We asked 12 BAM Practitioners how they have gone about developing their company culture and what values and behaviors they have intentionally tried to instill. Their responses showed six clear themes: 6 ways to build company culture. 1. Visible Values That Are Thoroughly Integrated into Operations Having a set of clearly articulated values is a key […]
‘Team troubles’ were one of the top 4 reasons BAM mentors gave for practitioners giving up and going home. The ability to build effective teams and work through difficult team dynamics is therefore crucial for the sustainability of BAM companies. In this interview, we talk to Luke, a BAM business owner living in the Middle […]
It goes without saying that the product or service you develop will be tightly interwoven with your missional goals: social, economic, environmental and spiritual. We can learn a lot from mainstream business about how to most effectively develop products and market share that will turn a profit and create economic impact. We can also learn […]
This case study from the new BAM and the Church Report published by BAM Global showcases the process that one denomination in Ethiopia took to implement a workplace ministry throughout the denomination, following key leaders embracing the need to overcome theological challenges inherent in the church’s understanding of work. Background The Ethiopia Kale Heywet Church […]
Today is Good Friday*. A day absolutely central to the gospel story and to our lived experience as followers of Jesus. One of our scripture readings in our monthly BAM Prayer Call this week was of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53: Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. The BAM Manifesto was conceived twenty years ago this year. To celebrate this milestone, we asked twenty BAM […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. The BAM Manifesto was conceived twenty years ago this year. To celebrate this milestone, we asked twenty BAM […]