Session 2: Manage Differently Now- Gary Hamel

Gary Hamel

• Are you changing as fast as the culture and world around you?


• The variables between Christians and non-Christians are hardly noticable


• 9 of 10 Americans have a faith in a spiritual being


• 82% of young non-believers have been to church at least once.... most disconnect within 8-12 weeks


• Is the problem God's message or our methods?


• All to often, churches haven't been "attractive" to the outside world


• Churches are losing market share... attendance is going down...


• We're challenged by fast paced culture, skepticism, angst over all large organizations, and more


• Maybe we should be thankful that less people are "going through the motions" and playing church


• Maybe we should be thankful that young people are forcing us to be clearer in our message and knowing what we believe and why


• When internal change lags, external changes- your organization could be in trouble


• Our problem is inertia.


• The pace of change has gone hyper-critical.... population, energy consumption, internet usage, and more....


• "The world is becoming more turbulent faster than most organizations are becoming resilient"


• Around 40 years of age a church tends to plateau


• Visions become strategies, strategies to processes.... business entrophy


• Success is a self-correcting phenomina


• The same change by eliminating the head of an organization is similar to dictators in 3rd world countries....


• "Every organization is successful until it's not."- Are we in denial?


• Cycle: Dismiss, Rationalize, Mitigate, Confront - Can be seen in boardrooms and bedrooms


• How to deal with denial- get the facts. Numbers don't lie. Just present reality candidly.


• Question your beliefs. Question "how" you do things. have humility, listen to the renegades, do we welcome dissent or do we styful?


• Learn from the fringes in ministry, business, and world


• The future has already happened but is not equally distributed


• Organizations can be stuck with what they have and hold on to it rather than looking at


• Leaders need to make change look more exciting than standing still


• Are we listening to people on our teams to foster new, innovative ideas?


• Most of what we do today is going to be irrelevant in the future.


• Collaborate ideas online: Example: "Dell Ideastorm"


• Hard to create new ideas if you can't deconstruct what you're currently doing, our orthodoxes....


• What hasn't changed in 3-5 years? Why?


• Compare to competition, what's identical and not unique?


• Examples of myths: Church happens in church, more programs means more impact, we need to multi-site with the same cookie cutter styled church we currently have


• Are you more committed to redemption, renewal, and reconciliation vs. programs, policies, and practices of your church? Would you be willing to give up some practices for someone's redemption?


• When the mental models of the leadership team diminish faster than their authority, your organization could be in trouble.... Old leadership can hold an organization hostage to change.


• It's easier for renegades to launch start-ups rather than change old, rigid organizations.


• Are we building an organization that can thrive without dynamic leadership at the top?


• Leader's Job: Mobilize, connect, support "Leaderless organizations"


• People want to be a part of a community, not a hierarchy


• Online, natural hierarchy/leadership.... as soon as the value you're creating diminishes, the less your leadership becomes.... Be relevant and add value.


• The Facebook generation isn't interested in working for a Forturne 500 company or attend a church that looks/acts like one....


• Maybe we need to try a little "disorganized" ministry... empower people