by kayedwards | Sep 30, 2021 | blog
This may be the best phrase I have heard all month. Church as a verb. The Network leader who said it, said it with the best of intentions. He was responding to a story of God showing up, in the least likely of places and in the most unexpected ways, for someone who...
by kayedwards | Sep 30, 2021 | blog
“Everyone is trying to find the quick, easy solution,” I heard from one network member recently. “It doesn’t exist.”When things are hard, we look for something that will make the pain go away fast, like pulling our hand out of the fire. But sometimes the hard points...
by kayedwards | Sep 30, 2021 | blog
I had a conversation with a Network member the other day about margin stacking. Margin stacking is the cost or profit margin that each member of the supply chain contributes to bring a product to the end user. That’s the official definition. I am thinking about an...
by kayedwards | Jun 14, 2021 | blog
I think this statement perfectly sums up much of what I have been hearing in the Network recently. While the last year has been a time of tremendous creativity, not all of the ideas that we come up with are good ones, and I would suggest even good ideas can be too...
by kayedwards | Jun 14, 2021 | blog
This statement comes from a Network member leading in higher education. Among all of the changes he and his constituents are currently experiencing, this is the primary one he is focused on. How does he know to focus on this? He knows because he spends time listening...
by kayedwards | Jun 14, 2021 | blog
If only we all had a crystal ball. It would be so easy to know what to do next in every situation. One of my clients told me the other day that the most helpful thing we could do for her organization is figure out what they should do next. As leaders, how do we do...
