Our good friend Mary-Lou Schagena from Monday Night with The Arts (CKWR – 98.5 FM) did this interview with me recently. She is a forerunner and a great host who knows just how to ask the right questions at just the right time. Take a listen! CKWR Interview
This is the 1 year anniversary of the Forerunner Column and in this edition we are going to look at one of the most important aspects of creating a forerunner friendly climate in a community or organization and how the arts are the forerunner of innovation and creative change. The word revolution may seem to [...]
Forerunners are pioneers, initiators, and problem solvers who are motivated to build, create, innovate and reform what ever they are engaged in. Refounding our businesses, education, government, and communities, by encouraging and supporting forerunners in our community is critial to entering the new enconomy.
In 1976, Ernie and Nancy Regehr returned to Canada from a 3 year term in South Africa and Zambia. The 70s were a tumultuous season of the beginnings of change, marked by a heightened awareness in the western world for human rights such as apartheid, relief of poverty, and greater corporate responsibility. The Regehrs were [...]
For the past 30 years I have been fascinated with how individuals are gifted with certain strengths, and how all people have a unique set of talents, abilities, and motivations. Within this quest for understanding about giftedness, I discovered the “forerunner”. Although I was familiar with the forerunners of the Bible such as Elijah, John [...]
(originally Published in the New Hamburg Independent – June, 2008) By Paul Weigel The Independent is beginning a new monthly column and I am pleased to have the opportunity to communicate a fascinating aspect of our world about which I have grown to be very passionate. This new column will feature stories of local and [...]