Transcript The Pioneer Journey Melbourne July 2015 http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged Seeing in a New Way Know how to see.

The
Pioneer
Journey
Melbourne July 2015
http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged
Seeing in a New Way
Know how to see
“The real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust
“ To look at something as though we
have never seen it before requires
great courage.”
Henri Matisse
“ Our whole business in
this life , is to restore to health
the eyes of the heart,
whereby God may be seen.”
Augustine
In working with young
people . . . do not try to call
them back to where they
were, and do not try to call
them to where you are, as
beautiful as that place might
seem to you.
You must have the courage
to go with them to a place
that neither you nor they
have ever been before.
Christianity Rediscovered: An Epistle from the
Masai (1978)
‘ You can spend all the time learning
and not doing .
And doing, not learning to do is the
essence of pioneering.’
Prayer
Love
Relate
Prayer
Create
Learn from the
spider and the fridge
Learn from the spider
Find a suitable starting point
Bridge the gap
Create an anchor point
Effectuation thinking
Saras Sarasvathy
http://www.effectuation.org/
Effectuation
Effectuation
• organisational mindset
– objectives, strategic plans, timelines
– love market research
• pioneering mindset
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start with what you have got
collaborative
experimental
objectives arise from experience
prefer to network than do market research
• both are valid – in the right context
Saras Sarasvathy, Effectuation, 2008
1.They really wanted to do this
2.They begin by taking a small step
3.They stop to see what they have learned.
4.They take another step
Act-learn-build-act………….
‘ Entrepreneurs thrive on contingency.
The best ones improvise their way to an
outcome that in retrospect feels ordained.’
Three key questions for creativity
Who am I ?
What do I know?
Who do I know ?
Four good practice questions
• Who is the mission for?
mission goals questions
• Who is the mission by?
mission resource questions
• Who is the mission with?
mission partner questions
• What sort of resulting community?
mission outcome questions
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A visual framework
Values: eg. hospitality, creativity, service, authenticity
Clouds
Your
context
Vision
Pioneers
Who is
with you?
Treasure
8-9
So what do we do now??
•What’s going on here?
•What shall we do in response?
•How can we make it happen?
•What will be the result?
How to start
1. Find a meeting place for services
2. Name the fellowship
3. Set up a schedule for services
4. Organise music for services
5. Establish how the Word is taught
6. Create a statement of beliefs and practices
7. Organise finances
How do we start ?
1.
Build in mission-centred values
2.
Listen, pray, form vision – what calling begins to emerge
3.
Prune a little – how do we travel light? What if ????
4.
Form a team – to learn the context & grow together
5.
Feed your imagination – read, go visit other examples
6.
Explore partnerships – and obtain permissions
7.
Form community – serving, speaking worshipping
8.
Maintain Connection – with the wider church
9.
Share what you are doing – lets all learn
The Innovators DNA
The Five Habits of Highly
Innovative Leaders
Questioning
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Observing
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Networking
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Experimenting
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Associational Thinking
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Need leaders with discovery skills
rather than delivery skills