It is often considered controversial to draw any links between the worlds of leadership, management and organizational behaviour and that of churches. "Leading the Story" argues that there is plenty of common ground to be found between the two apparently disparate areas, in particular with the role of story and stories. Taking the work of organizational thinkers such as Yiannis Gabriel and David Boje and the practical research of Stephen Denning and Geoff Mead and bringing it into conversation with scholars such as N T Wright, theologians such as Sarah Coakley, and church historians such as...

This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme. Through exploring the evolution of aid over more than seven decades, development is examined as an industry with a variety of motives and actors. The driving forces and dynamics in the relationship between aid and economic development are highlighted in relation to faulty development structures and misaligned aims. With a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.This book aims to present an...