Well, it has been an amazing day at the Leadership Summit. Michael Porter, Colin Powell, John Ortberg, and then the interview with Richard Curtis. There were so many times today when time stopped and I forgot where I was. I was totally absorbed in the moment. And challenged. Challenged to really think...

As a leading voice in the emerging church discussions, Dan Kimball 's writings are often focused on designing worship services that include creative and artistic forms of worship. His latest release, a must-read, is They Like Jesus, But Not the Church , which explores six of the most common objections...

Nancy Ortberg, our next guest blogger, is the best leader I have ever worked with (and I've worked with a lot of leaders). Serving on her staff team at Axis here at Willow Creek was a graduate-level class on leadership that forever changed me. Nancy was a teaching pastor at Willow Creek for eight...

Update: The slides for Michael Porter's session are available here . Welcome to Day Two of the Summit. Hope your body is rested and your mind is ready for a powerhouse day of leadership learning. Michael Porter has LITERALLY written the book on strategy, as Greg Hawkins points out in his video "Why...

Hello to everyone joining us this year at the Summit. I know there are a lot of newbies to the Summit, so I thought I would throw out a few ideas to help you make the most of your time (and not a bad reminder for veterans either). Our hope is that each session really messes with you - that the ideas...