October 28, 2015

October 28, 2015 By

Recommended: The Virtues of Capitalism A Review of The Virtues of Capitalism By Mikel Del Rosario In The Virtues of Capitalism: A Moral Case for Free Markets, Austin Hill and Scott Rae examine capitalism from a Christian perspective, arguing that it is the economic system most compatible with classic Judeo-Christian virtues. They demonstrate that economics is intertwined with moral issues by comparing capitalism to other economic systems, focusing on the impact these systems have on human rights and poverty. The book... Read more

October 10, 2015

October 10, 2015 By

…or so says author James Altucher here, for Medium.  As with the list from Inc. we pointed you towards a few days ago, there are definitely some surprises! Altucher says: Here’s my top 10 list of braingasm books. Books that will raise your IQ between the time you start and the time you end. By the way, there are more than 10 of these books. This is just my TOP 10. Although not really in that order. It’s hard for... Read more

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015 By

We keep running into lists of unconventional business books (or unconventional lists of business books).  Here are two that showed up yesterday: 20 Book Recommendations from Billionaire Charlie Munger that Will Make You Smarter  from the blog Farnam Street (P.S. Language warning, if you need one): Not only is Munger one of the smartest people on the planet—his lecture on the psychology of human misjudgment is the best 45 minutes you might spend this year—but he’s put all of those... Read more

September 29, 2015

September 29, 2015 By

When I hear high powered leaders talking about all they accomplish (or get others to accomplish) I sometimes think of that old Emily Dickinson poem – I’m nobody!  So I was struck when Dr. Curt Thompson, in his splendid work The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves (reviewed here) reminded us that we are all leaders, or can become leaders, in our own way, in our own places. We need not be (to use Ms. Dickinson’s image) “public like... Read more

September 27, 2015

September 27, 2015 By

Reprinted from the Center for Faith and Work, LeTourneau University Does God care about economics? Jay Richards, Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, believes He does. In Money, Greed, and God, Richards seeks to dispel the myth that the essence of capitalism is greed. He challenges Christians to be salt and light in a world under attack by greed. Standing between critics of free markets, on the one hand, and prosperity-gospel... Read more

September 22, 2015

September 22, 2015 By

This post originally appeared at Booknotes in September 2009. But these books are all just as good now as they were then! Earlier this week I did a pair of posts inspired by the important and much publicized G20 Summit held in Pittsburgh, PA.  And the mixed bag of serious protests, important resistance, violent anarchist disruption and police over-reaction in the city of steel.I wanted to list off a batch of important books for those who want to further study... Read more

September 16, 2015

September 16, 2015 By

This list appeared at Inc a few days ago.  Some of the entries may surprise you!  Here are the top 5: 1. The Remains of the Day Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos lists Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day among his favorite books, citing its ability to teach readers about life and regret. 2. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics As Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO, James... Read more

September 11, 2015

September 11, 2015 By

Read the first part of Romal Tune’s interview with Al Erisman here. Reprinted with permission. This interview originally appeared at the Huffington Post. RT: In The Accidental Executive you share a lot of life lessons. What are two or three of the most important life lessons you learned as a business leaders and Christian? One is the role of leadership. As a leader, it is not about you, but about serving others. Second, our work is not about the titles,... Read more

September 10, 2015

September 10, 2015 By

By Romal Tune, reprinted with permission. This interview originally appeared at the Huffington Post. For much of my career I’ve worked in the faith community but lately I’ve been asked by a few companies to conduct workshops on professional and personal development. I found it a little challenging to make the transition. During that time I met Michael Erisman, a VP of Human Resources . One of the things Michael and I discussed, and what prompted our relationship, was that... Read more

September 8, 2015

September 8, 2015 By

In case you missed it, a few days ago on the Huffington Post, Romal Tune interviewed Al Erisman, whose great interviews from Ethix have been featured on our sister blog MISSION:WORK (here’s one with Gloria Nelund of TriLinc Global).  Romal talked to Al about his new book The Accidental Executive, which talks about the story of Joseph in the Bible and how he rose from slave to, as Al likes to put it, “CEO of the Egyptian International Food Company.”... Read more

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