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are truly looking for in a church ?” Or “ How might we learn why our best efforts to reach them are falling short ?” Or “ How might we connect to some young adults who will tell us the things we need to hear and teach us some things we need to learn ?” adapting and implementing as we go .
Taken from How Not to Waste a Crisis by Tod Bolsinger . Copyright ( c ) 2024 by Tod E . Bolsinger . Used by permission of InterVarsity Press . www . ivpress . com
When a prototype is a genuine “ safe , modest , playful experiment ,” there is no failure . There is just an opportunity to try something new , learn something new , and observe how the system reacts . And then you just do it again . And again . And again . No experts , just learners . No silver bullets , just experiments . No superheroes to save the day , just “ mad scientists ” setting out to discover something new .
These experiments are definitely not about trying harder but about learning to look and listen , experiment and learn , prototype and discover a potential new way in the middle of a confusing moment .
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To be sure , this adaptive process is iterative . It repeats itself over and over again so that the organization can keep learning the lessons ,
Tod Bolsinger is the founder and principal at AE Sloan Leadership Inc ., the executive director of the DePree Center Church Leadership Institute , and associate professor of leadership formation at Fuller Seminary . He is the author of Canoeing the Mountains , the Practicing Change Series , and Tempered Resilience . 52