Whitestone Podcast

General Electric and Your Same Great Challenge

General Electric was a powerhouse company during the entire 20th century. But now it’s struggling. And it faces exactly the challenges you do in your business or nonprofit! Kevin’s discusses how free markets really work and the core keys to stewardship by every organization’s leaders. // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Tariffs, the Chicken Tax, and Neighbors

Just what’s exactly in play with tariffs? Is it crucial policy or just politics as usual? The purpose and impact of tariffs and their justifying public policy rationale is framed and on the table. And Kevin wraps it up with just the twist the topic of tariffs calls for: just who is the Christian’s neighbor?  // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Uncertainty Creates Epic Opportunities

Uncertainty has gotten a bad name—everyone naturally works to eliminate it from their enterprises. But handling uncertainty with the right mindset is what can bring opportunity…even epic opportunity! Kevin flips it all pretty much upside down here. Uncertainty…good? Also—the wrong certainty can kill you…? // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Benchmarking to the Uniquely Best for Extraordinary Results

Benchmarking to greatness is the only path to sustainable success for your workplace enterprise! While many strong leaders and organizations can and should be candidates for benchmarking, Kevin builds the case for the Uniquely Best as the ultimate benchmark for every one of our organizations. // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org. 

Update from The Whitestone Forum

Full-Time Ministry for Every Christian

Are you in full-time ministry? Well, if you’re a serious Christian, of course you are! In this episode, Kevin dives into why and how all Christians—no matter where they work—are called to be astute, effective ambassadors for God’s Kingdom! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Daniel’s Relevance to Leaders - Relevancy #4: Relentlessly Faithful Dailiness

The book of Daniel is an amazing guide for dimensions of how we should think as Christians. Here, Kevin speaks to Daniel’s relentlessly faithful dailiness. Yes, you can and should be exulting in the opportunity embedded in what ordinarily might be considered mind-numbing dailiness. Here’s how. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org.

Daniel’s Relevance to Leaders - Relevancy #3: Lifetime Ambassador

Daniel shows the way to be a lifetime ambassador for God…the very role that God has designed for believers. And Daniel does so for his entire adult life in kingdoms hostile to the God of Israel. Kevin unpacks why and how Daniel is so amazingly relevant to us as serious Christians. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

The John Boyd Series - Part 1: Building Snowmobiles

John Boyd was one of most interesting personalities in America in the second half of the last century—a man we can learn a lot from as leaders. Kevin starts “The John Boyd Series” with a look at the real necessity of leaders “building snowmobiles” in their organizations. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

The Evergreen Target of Being an Elite Knowledge Worker

The astute Peter Drucker forecast it long ago—nowadays, being an evergreen knowledge worker is essential! In this episode, Kevin summarizes some of the radical change that has worked to make this statement true and provides the crucial steps for being an elite knowledge worker. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

The Risks of Mt. Everest vs. Mars Hill

Understanding risk properly is vital to the Christian life! Contrasting the fiasco on top of Mt. Everest in 2019 with the Apostle Paul at Mars Hill helps illuminate one specific difference in risk-taking. In this episode, Kevin takes on why risk-taking is so different for the born-again believer. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

Feeling Like Adam in Your Economics?

Scotsman Adam Smith was a true original, publishing a pioneering foundation of economics in 1776. And Smith continues to inform us mightily! Kevin compactly details history and context, trusting that Smith’s genius will be energetically pursued in our time for freedom’s sake. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

Daniel’s Relevance to Leaders - Relevancy #1: Time and Place

Daniel is exceedingly relevant to your leadership—in many dimensions! This episode, Kevin lays the foundation for the most important of all, your time and place. Be encouraged as Kevin refreshes how every serious believer is placed at exactly the right time! // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

General Electric and the Same Great Challenge Your Organization Faces

General Electric was a powerhouse company during the entire 20th century. But now it’s struggling. And it faces exactly the challenges you do in your business or nonprofit! Kevin discusses how free markets and organizations really work and the core essentials to stewardship for every organization’s leaders. // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org. 

The Epic Opportunities That Uncertainty Creates

Uncertainty has gotten a bad name—everyone naturally works to eliminate it from their enterprises. But handling uncertainty with the right mindset is what can bring opportunity…even epic opportunity! Kevin flips it all pretty much upside down here. Uncertainty…good? Also—the wrong certainty can kill you…? // Download this episode's Reflection & Discussion questions and PDF transcript at thewhitestoneforum.org.