Practicing Innovation: Navigating Governance and Innovation

October 13, 2025
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Explore how aligning governance with mission fosters faithful innovation, transforming competitive structures into collaborative, trust-based leadership.

Dr. Felix Theonugraha, president of Western Theological Seminary, reflects on how boards, presidents, and institutional leaders need to consider how their structures and relationships can cultivate the trust and alignment necessary for faithful innovation to flourish. He examines what it means to lead an institution through transition with faith and integrity.

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