About Dave Cornelius

Dr. Dave Cornelius is an experienced business and IT professional, and a globally recognized lean and agile catalyst who empowers others to achieve their very best. He specializes in coaching, training, and leading co-located and distributed teams to deliver quality innovations from concept to cash.
Dave is the founder of 5 Saturdays, a program that empowers students to become leaders in business and STEM fields. In 2014, he received the SoTec Inspiration Award from the Southland Technology Conference, an honor that recognizes technology professionals for giving back to their community.
He currently presents webinars for business and technology professionals, hosts a podcast on GrokShare.com, teaches courses on KnolShare.org, and publishes the blog "KnolShare with Dr. Dave" on KnolShare.org. He is a well-known speaker and author in the agile and project management professional development communities.
Dave is a man of faith and is active in both his local and global neighborhoods. He has also held several leadership roles, where he helped IT groups develop partnerships with other groups within the organization.
Dave's interest in leadership started on the island of St. Croix, where he played as a point guard on his high school basketball team, and culminated with earning his Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership. His first manuscript and doctoral dissertation, "The Value of Scrum to Organizations: A Case Study," highlights the importance and value of leadership through the practices of lean thinking and agility.

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Elastic Minds: What are you thinking? Oct 7, 2017

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Elastic minds are creatives who reimagine ways to create businesses, define how people engage in learning, and create tools to change markets. People who possess the ability to think elastically produce game-changing outcomes that are available globally.
Creative abilities are highly desired attributes by most people. Musicians, artists, and business innovators are highly admired by people with an appreciation for achievements beyond the ordinary. In popular culture, fans celebrate the performance of others to the point of devotion. Most of the people we admire often have the gift of the elastic mind. People with elastic minds have the ability to hit the winning basket during a basketball game, sing with grace and feelings, or innovate the next technology that changes the business landscape. The skills of the elastic mind are, at times, the gifts we’re born with or the results of sweat and tears. Either way, we have the “can do” attitude that empower the creative and innovative spirit within.

In the chapter titled “The Power of Observation,” Tracy Treacy describes her journey as a private practice therapist.
Dr. Dave Martinez highlights his journey as a high school principal in the “Continual Learning” chapter.
Kevin Castle, Managing Director of a technology consulting business is profiled in the “Climbing the Mountains – Clearing the Hurdles” chapter.
In the chapter “The Story of Getting There,” Tammy Hawkins, Managing Director at Experis tells her story.
Richard Dolman, Vice President at Agile42, gives insights into his leadership experience in the “Smaller and More Frequent Delivery” chapter.
Alicia McLain, business owner of Operational Innovations, highlights her growth as a leader in the “Learn Fast – Inspect and Adapt” chapter.
In the chapter “You Don't Know It Until You Do It,” Jill Freeman Stack, Principle at Jill Stack PR gives her testimony of her career growth into business ownership.
James Wright, Agile Marketing Coach, tells his story of triumph in the “Check the Rearview Mirror” chapter.
In the chapter “Pay it Forward for Those Who Follow,” Wes Kliewer Director of Learning at Project Insights, tells his story. Bobby Cooper Jr., Owner of El Cheapo Lift, shares his powerful moments of courage in the “When You Fall, Stand Again” chapter.

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Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way Mar 25, 2016

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People need better leaders to guide them, but they also have a desire to become better leaders themselves in many aspects of life, such as businesses, churches, non-profits, sports teams, and more. Many corporate professionals and other practitioners in various disciplines pursue the goal of being solid leaders. But despite training and mentoring, these aspiring leaders still fall short of becoming the kind of leader who inspires others to deliver to the best of their abilities.
Based on extensive experience and observation, I believe we all have leadership traits, but proactive efforts are needed in order to grow and transform these skills. The appropriate level of planning, nurturing, and execution can help leaders navigate the course from a non-starter to a resilient starter and finisher.
Shawn, Chase, and Mario are three personas who represent the leadership dispositions of resilient-starters, quick-starters, and non-starters and finishers. Their stories model the ways that you can use lean thinking and agility to transform your leadership character.

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Prayers to my Abba Father God Jan 20, 2019

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Prayer is asking, expecting, receiving, and responding based on frequent conversations with our Abba Father God. We engage in intimate conversations as many times needed to help with the journey through each day. The prayers included in this book began as songs intended to be recorded for worship. However, prayer is one way to worship and celebrate the goodness we have received as well as the corrections to help us grow. The prayers written in this book are categorized into three themes that include: 1) gratitude, 2) wandering, and 3) being still. A life that is filled with the attitude of gratitude demonstrates being content with the gifts received in life, no matter how small. We wonder physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Think of the Israelites in the Old Testament, wandering the desert for 40 years. According to historical facts, the journey should have only taken 11 days to travel from Egypt to Canaan to reach the promised land. When we take time for being still, it is acknowledging the goodness of being in God’s rest.
The book of Psalms contains many songs of praise that many people read daily for guidance. I invite you to read these prayers to help you create your own prayers. God love creative people! That is why God set aside the Levites as a special group of people responsible for music. I invite musicians to take these words and add melodies and new chord changes and share them with the world.

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