Author: Dr. Chris Keil; Professor of Environmental Science at Wheaton College I teach environmental science. I love the outdoors – the prairies, mountains, deserts, streams, oceans, and all the other biomes – but these are not the environments I get to visit in my professional practice. My area of scholarship is the industrial environment. I study chemical releases in manufacturing settings, how those chemicals reach … Continue reading Covid and Equity
Authors: Dr. Hannah Stolze & Jenna Watson https://wisdombasedbusiness.org Perhaps you picture your work in the marketplace as funding the kingdom. Kind of like Paul’s tentmaking—it’s there on the side to fuel the real kingdom work. I used to think that way, too. But after many years of researching, teaching, and leading in the marketplace, I have become convinced that many are called to the marketplace … Continue reading Wisdom-Based Business: Participating in the Kingdom
Author: Jenna Watson At CFI, we are observing Black History Month with particular attention to the groundbreaking social innovation of the Black community. As a recent Forbes feature notes, African Americans have created technological innovations we use every day, such as the traffic light, caller ID, and automatic elevator doors [1]. Some have called the Civil Rights Movement the greatest period of social innovation in … Continue reading A History of Innovation: Remembering Mound Bayou, MS
CFI’s Director Dr. Hannah Stolze recently returned from a sabbatical teaching in Jakarta Indonesia. Due to COVID-19, her semester was cut short. Here are some of her experiences. Continue reading Teaching Global Supply Chain Distribution and Risk Management in Indonesia During Covid-19
As Provost, I have oversight of the academic endeavor here at Wheaton, including 500 faculty and academic support staff, curriculum, and students. I graduated from Wheaton in 1983 and went on to NYU to get my doctorate in industrial / organizational (I/O) psychology, which is the study of behavior at work: job design, HR, teamwork, leadership and personal motivations. (This last one represents my area … Continue reading What Dostoevsky Taught Me About Innovation
Dr. Keith Johnson, a professor in the Biblical and Theological Studies Department at Wheaton College, provides clarity on the topics of Christian living and business. Continue reading What and How We Believe
An Interview with Dr. Greg Lee and Dr. Sarah Borden Continue reading Vocational Wisdom in Confessions
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