9 Insights that Might Stretch Your Thinking

Here are some thoughts from various sites over the last week that grabbed my attention:

1. Ben Arment shared: “When we use other churches as the benchmark for creativity, we produce “churchy” ideas. There are higher forms of creativity we need to be looking at.”
2. Forbes article by Edward Hess: “All growth creates risks that need to be managed.”
3. Paul Allen on MinistryStrategies.com: “Having a vision statement doesn’t mean you have vision.”
4. Wired article: “Amazon sells more E-books than hardcovers.”
5. From TechCrunch: “Netflix is smart to realize that the future is streaming.”
6. Mashable article: “Amazon customers are now ordering more than $1 billion worth of products per year via mobile devices.”
7. The SoChurch blog is providing insights on communications strategy for churches.
8. Google Chrome developers are changing their release strategy: “We will be looking to release a new stable version about once every six weeks, roughly twice as often as we do today.”
9. Forbes article highlights coming hiring trend: “More than half, 54%, of the U.S. respondents representing companies whose staffs had been cut in the previous 12 months told us they would be rebuilding their workforce to pre-recession levels within the next two years.”