Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

January 7, 2012

On Money as Value

I think ministries everywhere are facing financial difficulties, and in some ways I think it is good for them. It’s really not about money; it’s about […]
December 29, 2011

On Sustaining Vision within an Organization

Bill Hybels said that vision leaks. He is correct, but vision doesn’t just leak; it becomes cloudy, and that cloudiness is the enemy of progress within the […]
December 16, 2011

On the Connection between Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and the Nature of God (a correspondence)

The following is an email exchange between Dr. Crispin Fletcher-Louis and Dr. Flint McGlaughlin. I have included it here because of its intriguing content. Please keep […]
December 14, 2011

On the Inverted Decision Funnel

The traditional funnel diagram is wrong. People don’t fall into the funnel; they fall out. Gravity does not work for the marketer. It works against the […]
December 2, 2011

On Fear as a Motivator in the Purchase Process

Exchange Sum: BPY=Pc[Cl+Cr](VF[Ap+Ex]>CF[Rc+Ef]) One may criticize the exchange sum, claiming that it fails to address how fear motivates people to purchase. After all, some people are […]
November 19, 2011

On the Essence of Enterpreneurship/Marketing

Here is the latest iteration of my reflections regarding the essence of marketing: ESSENTIAL PROPOSITIONS m1. the essence of entrepreneurship is marketingm2. the essence of marketing […]
October 22, 2011

On the Difference Between Honesty and Truth

Elsewhere I have written that ultimate truth is unobtainable by the incipient. I am incipient. I am limited. I am not suggesting that ultimate truth cannot, […]