Big Sur

Today we are beginning the third gathering of our third Leadership Community for Externally Focused Churches. We flew into San Jose yesterday and made the three hour drive to Treebones Resort (www.treebonesresort.com) on the Big Sur coast and even took in the scenic 17-mile drive. Treebones is owned by John and Corrine Handy. John will also facilitat this gathering.

Until February 2006 John Handy was the Senior Vice President of Product Design at Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toy company. While at Mattel John led all worldwide product concept, design and packaging efforts for Mattel’s Boy’s Games and Entertainment Division including the following diverse brands: Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Tyco RC, Harry Potter, Batman, Justice League, Max Steel, Yugo-Oh, Masters of the Universe and Games and Puzzles. Until his retirement from Mattel he led a department of 160 designers as well as a large network of outside design firms and professional investors. Each year his team of designers created and produce over 1200 toy products with 80% ($4b) of next year's revenue generated from products developed this year. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design from Arizona State University in 1983. John has 20 plus years of toy design experience: 20 years with Mattel, and one year at Playmates Toys where he was responsible for initiating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line.

Participants are showing up so duty calls but I'll attach a couple photos