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Christ Community - Brookside Campus
With God: In the Beginning - January 25 | Brookside
Tower of Babel - 9, 10:45 AM & ON DEMAND
Locations & Times
Christ Community - Brookside Campus
400 W 67th St, Kansas City, MO 64113, USA
Sunday 7:00 AM
Title: Tower of Babel
Reference: Genesis 11:1-9
Guest Speaker: Matt Rusten
Reference: Genesis 11:1-9
Guest Speaker: Matt Rusten
What is workism? It is the belief that work is not only necessary to economic production, but also the centerpiece of one’s identity and life’s purpose… - Derek Thomson in the Atlantic, Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
Temptation #1: Power and Transcendence, on their own
Many said they had become more spiritual, whole and connected after working in tech. Their workplaces were communities where they found belonging, meaning and purpose. But as I discovered during my research, the gospel of work is thin gruel, an ethically empty solution to meet our essential need for belonging and meaning. And it is starving us as individuals and communities. - Carolyn Chen, When your Job Fills In for Your Faith, That’s a Problem, in the New York Times
Temptation #2: Glory and Reputation, on their own
The Charlotte Bobcats had the lowest team mean narcissism score. Before the season, they were forecast to win approximately 26 out of 82 games—which would have been one of the worst records in the league. Instead, the Bobcats ended up with 43 wins and made the playoffs.
The New York Knicks had the highest narcissism score that season. How’d they do? “According to predictive models, the Knicks were supposed to have 49 wins. However, they finished the season with only 37 and missed the playoffs,-Grijalva notes (no doubt to groans from long-suffering Knicks fans). - University of Buffalo, study results in the Academy of Management Journal
The New York Knicks had the highest narcissism score that season. How’d they do? “According to predictive models, the Knicks were supposed to have 49 wins. However, they finished the season with only 37 and missed the playoffs,-Grijalva notes (no doubt to groans from long-suffering Knicks fans). - University of Buffalo, study results in the Academy of Management Journal
- Nearly a dozen experiments with almost 4,000 people show that a brand that compliments a competitor ends up boosting its own reputation and sale
- In one experiment, the researchers showed a group of consumers a fictitious tweet from Kit Kat praising Twix: "Competitor or not, congrats on your 54 years in business! Even we can admit—Twix are delicious."
- People who saw the public message from Kit Kat praising Twix were 34% more likely to buy a Kit Kat compared to a control group that saw a tweet from Kit Kat about its own product. Importantly, the authors noted, Twix sales didn't increase, even after Kit Kat praised the candy as delectable.
~ Keisha Cutright
- In one experiment, the researchers showed a group of consumers a fictitious tweet from Kit Kat praising Twix: "Competitor or not, congrats on your 54 years in business! Even we can admit—Twix are delicious."
- People who saw the public message from Kit Kat praising Twix were 34% more likely to buy a Kit Kat compared to a control group that saw a tweet from Kit Kat about its own product. Importantly, the authors noted, Twix sales didn't increase, even after Kit Kat praised the candy as delectable.
~ Keisha Cutright
Temptation #3: Security and Control, on their own
"Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers," he said. "AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind." - Jim Farley, CEO of Ford
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