David Stark Collective

In this episode, David discusses how you make smart decisions in an interconnected world.

What’s driving your bus? Is your organization’s direction the logical result of a strategy you’ve put in place or are there other significant factors dictating where you’re going. In this episode, David and Justin discuss the importance of setting direction and how easy it is to get off the beaten path.

Is your organization rolling around at the speed of stop? Many find that the speed of change inside their walls is WAY slower than the speed outside their walls. And that’s the problem that David and Justin tackle in this episode.

Innovation is no longer a nice to have; it’s a requirement for survival. So, how do you do it and is there a “best way to innovate”? David and Justin unpack that in this episode.

How easily do you fit in your customer’s shoes? Today’s show is all about the importance of empathy and understanding your customer’s journey. David and Justin discuss the role of the journey and tools such as journey mapping to help you better understand the context of your business from the lens of those you serve.

Do you have a digital strategy? Famous and infamous words heard around organizations everywhere today? But is it truly a fundamental question? David and Justin discuss the question behind that question and why digital is so important in an interconnected world.

Does your organization take a stand on important topics? Do you? In this episode, David and Justin discuss the importance of core values in growing your business. 

No matter what Donald Trump says, “winning” is changing dramatically in the interconnected world. Organizations are being disrupted six times as fast as they were 40 years ago. What’s a leader to do? That’s the topic of this episode.

What direction is your organization going? In this episode, David and Justin tackle the topic of direction, vision, and purpose and why it’s so important in an interconnected world.

Growth is necessary for every business to survive and thrive. It’s also often elusive and painful. In this episode, Dave and Justin discuss the moral grounding for economic growth as well as helpful tips on how you can help your organization move forward.

Why does it seem like your organization is different every day? Because it is. Successful development of a company requires acknowledgement that it goes through different phases as it ages. In this episode, David and Justin discuss the different company life stages and how you can navigate them.

Why does your organization get out of bed in the morning? In this episode, Dave and Justin tackle the question of purpose and its importance to the future of your business.

Some say the only constant is change. We say the only thing certain in business is that the future is uncertain. In this episode, David and Justin tackle question “how do you prepare for uncertainty?”.

Why are questions so important in business? Does it seem fitting that we introduce this new series about questions with questions? What if we told you that the best leaders tend to ask the best questions? What if we also told you that questions have never been MORE important in business due to our interconnectedness and the fast-changing environment we operate in?

Why is your organization pointed in the direction it is? In this episode, Dave and Justin tackle the topic of strategy and how it’s better when it’s done together. If you’re a fan of the “push it down from the ivory tower” theory of leadership, you won’t like this podcast one bit.

Planning. To some a four letter word. To others, an activity that never happens in their organization. In this episode, Dave and Justin discuss what planning has been, is today, and should be tomorrow using the metaphor of the body.

Tired of inauthentic and annoying marketing? You and us both. In this episode, Dave and Justin discuss the evolving nature of marketing (it’s social!), how it should be approached (humans at the center!), and what Paul told the Corinthians (keep it real, yo!).

What the heck is Big Data? And what does it have to do with faith & business? In this episode, Dave and Justin define Big Data, give pragmatic examples of its use in various capacities, and draw a parallel back to Paul in the New Testament.

In this episode, Dave and Justin discuss how we solve problems better together. They approach the topic from a wide variety of angles and contrast the Old Testament approach (rigid and hierarchical) with the New Testament ideal (agile and connected as a body).

Dave and Justin discuss how organizations perform better when they do it together. In the industrial age, we were told that humans were a means to a well-defined (manufactured good) end. In the knowledge age, humans control the means of production and that production is better when combined with others.