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Grey Matter Thinking
“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.” –Nassim Taleb
Tim Finley
Co-Founder
tim@group1631.com
It goes without saying that in the average American household mass media has become the primary transmitter of a largely uncensored, up-to-the-minute, post-modern world view. Parents, children and entire families are being held hostage by the all-consuming 24/7 onslaught of media.
The once well-defined lines between news and entertainment, fact and fiction, image and message, truth and lies have all become blurred. The values displayed in the media have passively become our own.
The media is how our culture shares.
The media greets us in the morning and it’s the last thing we see at night. The media is constantly with our children when they’re alone. Its voice and values have mostly displaced ours as parents.
Anselm House lives in this reality. As our lifestyles move faster and faster, we turn to the media to meet some of our deepest needs. The need for relationships. The need for information. And the need to feel part of a community. Tragically, there is a voice that is seldom heard in the media. It is the authentic voice of God.
When God’s truth is irrelevant in the media, it becomes more irrelevant in our daily lives. But if God’s love can be communicated with relevance and understanding, then the media can be raised to its highest purpose. This is both the hope and mission of Mars Hill Media.
A senior marketing leader who can bring a strategic outside view
Adam Grant, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, reveals the kind of person who is the key to making teams succeed. He calls them the “disagreeable giver”. According to Grant, executive level members of your team who tell it like it is, might get on your nerves a bit–but they’re the most undervalued people in business.
“Disagreeable givers are the people who are willing to give the critical feedback you don’t want to hear–but you need to hear,” Grant says. “They are the people who challenge the status quo and push the organization to make painful but necessary changes. They’re invaluable,” Grant says.
But therein lies the problem. Many leadership teams don’t have a contrarian or disagreeable giver–someone who plays the devil’s advocate. That’s a tragic mistake. As Chief Marketing Strategists, we work with clients on critical problem solving and strategy with the goal of refocusing and rebooting stale thinking and dead-end sales and marketing efforts.
Without question the media is the loudest voice in our culture.
It goes without saying that in the average American household mass media has become the primary transmitter of a largely uncensored, up-to-the-minute, post-modern world view. Parents, children and entire families are being held hostage by the all-consuming 24/7 onslaught of media.
The once well-defined lines between news and entertainment, fact and fiction, image and message, truth and lies have all become blurred. The values displayed in the media have passively become our own.
The media is how our culture shares.
The media greets us in the morning and it’s the last thing we see at night. The media is constantly with our children when they’re alone. Its voice and values have mostly displaced ours as parents.
Anselm House lives in this reality. As our lifestyles move faster and faster, we turn to the media to meet some of our deepest needs. The need for relationships. The need for information. And the need to feel part of a community. Tragically, there is a voice that is seldom heard in the media. It is the authentic voice of God.
When God’s truth is irrelevant in the media, it becomes more irrelevant in our daily lives. But if God’s love can be communicated with relevance and understanding, then the media can be raised to its highest purpose. This is both the hope and mission of Mars Hill Media.
A senior marketing leader who can bring a strategic outside view
Adam Grant, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, reveals the kind of person who is the key to making teams succeed. He calls them the “disagreeable giver”. According to Grant, executive level members of your team who tell it like it is, might get on your nerves a bit–but they’re the most undervalued people in business.
“Disagreeable givers are the people who are willing to give the critical feedback you don’t want to hear–but you need to hear,” Grant says. “They are the people who challenge the status quo and push the organization to make painful but necessary changes. They’re invaluable,” Grant says.
But therein lies the problem. Many leadership teams don’t have a contrarian or disagreeable giver–someone who plays the devil’s advocate. That’s a tragic mistake. As Chief Marketing Strategists, we work with clients on critical problem solving and strategy with the goal of refocusing and rebooting stale thinking and dead-end sales and marketing efforts.
Grey Matter Thinking
“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.” –Nassim Taleb
70% of senior executives admit their strategy process is broken
Non-Profits Must Challenge the Status Quo or Die
- The social side of the strategy process shuts down “outside” voices
- The “inside view” prevents new thinking from even making it to the strategy room
- Courageous leaders must drive strategic ideation and lead execution
Our donor development strategies have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for many of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations
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The team at Group 1631 has many gifts, and they are proven in their ability to provide wisdom, input, and counsel right where your organization needs it most
We were just thinking about how grateful we are for all your wise counsel and your work in helping get Spreading Hope Network into such a better position! Thank you! You’re great strategic advisors!
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