by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Feb 10, 2020 | Centralized Institutions, Circle of Impact, Community, Decentralized Networks, Ideas, Impact, Questions, Relationships, Structure, Transition, Uncategorized
We live in a world that is in transition.
One of the most significant transitions that we are experiencing is in the nature of leadership.
It used to be that leadership was reserved for the person who was the head of an organization. We knew who the leader was because he or she had a title that defined their role as the leader of the organization.
Since there are only a few leaders, it means everyone else is a follower.
The Relationship between Leaders and Followers is Changing
The relation between leading and following is in transition.
It once was true that great leaders had great followers. However, over time, as the world has changed, we are far more aware of what our leaders are really like. The issue for the follower is ‘Do I trust the leader?’. For leaders, the question is ‘Do I respect the follower?’
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Jan 30, 2020 | Book, Brand, Centralized Institutions, Circle of Impact, Community, Decentralized Networks, Two Global Forces, Uncategorized
Entering a world that is dramatically different than my own, as I did in going to Africa, things stand out. Traveling in the rural areas, seeing motorbikes used to haul goods. Harvested agriculture products spread on the ground beside the highway ready to be loaded to be taken to market. People living in extreme poverty. Visiting a hundred-year-old man, who was homeless because he had outlived his family, showed me the power of local communities to mitigate the effects of poverty. Through these experiences, and more, the Two Global Forces took on a deeper, richer meaning.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Jan 14, 2020 | Circle of Impact, Ideas, Impact, Transition, Uncategorized
Mitchell Levy has a great project ongoing.
He is seeking to understand what is the nature of credibility of people who are thought leaders.
I was honored to be interviewed by him
Here is the Thought Leader: Credibility website. Check out the other interviews at https://www.thoughtleaderlife.com/
Now, enjoy our conversation. Thanks very much, Mitchell.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Jan 6, 2020 | Book, Circle of Impact, Conversations, Ideas, Impact, Questions, Relationships, Transition, Uncategorized
Transition is a central experience of all of our lives. It is also one of the most misunderstood. We know that we proceed through our lives as a succession of days, weeks, months and years. For many of us, we see this only as a process of aging. We grow older. Our...
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Dec 30, 2019 | Impact, Uncategorized
Terrence Mallick’s A Hidden Life is a story of a man who is unlike any man that I know. He is a man who is unwilling to sit in judgment of others knowing that it will cost him his life. Which it does.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Dec 28, 2019 | Book, Circle of Impact, Impact, Transition, Uncategorized
We are all in transition.
However, to understand how we are, we need metaphors of transition.
Here are three that I shared with students at the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah.
The Stage
The River
The Room
