1. 10 skills needed for jobs of the future  (Staff, Team)
Fast Company did a great article  identifying 10 skills needed for the jobs of the future.  Here are the 10: Sensemaking, Novel and Adaptive Thinking, Transdisciplinarity, Social Intelligence, Computational Thinking, New Media Literacy, Design Mindset, Cross Cultural Competency, Cognitive Load Management, and Virtual Collaboration.   Check out the article Here (link).

2. Dr. Sam Chand talks future trends, church budgets, quality leaders, and more. (Leadership Interview)
With the start of a new year it is important to get some solid ideas and direction. In the this leadership dialogue Dr. Sam Chand talks about future trends, church budgets, quality leaders, and more.  Check it out HERE (link) 

3.  A Real Marriage Sexperiment? (Books, Marriage, Reading)
Two pastors from differing “camps” both recently released books on marriage, sex and intimacy.   Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together by Mark Driscoll and Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse by Ed Young both came out this month.  Ed and his wife to Spent 24 hours in bed on their church roof promoting the book and getting its message out over radio, TV, and the internet (Article Here).  Thoughts?

4.  Leadership Lesson Tweeted by Rick Warren, Pastor of Saddle Back Church
“1975,Kodak INVENTED digital photography but SHELVED IT due to making millions selling film. Filed bankruptcy today.LESSON!”  You can check out his blog HERE (link).

5.  Chicken & Leadership? (Leadership Conference)
Chick-fil-A, one of the best fast food restaurants and outspokenly Christian, holds a leadership conference The Chick-fil-A Leadercast (Link) Great resources for business and church leaders. Getting hungry just thinking about it.


1. Record Skype Video Calls and Edit for Free with Vodburner (Software)
Ever wonder what software we use to record Skype interviews like THIS (link).  Vodburner is a the best skype software out there (we have tried a lot of other options).  You can use it free with a watermark or purchase it and remove all of their branding.  Sign up HERE (link) and if you decide to purchase it a portion goes to help support THiNK (thanks for the support :)

2. HillsongCollected.com/Creative (Great resource for gear, workflow, ideas, time savers)
Hillsong Collected is a blog that covers Leadership, Creative, and Outreach.  The whole thing is super cool but for this Friday 5 creative post — we are focused on creative.  They break down the thought process, planning, gear, software, and more, of creative projects or videos in a nice organized blog post–like this post (link) for there upcoming men’s conference.  Lots to learn from Hillsong Collected!

3. Killer Social Media Tips from Justin Wise (Apps, Books, Resources, and More)
Justin Wise just posted, “28 Killer Social Media Resources to Step Your Game Up,” this week.  If you or someone on your team wants to become a “Social Media Ninja”* then check out this post (link).  We also did a Skype interview with Justin this week as well which you can see HERE** (link).

4. Viral Video about Jesus with 15 million views in 9 days? (Viral Web Video)
At the time of posting this blog, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word” has been viewed over 15.3 Million time in just 9 days on YouTube.  Check out the video, read the info in the description, and hit us up with your thoughts in the comments below!

5.  New Video Blog Update from Las Vegas (Sean THiNKs Video Blog)
I sometimes Vlog (Video Blog) and I recently shot a quick update video with random tomfoolery and some links to current video projects I’m working on.  I mention a promo video for a youth conference I directed/produced  and did a quick write up on the team,  gear,  software, etc. HERE (link) (got the idea from Hillsong Collected :) .  Check it out let me know what you think about the video.  Cool?  – Sean


What do you think about the ”Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” Video?  What do you think about the message, the video production, the fact it went viral, the fact the comments were turned off,  or the details in the video description?  Lets chat it up in the comments below!

*Justin is actually passionate that you don’t refer to yourself as a “ninja” which he expounds on in the video (link)
**Recorded with Vodburner :)

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