web01.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:39:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Speak The Unspoken - Episodes Tagged with “Good Strategy Bad Strategy” https://glasscanvas.fireside.fm/tags/good%20strategy%20bad%20strategy Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:15:00 -0700 Speak the Unspoken is a conversation between Church leaders about what it means to reach people with the gospel in a post-Christendom age. In a time where people are looking to the world, themselves, and technology to find happiness, we have to find a new way of communicating the gospel than we have before. Each episode will unpack a philosophy of the new model we are seeing emerge in the Church and address topics like doubt, the digital age, loneliness, and more. With added insight from ministry leaders around the world, Glass Canvas will help parishes, dioceses, and ministries unlock their ministry potential. en-us serial Unlock your ministry potential Glass Canvas Speak the Unspoken is a conversation between Church leaders about what it means to reach people with the gospel in a post-Christendom age. In a time where people are looking to the world, themselves, and technology to find happiness, we have to find a new way of communicating the gospel than we have before. Each episode will unpack a philosophy of the new model we are seeing emerge in the Church and address topics like doubt, the digital age, loneliness, and more. With added insight from ministry leaders around the world, Glass Canvas will help parishes, dioceses, and ministries unlock their ministry potential. no Glass Canvas podcast@glasscanvas.io 004: Strategy is about making choices (Part 4 of 5) https://glasscanvas.fireside.fm/4 9fa8a01f-a254-4fa1-aa53-196bb11ef578 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:15:00 -0700 Glass Canvas full 1 Glass Canvas Speak the Unspoken unpacks the dynamic relationship between faith and business. Each episode will call out the challenges of running a ministry through the lens of marketing, strategy, communication, and culture. They will dive into topics like building a Spirit-led brand and living your true purpose as an organization. With added insight from ministry and business leaders around the world, hosts Jason Jensen, Pat Padley and JM Boyd (Glass Canvas) will help mission-focused brands unlock their ministry potential. 54:16 no There’s a lot of factors that come into play when climbing a mountain… Where you’re going, what you’re bringing, and our topic for the day, the smart choices and trade-offs you make along the way. This is strategy. In this episode, we break down ministry strategy and how exactly it’s different from goals, tactics, and objectives. We talk through leaning into God as you plan out strategic moves and give examples of brands like Tesla, Chick-fil-A, Manchester United, and the country of Iceland, doing strategy well. *Our Favourite Quote: * “We are always going to be faced with limits and I think strategy is about making choices that maximise the limits that we have.” Links & Resources: Chick-fil-a is the biggest competition to McDonald's: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/chick-fil-not-burger-king-or-wendys-mcdonalds-biggest-competitor Chick-fil-a also makes 4.4 million dollars in each store, they aren’t open on Sunday;: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-chick-fil-a-is-so-successful-2017-8 Starbuck Experience Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150619.TheStarbucksExperience Iceland’s soccer culture: https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/06/01/iceland-world-cup-soccer-nation-story-culture-heimir-hallgrimsson Good Strategy, Bad Strategy Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721966-good-strategy-bad-strategy Netflix getting Laughed out the Blockbuster office: https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-how-blockbuster-could-have-owned-netflix-1200823443/ Disney streaming announcement: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306809/disney-plus-streaming-service-price-launch-date-first-look-shows-movies-marvel-star-wars Ministry strategy, leadership & business, Brand strategy, Brand alignment, Business strategy, Faith and business, Christian business leaders, Faith based marketing, strategy There’s a lot of factors that come into play when climbing a mountain… Where you’re going, what you’re bringing, and our topic for the day, the smart choices and trade-offs you make along the way. This is strategy.

In this episode, we break down ministry strategy and how exactly it’s different from goals, tactics, and objectives. We talk through leaning into God as you plan out strategic moves and give examples of brands like Tesla, Chick-fil-A, Manchester United, and the country of Iceland, doing strategy well.

*Our Favourite Quote: *
“We are always going to be faced with limits and I think strategy is about making choices that maximise the limits that we have.”

Links & Resources:
Chick-fil-a is the biggest competition to McDonald's: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/chick-fil-not-burger-king-or-wendys-mcdonalds-biggest-competitor
Chick-fil-a also makes 4.4 million dollars in each store, they aren’t open on Sunday;: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-chick-fil-a-is-so-successful-2017-8
Starbuck Experience Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150619.The_Starbucks_Experience
Iceland’s soccer culture: https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/06/01/iceland-world-cup-soccer-nation-story-culture-heimir-hallgrimsson
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721966-good-strategy-bad-strategy
Netflix getting Laughed out the Blockbuster office: https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-how-blockbuster-could-have-owned-netflix-1200823443/
Disney streaming announcement: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306809/disney-plus-streaming-service-price-launch-date-first-look-shows-movies-marvel-star-wars

]]> There’s a lot of factors that come into play when climbing a mountain… Where you’re going, what you’re bringing, and our topic for the day, the smart choices and trade-offs you make along the way. This is strategy.

In this episode, we break down ministry strategy and how exactly it’s different from goals, tactics, and objectives. We talk through leaning into God as you plan out strategic moves and give examples of brands like Tesla, Chick-fil-A, Manchester United, and the country of Iceland, doing strategy well.

*Our Favourite Quote: *
“We are always going to be faced with limits and I think strategy is about making choices that maximise the limits that we have.”

Links & Resources:
Chick-fil-a is the biggest competition to McDonald's: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/chick-fil-not-burger-king-or-wendys-mcdonalds-biggest-competitor
Chick-fil-a also makes 4.4 million dollars in each store, they aren’t open on Sunday;: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-chick-fil-a-is-so-successful-2017-8
Starbuck Experience Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150619.The_Starbucks_Experience
Iceland’s soccer culture: https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/06/01/iceland-world-cup-soccer-nation-story-culture-heimir-hallgrimsson
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721966-good-strategy-bad-strategy
Netflix getting Laughed out the Blockbuster office: https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-how-blockbuster-could-have-owned-netflix-1200823443/
Disney streaming announcement: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306809/disney-plus-streaming-service-price-launch-date-first-look-shows-movies-marvel-star-wars

]]>