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Tribes
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Permalink Reply by Keith McNamar on -
Is what you're leading a tribe or factory?
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Permalink Reply by Eric on -
The tribe can easily become a factory when what we do and how we do it becomes more important that the mission or goal.
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Permalink Reply by Keith McNamar on
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I think you're right...most of the factories started as tribes. Denominations began as movements. Churches began as missions. It seems the natural way of human beings is to begin to codify what was once unspoken, and to solidify what was once fluid.
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Permalink Reply by Alex McManus on -
Keith and Eric, How would we know if we had a factory or a tribe? If you have a late adapting and very cautious leader, he may feel like his very slow moving factory is going too fast.
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Permalink Reply by Eric on
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I think the question is not, how do we know; but, do we care to lead a tribe or manage a factory? Some may WANT to manage a factory; they must realize that this is different and will have different outcomes than leading a tribe.
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Permalink Reply by Alex McManus on
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excellent. nice reframing of the question.
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Permalink Reply by Keith McNamar on
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I think that's right on, Eric. If you want to lead a tribe, and find yourself in a factory, you're going to always be frustrated at the lack of creativity and innovation. If you want to lead a factory and find yourself in a tribe, you're going to be driven crazy by the inefficiency and apparent un-manageability (I think I just created a word...) of the people in the tribe.
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Permalink Reply by Keith McNamar on
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I think it has to do with attitude and mindset. When the focus shifts from mission to maintenance, then you've killed the movement. It's what I see in my particular denomination. Ironically they make a big deal of the fact that they are a "fellowship of churches", which is how they started, but they're as much a denomination as anything else.
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Permalink Reply by Alex McManus on
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yes, when we try to figure out how to maintain the mission we need to re-missionize.
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Permalink Reply by Keith McNamar on
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Hey, another new word....re-missionize :) I like it.
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