […]
Some people find it confusing to read about socially conscious business, social entrepreneurship or values-driven business. Isn’t business just business – driven by profit margins acceptable to shareholders? What’s all this talk of values, social impact and community development? For the past decade or so it has become increasingly popular to talk about social purposes, […]
Marcus Mariota of the Oregon Ducks football team has been much in the sports news the past two months. Last month he won the 2014 Heisman Trophy in a landslide and on January 12 he led the Ducks in the national championship game. There is no question he is a talented record-breaking all-star quarterback. But […]
I am always intrigued with titles like this one I saw recently: The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail. Why would I not be interested? We are in the startup business; and I don’t like failure; and it is the start of a new year! The study analyzed more than 101 startup post mortems for reasons […]
IBEC’s purpose is to help build sustainable businesses through consultative expertise that changes lives and transforms communities. We help build! IBEC leadership and consultants are committed to partnering to get the job done. We want to work together in collaboration with other individuals and organizations – and we do. We help – we do not […]
There are many ways to say “Merry Christmas” or to give a Christmas greeting in the languages of the world. The greetings above represent “Merry Christmas” in most of the languages served by IBEC consultants. Despite cultural and linguistic differences there is one commonality – the Christ of Christmas! The continuity of Christ – from […]
Today I received a text from our youngest daughter Trudy, “Back on US soil! Just landed in DC.” I am very thankful today. She had been in harm’s way this past month, serving the 1.7 million refugees in Northern Iraq as an HR Director for her organization. Two days ago a suicide bomber killed several […]
Today I was contacted by a bright young man in the banking industry. A university graduate in banking and finance, he has just completed his second year with a major bank. He asked me, “How can I use my experience and training to help make a difference with what you are doing?” We talked for […]
This question is sometimes asked by North American kingdom business persons who own or manage businesses: “What can I offer as consultant, advisor, mentor or coach?” It is a natural question for business persons living and working in a very different context from a business startup in Asia, Africa or the Middle East. What is business […]