Quietly Courageous

Type 3: Frame-Bending Planning Asks essential formation questions, “Who are we?,” “What are we called to do?,” and “Who is our neighbor?” The assumption is that things are not working and that what we are currently doing in ministry is not faithful and effective Goal: to go back to the beginning and examine our purpose and call from God Timetable:

Linear: (Clear problem > Known Solution > Action) Nonlinear: (Presenting Issue > Complex Interactions > Learning)

Linear models of change work well when the leader is faced with a problem. In chapter 2 we began with the distinction between technical and adaptive work, a critical difference described by Ron Heifetz in his work on leadership. Technical work is the application of known solutions to known problems.

technical work is the application of known solutions to known problems,

The shift to liquid modernity means that the structures and institutions that we use to order our lives no longer serve individuals with stable frames of reference for establishing life projects such as marriage, family, community, career, security, or meaning.

In contrast, it is currently estimated that even massively complex multinational corporations involved in strategic planning will need to redo their work within eighteen to twenty-four months—months, not years.

“White Christian America” to describe the domain of white Protestants in America that developed in the twentieth century along two main branches: “a more liberal mainline Protestant America headquartered in New England and the upper Midwest/Great Lakes region and a more conservative evangelical Protestant America anchored in the South and lower Mid

Belonging to a team, a group, an organization, or an institution has a greatly diminished appeal as a convergent culture that once preferred belonging to groups has given way to a divergent culture that prefers individual experiences.

Consider the shift from a contract in which by giving you receive to an understanding that I should claim what I want as long as I don’t impede others from doing the same. A shift from a search for communal happiness to a search for personal pleasure. A shift from the values of shared security