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09 Dec #046 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Kingdom—Lessons from Creation–Why Are We Here

Posted at 09:45h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

It is impossible to understand God's purpose for work or business without looking at Genesis and understanding the Creation Mandate (a commandment about our purpose on earth), God's love for all creation and our role as its stewards. As stewards, we have global responsibility...

02 Dec #045 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Kingdom—Bigger Gospel

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Many faith-driven leaders are operating out of a narrow and incomplete vision of God's story--missing the beginning and end of a grand four-part narrative (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration). Because the purpose and relevance of work and business are found in Creation and Restoration, we do...

25 Nov #044 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Righteousness—Living Generously

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Faithfully "doing right" is more than "doing good"--it means "doing right" by God, and that means "living generously through loving others and stewarding creation". There are many organizations that promote "giving generously", but what does it mean to "live generously"? It requires "vertically integrating" generosity...

18 Nov #043 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Righteousness—Need for Authenticity

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Faithfully "doing right" with integrity needs a WHY, and the WHY of faithfully "doing right" needs to have integrity in the form of "authenticity" (with authenticity having four components: identity, sincerity, consistency and transparency). In other words, the organization's WHY must be more than a pretty...

11 Nov #042 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Righteousness—More than “Do the Right Thing”

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Faithfully "doing right" requires considering more than just WHAT you do. It requires also considering HOW you do it and WHY you are doing it. Faithfully "doing right" requires doing the right thing, in the right way and for the right reasons....

04 Nov #041 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Righteousness—More than “Good”

Posted at 15:15h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Faithfully "doing right" is much more than "doing good" or being ethical. The key to understanding faithfully "doing right" is recognizing that "doing right" needs an object--by whom are we to "do right". We believe a faith-driven leader is called to "do right"...

28 Oct #040 – Integriosity – RENEW—Keep First Things First—Righteousness—Levels of “Good”

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Faithfully “doing right” is much more than “doing good”. In this post we begin exploring the "Integrity Priority" of Righteousness by considering what “doing good” can mean in business (and it can mean many different things, none of which are the ancient path of...

21 Oct #039 – Integriosity – Renew – Biblical Principles – Keep First Things First

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

A key element of the RENEW step of Integriosity is re-ordering disordered priorities. It is important to go back to first principles by asking what the Bible tells us are the keys to everything else. And then we have to "Keep First Things...

14 Oct #038 – Integriosity – Renew – Biblical Principles – Management Matters

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Management matters. WHO leaders of an organization “show up as” and HOW the organization “does what it does” can have intrinsic value in God’s Kingdom before even considering the services it provides or the products it produces. And the WHO and HOW are...

07 Oct #037 – Integriosity – Moving from “As Usual” to “A Better Way”

Posted at 09:45h in Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Re-Imagine, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

"Do you want the good news or the bad news first?" Guess what--we are done with the bad news, and it is finally time to dig into the good stuff! We have spent the last 30 posts digging through the rubble of "work". It is...

30 Sep #036 – Placebos – The Problem

Posted at 09:45h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Re-Imagine, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

The effort to faithfully "do right" by integrating faith and work can get DERAILED by six problems that can keep the organization in the deep hole of "business as usual" and may even push it deeper. The more of "business a better way" is...

23 Sep #035 – Faith As Usual – Interimize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

"Interimizing" is putting off "doing right" until the business is "doing well"--exalting a worldly concept of "success" (profit) over a Biblical concept of "success" (human flourishing). A leader that swallows The "Success First" Pill and adopts an "interim strategy"--Interimizing--may never get around to faith/work integration....

16 Sep #034 – Faith As Usual – Prosperitize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

"Prosperitizing" is when leaders pursue faith/work integration because they believe it will lead to God blessing their business with worldly success--measured in terms of profit and growth. It is perhaps the most insidious of the various Side Roads because the organization can look like it...

09 Sep #033 – Faith As Usual – Cosmeticize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Some faith-driven leaders have been deceived into believing that the integration of faith and work is principally about sprinkling some "faith" pixie dust over the organization to make it look and feel "Godly"--and that leads down the Side Road of Cosmeticizing. "Cosmeticizing" is when an organization adopts overt...

02 Sep #032 – Faith As Usual – Monetize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We have explored the five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders to stumble down faith as usual Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. After Agonizing and Individualizing, the third of these Side Roads...

