Max Anderson
Part I: Is Harvard Business School Immoral?

Let’s do a morality thought experiment. Suppose you are a junior in college and just got a job as an investment banker in New York City. You’re excited because the job was hard to get and pays a lot of money. It comes with all these perks — free dinner, free car service home instead of the […]

Jeff Haanen
Collective Impact: The Missing Piece of the Faith-Work Puzzle

What will the faith and work movement look like in 2067? What are we doing today that could genuinely last for 50 years, and even reshape American culture?These are tough questions. Not only because 50 years is such a long time, but it forces us to think not only of our own organizations, but the […]

Jeff Haanen
The Wealth Creation Manifesto

What does theology have to say to business? That’s the topic of my past talk at “For Whose Glory: Exploring Faithful Practice in Life, Leadership and Business” on June 15, 2017 in Denver. It’s also the topic of a new theological statement put out by the Lausanne Movement, a Wealth Creation Manifesto. Meeting in Chiang […]

Laura Bernero, Drew Yancey
Entrepreneurism: Navigating a Brutal Sport

Drew Yancey is the President and CEO of Yancey’s Food Service in Loveland, Colorado and a PhD student at the University of Birmingham.We spoke recently about his work, and his passion for the development of great entrepreneurs in our region.Tell us about your current work life. What is your work, and why is it important […]

Jeff Haanen
Ownership: A Key to Leadership

“If I could give you any one piece of advice about my years of leadership, it would culminate in a single word: ownership.” Coming from Steve Reinemund, that single world carried significant weight for me. Steve was the former CEO of PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies with annual revenues of $33 […]

The Problem With Following Your Passion

There is a growing awareness within the financial industry of the need to work with the next generation. But the type of help millennials need is often very different due to their stage in life and financial situation. If we define wealth broadly, typically the biggest asset they have is human capital (or future earning […]

Am I an Imposter?

Banks Benitez said it perfectly. When I was interviewing Banks about his work as the VP of Global Expansion at the Unreasonable Institute, a start-up school for social entrepreneurs, one of his founders shared about what it feels like to be an entrepreneur: “It’s like I just joined the very front of the parade and […]

Bob Cutillo
Where is Your Holy Ground?

Have you ever heard the story of the blind men and the elephant? They all went to “see” the same elephant, but each walked away with a completely different view. The one who happened to fall against its broad and sturdy side cried out that the elephant was like a wall; another who touched the […]

Joanna Meyer
Instead of Leaning In, Try Leaning Hard

Denver Institute was on the move! Friday morning, May 12th we trekked up I-25 to Johnstown’s Candlelight Dinner Theater for the first Women & Vocation event in Northern Colorado.As each registration notification arrives in my inbox, I ponder the challenges that each woman faces in her work. I wonder: How Kathy, a small business owner, […]

David Rupert
Straight Lines: Why Orderly Work Matters

He used a device on a tripod and I had no idea how in the world it worked. That was his department. And someone else was hauling the fence posts. Someone else was mixing concrete. My job was to dig the holes centered where the stakes had been meticulously placed. Digging holes isn’t precise work. […]

Hillary Lum
Taking After Taiwan

As a geriatrician, I am passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of older adults, especially those who are frail and experience difficulties in daily life. As I strive to build partnerships that help care systems and communities serve vulnerable older adults, I’m motivated by the fact that this is not the way things are […]

Joanna Meyer
The Power of Callings, Constraints and Consent

Conversations about the role work plays in women’s lives are tense – both inside and outside of the church. From the debate over whether women can “have it all” or “attain balance” when it comes to work and family, to the perceived “ambition gap” that keeps women from embracing their potential, to the strain between women […]