In the story of Daniel, the Babylonians demanded that Daniel violate his faith by eating food sacrificed to their idols. Daniel could have launched a hunger strike or he could have relented, but he did neither. Instead, Daniel patiently won his bosses over with kindness, respect and logic. Initially, Daniel’s request was declined, but he didn’t give up. Daniel regrouped ...
My wife, Kathy, loves history. She recently shared that during World War I, America discovered that the Germans were listening to the American phone transmissions. This caused great harm to American troops. A Captain of the 142nd Infantry Regiment overheard two Choctaw Indian soldiers speaking their native language, when he had an idea! He sought out as many Choctaw ...
When I was a child, our local shopping center, Truman Corners, creatively advertised a ping pong ball drop. A helicopter was scheduled to drop ping pong balls into the parking lot. The ping pong balls would be marked with potential prizes. This creative idea filled the parking lot with thousands of people chasing bouncing ping pong balls. The individual ...
My new friend, Andy, was leading a training with a company on how they can better hire and value the disabled. The diversity of thought and value they can bring to a workplace is often overlooked. Andy asked the group to draw a star. Everyone in the class except one person drew a star as they might see in the ...
According to psypost.org, researcher Verena Krause performed a study on creativity. The study group was told to think about God while doing creative exercises. The control group was not advised to think about God. The researchers found that those participants who focused on God were less creative. The study seems illogical to me. It’s as if the researchers believed that ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
