The Pope, his TED talk and his list of 15 diseases of leadership

This week the Pope delivered a challenging TED talk.

John Stepper posted on the Working Out Loud blog his response to that talk.

I commented on that post as follows (reproduced here as Disqus yet again on the WOL blog has marked my comment as spam and has therefore not visible).

As you know, I am a practising Christian and would label myself as part of the evangelical Christian tribe (https://goo.gl/hsX4D).

Whilst I am not a Catholic, I am a huge fan of the current Pope. He is an inspirational leader, leading by example in word and deed. I am glad he is on the Christian "team" at this time in world history. I remember well his talk that included "15 sins of the curia" (see the numbered list: https://goo.gl/PLJ2UI) challenging the leaders in his tribe to significantly raise their game. While I was finding a link to them, I found this HBR article for the first time just now that applies the Pope's list to business and organisational leaders (https://hbr.org/2015/04/the-15-diseases-of-leadership-according-to-pope-francis). Both lists are worth reflecting on as I will do - thanks for the indirect reminder of them and loved finding the Gary Hamel article.

What came to mind as I read your post are the 4 Greek words for love. These have often been preached on in Christian gatherings that I have been present at. They are well-explained in this post (https://goo.gl/PsjZ29).

As part of a Jesus-worshipping community on a big needy housing estate on the outskirts of the city of Bradford in the north of England, I know that I am not perfect. As part of a larger gathering of Christians worshipping each Sunday morning and as part of a smaller group of Christians gathering fortnightly to pray and study The Bible, we spur each other on to be more like Jesus day by day. Hopefully, as a direct result of this, the fruit of the Holy Spirit will be demonstrated in my life and our lives. These fruit are listed in The Bible in Galatians 5:22-23 quoted below in 2 translations:

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." (New International Version).

That self-control is a real challenge!

"But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard — things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely." (The Message)

Thanks for writing the post. Love you setting me off! Loved The Pope doing a TED talk! #respect