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Convolife
Conversations about Leadership, Innovation, Faith and Entrepreneurship
Episodes
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Episode 19 - No Such Thing as a Bad Idea.
The only bad idea is one that is implemented without scrutiny. "But it's my idea! How dare you criticise it!" Heard that before? Then you'll be interested in what David and Dave have to say about how we generate and assess ideas. Listen Here
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Episode 18 - The Danger of the CEO's Shower
"The CEO's shower is the most dangerous place in this company." Dave C actually said that in a meeting of very senior staff at the company he was working at. It certainly got people's attention. The problem was, whenever the CEO had a bright idea (in the shower or elsewhere) he'd share it with...
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Episode 17 - Leadership and Identity
In this episode, David Jones is in conversation with Lisa Kelly from Adelaide in South Australia. They talk about leadership, passion and identity. Resources. Lead with Wisdom by Mark Strom Listen here.
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Episode 16 - Survivors of Trauma
In this episode, Dave Cornford talks with Barb Shearer-Jones on the issue of caring for survivors of trauma and abuse. Barb is the former Chair of Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) , and brings a practical perspective to this challenging and sensitive issue. Resources Mandatory Reporting This...
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Episode 15 - What is Vision?
In this Episode, we explore Vision, Mission, Purpose and a few other buzzwords besides. What are they, when do they help, and when do you even need them? Listen here Find the podcast on itunes here.
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Episode 14 - Interview with Stephen McAlpine
Stephen McAlpine is a church planter, blogger and writer from Perth, Western Australia. In this interview with Dave Cornford, Stephen talks particularly about the importance of - understanding context - the liturgy of life as well as the "thick" liturgy of worship - leadership in church planting....
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Episode 13 - Making with Words
More About Making with Words Listen Here Find the podcast on itunes here.
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Episode 12 - Perspectives on the Future
In this episode we tackle some big questions about the future. What is it? How do we think about it? How do I get a job as a "futurist"? As leaders for change, how do we orient ourselves towards it? And if you're wondering why the image for this post is a piece of repaired pottery, you'll need to...
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Episode 11 - Interview with Dr Grant Bickerton
Dr Grant Bickerton is a counselling psychologist who also has 15 years experience as a missionary in Australia and overseas. Grant’s research expertise concerns the psychological and spiritual variables that reduce work stress and promote well-being among Christian missionaries. He conducts...
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Episode 10 - The Whiteboard as Holy Instrument of Conversation
Our whiteboard for Episode 6. David and Dave talk about the particular characteristics of a whiteboard make it a vital tool for conversations that hope to lead to innovation. Quotes Stone tablets are for recording things that don't change. Early over-legitimization of ideas by PowerPoint is...
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Episode 9 - Overcoming Change Resistance
When it comes to moving into the build space, the challenges of implementing change come to the fore - and potentially, the forces of resistance move into gear for some rear-guard action. David and Dave discuss types of Change Resistance, and how to overcome them. Quotes "We can't end up in a…
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Episode 8 - Change Making
How do we take our intent forward? Charting the way forward, idea generation, leaving your ego at the door, protoyping and more. Quotes The outcome of this first piece of work when we're going to make change is getting the scope and clarity and the intent shared. If you're on the receiving end of...
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Episode 7 - Scope
How do we coalesce towards sharing a purpose together that will shape the way we work together? Quotes Change is actually continuous, but our response to it is not always to do something. Sometimes it confirms us more in the way we are. It can make us more comfortable to hold things that are more...
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Episode 6 - Stepping Into The Future.
Dave and David looking for their DeLorean Looking into the future can be daunting - but is unavoidable for the leader. References Romans 8:19 talks about the creation waiting with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. It provides an orientation towards the future of eager longing...
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Episode 5 - Entrepreneurship
Yes, please, sir, I want to be one! But what does it mean to be an entrepreneur, and what does it take to be one? David and Dave explore this in the general sense and then as it does (or doesn't) apply to church planters in the episode. Quotes: An entrepreneur is someone who can recognise, grow...
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Episode 4 - Faith
So, how does faith in Jesus influence the leader or innovator? How does being a leader or innovator influence your faith? Quotes: Faith is a lived journey: We're very clear that whatever faith is it is not just a propositional system. Faith is a relationship that we live into with Jesus and that...
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Episode 3 - Innovation
WARNING! Buzzword alert! Yep, innovation is in danger of becoming a meaningless cliche - if only that meant we could avoid the need for it! Alas, adapting to our changing mission contexts means something like "innovate or perish!" In this episode we try to grasp what it is and what it isn't.…
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Episode 2 - Leadership
What's the "L" stand for? We continue our foundation series in episode 2, discussing leadership, what's good, what's bad and what's the point? We understand Leadership in terms of the conversations that we have, or the conversations that are distinctively taking place, when we reach for the L…
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Episode 1 - Conversations
So, what's ConvoLIFE all about? In the first series of the podcast, our hosts will unpack each of the foundational dimensions of their thinking in this arena - conversations, leadership, innovation, faith and entrepreneurship. In Episode 1, David and Dave explain what they mean by…
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