Navigating the Future : Traditioned Innovation for Wilder Seas

Traditioned innovation is a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action. Moral imagination is about character, which depends on ongoing formation that takes place in friendships and communities that embody traditions and that are sustained by institutions.

There is no quick-fix or set of techniques that will create a mindset of traditioned innovation. But we do believe that you can learn to cultivate it by

Becoming immersed in an imaginative engagement with the story of God told through Scripture
Learning from exemplary institutions, communities, and people practicing traditioned innovation.
Discovering new skills for integrating character formation and dense networks of friendships, communities and institutions into your leadership and life.


Navigating the Future will explore stories and tips for cultivating traditioned innovation that will stimulate your thinking and inspire your imagination for more faithful and fruitful living along with the cultivation of more vibrant, life-giving institutions.

Andrew P. Hogue is Associate Dean for Engaged Learning in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University in Waco, TX. He previously directed the Baylor Social Innovation Collaborative and the Baylor Philanthropy Initiative, and he teaches courses across a broad range of topics, including philanthropy and civil society, social innovation, and politics. He is author of Stumping God: Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith.

The Reverend Dr. L. Gregory Jones is the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry and Dean at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Provost at Baylor University. Prior to that he was senior strategist for leadership education at Duke Divinity School where he served as senior strategist for the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. A noted scholar, teacher, and church leader, he is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness.