Day 2 Summary

Hey there everyone,

Today has been another good day at the Leadership Summit. I have learned a lot and am in somewhat of an information overload. Why? Starting from 9AM until 5PM with lunch and breaks in between with speakers sharing information while myself and the other attendees are taking notes like crazy. Anyways, here is another brief summary of some of the various information I picked up on today.

First off, the worship time today was AWESOME!!! I had tears of joy and had to stop singing throughout most of the worship time earlier today. Just imagine, in a room with 7,000 people all singing and praising God. Just singing their hearts out, plus other sites throughout North America singing praise to God as well. That to me is just very, very awesome and cool. I wish you all could be here to see and experience that.


Second, my summary of what the various speakers today has to say:


Michael Porter from Harvard university spoke about how we (the church or company) should best serve the community. He focused on making sure the reasons behind our actions (our meaning your church or company) are valid plus effective. The key is that we create social value. Here's the equation for social value

Social Value= Social benefits
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Resources expended



So, that was interesting. We just need to be clear and to make sure that what we are doing is effective, clear, and actually doing something.


General Colin Powell was interviewed; this was a pre-recorded one. He had a lot of what he liked to call Powell principles and I've touched on a few below.



Oh, oh oh, one key point (what I'm sure most of you already know)


Trust is key in interpersonal relationships.

I'm sure you all know what will happen if you don't have that key in your relationships.



Another principle is that only people can get things done. This means followers and not charts, PowerPoint presentations, groups etc. That's all good at the end of the day yet, the people will get things done. Now, I know that because you people, wherever you're serving, is getting things done. So, keep up the good work. Lastly, another principle is that you need to be prepared to disappoint. Now, doesn't that sound odd? It does to me yet, after chewing it for awhile it makes sense. You or I cannot make everyone absolutely happy no matter what. You might have done all you can do that you think will make your boss or pastor happy, yet he or she still might leave at the end of the day not pleased nor happy with what you worked on that particular day.


John Ortberg spoke about a leader's greatest fear. This talk was more of an introspective look into what we as leaders do that tear us down, rip us on the inside, and something that is entirely selfish. He used the story of Esther as an example to focus on shadow mission. An example of a shadow mission in the story of Esther is Haman who was trying to get fame, glory, and more. Yet, he kept saying it was for an official purpose and snuck his order to wipe out Mordecai's people.



Lastly, we watched a video interview of Richard Curtis. An interesting man who is trying to make a difference in the world, but is not a Christian. Two things I took away form him: 1. There is power in humor 2. Pick people for the right reasons Now, keep in mind that he is not a Christian plus he's a director not even a church person. Odd, on how that is two rather somewhat obvious principles yet we (church people or business people) do not make us of either as best we should at times. Myself included in that group.



That's a rather detailed summary and I hope you are able to see where I'm at while at this year's Leadership Summit. Have a good weekend everyone! :)