Leadership Jump
Jimmy Long An extremely timely book that just might save the established church. Long describes in detail one of the most urgent and potentially destructive issues of our time – how to transition leadership from the top-down, command and control world of Modernity to the bottom-up, team based, permission giving emerging postmodern world. He not only […]
Levine and Locke, The Cluetrain Manifesto
Levine, Rick, Locke, Christopher, et alThe Cluetrain Manifesto The Cluetrain Manifesto, by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls and David Weinberger, (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2000), 190 pages, hardcover, $23.00. All church webmasters, anyone interested in interactive, electronic ministries, and any church leader wanting to explore the power of the “word-of-web” should read this book. […]
Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Lencioni, PatrickThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team – A Leadership Fable The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni (San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company, 2002) 229 pages, hardback, $22.00. (Obtain from Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 The author zeroes in on the […]
David C. Korten, When Corporations Rule the World
Korten, David C.When Corporations Rule the World (Kumarian Press) is one of the most important books of 1995. His theme is that we are entering a time when global expansion makes it easier for corporations than governments to rule the world. He cites numerous examples of corporations lining up to do so. Their argument is […]
Kevin Kelly, New Rules for the New Economy
Kelly, KevinNew Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a C New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (New York, NY: Viking, 1998), 172 pages, hardcover, $19.95. Obtain from Viking, Penguin Putnam, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. New Rules for The New Economy was […]
Gerard Kelly, RetroFuture
Kelly, GerardRetroFuture (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 237 pages, paperback, $12.99, Obtain from InterVarsity Press, PO Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515. RetroFuture is a must read. It is clear, concise, and biblically pointed in the questions that it poses. Anyone can understand this book without forfeiting any depth whatsoever. The author is a […]