My series of four articles (plus a postscript) analyzing the regional spiritual renewal initiative Transforming the Bay with Christ: A Platform for Regional Transformation? From Platforms to Governance Trading Control for Authority The Process for Products TBC Postscript: A Missional Creed
TBC 2: From Platforms to Governance
In our first installment on Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC), we talked about how platforms enable us to tackle problems and markets too big for any one entity to manage directly. Because of that, though, it is much harder to create a successful platform than it is to create a successful program. In this installment, we will talk about how to do that.
A Universal Problem Solving Process
Feel Concern Frame Question Find Authority Interpret Answer Implement Solution Back up as needed and repeat until concern is fully addressing.
The Innovator’s Restaurant: Architecting for Creativity
Andrew Dunn from Insight Labs recently posted a call for metaphors about Iterating imagination: Creativity. Structure. The two are normally thought to be at odds. But for a large organization to produce imaginative results again and again, it must have a structure that anticipates reinvention. He listed four models they came up with: Church and State: these... Continue Reading →