26 Aug #031 – Faith As Usual – Individualize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We have explored the fivecommon Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders to stumble down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. We have also hinted at the six common faith as usual Side Roads that represent responses...

19 Aug #030 – Faith As Usual – Agonize

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We have explored the five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders to stumble down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. We have also hinted at the six common faith as usual Side Roads that represent...

12 Aug #029 – Faith As Usual – The “Success First” Pill

Posted at 09:44h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. The fifth Placebo is The "Success First" Pill, which commonly leads to the Side Road of Interimizing and...

05 Aug #028 – Faith As Usual – The “Bless You” Pill

Posted at 09:45h in Glorify God, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. The fourth Placebo (after The "4-Hour Content" Pill, The "Save or Give" Pill and The "Add Some Faith"...

29 Jul #027 – Faith As Usual – The “Add Some Faith” Pill

Posted at 09:45h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. The third Placebo (after The "4-Hour Content" Pill and The "Save or Give" Pill) is The...

22 Jul #026 – Faith As Usual – The “Save or Give” Pill

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. The second Placebo (after The "4-Hour Content" Pill) is The "Save or Give" Pill, which commonly...

15 Jul #025 – Faith As Usual – The 4-Hour Content Pill

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are five common Placebos of what we call faith as usual that can lead well intentioned leaders down Side Roads in their effort to integrate their faith and their work. The first Placebo we will explain is The "4-Hour Content" Pill, which commonly leads to the...

08 Jul #024 – Faith As Usual – Placebos and Side Roads

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We started Integriosity #001 by saying that many leaders who are guided by the Bible in their personal lives and sincerely want to live an integrated faith life at work are confused or frustrated or even intimidated. Some have given up. Others think they are doing...

01 Jul #023 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Work As Usual – Unhealthy Relationships

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

A fourth key aspect (in addition to Idol and Identity, Money and Power and Burden) of toxic "work as usual" that leads to "work" becoming something far from God's design in Genesis is that work as usual is characterized by Unhealthy Relationships, rather than life-giving community and...

24 Jun #022 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Work As Usual – Burden

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Re-Imagine, Renew, Restore by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

A third key aspect (in addition to Idol and Identity and Money and Power) of toxic "work as usual" that leads to "work" becoming something far from God's good and live-giving design in Genesis is that it has become a Burden rather than the blessing...

17 Jun #021 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Work As Usual – Money and Power

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

At Integrous, we believe another (in addition to Idol and Identity) of the four key aspects of toxic "work as usual" that leads to "work" becoming something far from God's good and live-giving design in Genesis is that it is all about Money and Power rather...

10 Jun #020 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Work As Usual – An Idol and Identity

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

At Integrous, we believe one of the four key aspects of toxic "work as usual" that leads to "work" becoming something far from God's good and live-giving design in Genesis is Idol and Identity--the idea that "work as usual" means our work has come to DEFINE...

03 Jun #019 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Work As Usual

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We call the blue pill "business as usual", and the last several posts have shown ways in which it is broken. If a business is just an association of human beings working together (which it is), is it any surprise that "work as usual" would...

27 May #018 – Business As Usual Problems- “Scarcity”, “Self-Interest” and the Real Problem

Posted at 09:45h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Of the various aspects of blue pill "business as usual" that contribute to workplace and worker brokenness, Profit as Purpose is the most significant, but the Scarcity assumption and the Self Interest assumption exacerbate the problems by ignoring why we were created and whose image...

20 May #017 – Business As Usual Problems- “Profit” Problems

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

Profit is not a problem, just like money is not the root of all evil. In fact, profit is necessary for a business operating in a market economy--without it you don't have a sustainable organization or access to financial capital. But (and it is a...

13 May #016 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Business As Usual – “Can We” Ethics

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

In addition to Profit as Purpose, Scarcity and Self Interest, the fourth aspect of "business as usual" that we believe leads to workplace and worker brokenness is a "Can We" Culture--an organizational culture in which ends justify means and ethics or the law are seen as...

06 May #015 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Business As Usual – Self Interest

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

In addition to Profit as Purpose and Scarcity, another aspect of "business as usual" that leads to brokenness is "Self-Interest"--the assumption that people are self-interested and will act in their own self-interest. This is closely tied to the scarcity assumption. In a blue pill...

29 Apr #014 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Business As Usual – Scarcity

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

In addition to "Profit as Purpose", another aspect of "business as usual" that leads to brokenness is "Scarcity"--the assumption that resources are scarce and everything is a zero-sum situation (my gain is your loss and vice versa). Importantly for Integriosity, a scarcity mindset in...

22 Apr #013 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Business As Usual – Profit as Purpose

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

At Integrous, we believe there are four key aspects of "business as usual" that lead to its brokenness, and the most important of these is "Profit as Purpose"--the idea that the primary or sole purpose of "business as usual" is the maximization of financial profit...

15 Apr #012 – Blue Pill Brokenness – Business As Usual

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Re-Align by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We call the blue pill "business as usual", and it is broken. At Integrous, we believe there are four key aspects of "business as usual" that lead to brokenness: Profit as Purpose; Scarcity; Self-Interest; and "Can We" Ethics....

08 Apr #011 – Integriosity – The Demand

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

With headlines suggesting faith is under unceasing attack by an increasingly secular society, it might be easy to conclude that pursuing Integriosity by aligning an organization's mission, values and culture with Biblical principles would be business suicide--alienating stakeholders such as employees and customers. We at...

03 Apr Special #001 – Let’s Free Work From the “Money Box”

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We were designed to work--to use our gifts of creativity and productivity--it is part of being fully human. If we are not working and earning an income, we can feel empty and insecure (this is a special post prompted by the Covid-19 crisis tagging 10,000,000 people...

01 Apr #010 – Integriosity – The Need – Mind the “Gaps”

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

In England, riders on the "Tube" (aka the Underground or the subway) are famously warned to "mind the gap". People serious about integrity and faith/work integration should heed the same warning. At Integrous, we believe there are THREE gaps to cross, and we want to...

25 Mar #009 – Integriosity – The Need – Workers are Breaking

Posted at 09:00h in Humanize People, Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

The United States is facing an epidemic of loneliness, isolation, confusion, distrust and dissatisfaction (pre-Covid-19). It is clear that the blue pill of "business as usual" has become "dehumanizing" and has moved far from its original design in Genesis as something good. We believe...

18 Mar #008 – Integriosity – The Need – Workplaces are Broken

Posted at 09:00h in Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

There is no shortage of statistics showing that most workers feel disengaged and disconnected from the activity that was intended to bring flourishing and fulfillment by unleashing their God-given creativity and productivity. Central to the the red pill of Integriosity® is humanizing people by redeeming...

11 Mar #007 – Integriosity – The Need – Work is Broken

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Renew by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

One of the reasons faith/work integration and the the red pill of Integriosity® are needed is because "work" is broken and "business as usual" has led to our relationship to work and our relationships surrounding work bearing little resemblance to God's design for humanity and...

04 Mar #006 – Integriosity – The Basics – Fruit

Posted at 09:00h in Beautify the World, Glorify God, Humanize People, Integriosity Blog, Restore by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

The fruit of Step 4 of Integriosity® - "Restore" - is to see what we believe are the three bigger WHY's of work and business materialize and manifest in the organization: Humanize People, Beautify the World and Glorify God....

26 Feb #005 – Integriosity – The Basics – Process

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog, Re-Align, Re-Imagine, Renew, Restore by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

There are four stages in the process toward Integriosity®: Renew, Re-Imagine, Re-Align and Restore. The most critical is Renew because it creates the sound foundation. As part of Renewal, we believe four key "mind-shifts" are critical to staying on the path to the...

19 Feb #004 – Integriosity – The Basics – Goal

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

The core of Integriosity® is an alignment of purpose, values and culture arising from a commitment to Biblical beliefs, values and priorities that leads a person or organization, instinctively, to do the right things, for the right reasons and in the right ways....

12 Feb #003 – Integriosity – The Basics – Genesis

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We made up the word “Integriosity®” to capture the goal of living out faithful integrity, including having a “Why” centered on loving and serving others with generosity. ...

05 Feb #002 – Integriosity – The Choice

Posted at 09:00h in Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

In the movie The Matrix, the character Morpheus offers Neo a choice of two pills--blue and red. At Integrous, we believe faith-inspired leaders have a similar choice. Like Neo, we hope you will choose Red--the "ancient path" of Business a Better Way....

29 Jan #001 – Integriosity – The Foundation

Posted at 13:30h in Integriosity Blog by Paul Michalski 0 Comments

We believe there are many leaders who are guided by the Bible in their personal lives and sincerely want to live an integrated faith life at work. Sadly, many are confused or frustrated or even intimidated. Some have given up. Others think they are doing...