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Technical Change vs. Adaptive Change

Technical Change vs. Adaptive Change. Technical Change. Improving what is already being done Applies current knowledge and skills New learning is not needed, just application of present knowledge base Starting new programs, improving VBS Past approaches work with new problems

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Technical Change vs. Adaptive Change

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  1. Technical Change vs. Adaptive Change

  2. Technical Change Improving what is already being done Applies current knowledge and skills New learning is not needed, just application of present knowledge base Starting new programs, improving VBS Past approaches work with new problems Like taking a car to a mechanic

  3. Technical Change Important, not trivial We already have the skills to deal with these Experts exist, we rely on them Solutions come from them to us

  4. Adaptive Change We don’t have the skills to deal with these Solution is critical for our future Requires new learning Stimulates resistance Challenges our habits and assumptions Gran Torino

  5. Adaptive Change Questions our sense of competence Challenges how we see things No outside experts – they don’t exist We must create our own solutions Dealing with this will change the culture of our church New racial ethnic groups entering church

  6. Exercise #1 Share some key changes you have faced in your personal life in the last 10 years. Are they technical or adaptive? What did you do? How did you handle them?

  7. Exercise #2 Share some key changes your congregation has faced in the last 10 years. Are they technical or adaptive? How are adaptive changes affecting you? What opportunities/threats do they create? What are you doing to engage them?

  8. Jeremiah 29:4-14 What did the Israelites do to deal with their adaptive challenges? How was God leading them to become missional in Babylon?

  9. After Identifying the Adaptive Challenge What is God up to here? What new skills do we need to learn? What experiment can we try that will help us address this challenge? Who are the people God has put around us to help us? Action/reflection (prayer &Bible study) model

  10. NEXT STEPS Can’t learn everything you need to know in one day. This is only the beginning. It is a long journey. It’s about culture change, not structure change Need ongoing, regular learning community with other pastors and elders, training and coaching

  11. NEXT STEPS Memories, Hopes, and Conversations by Mark Lau Branson. Creating congregational conversations through Appreciative Inquiry to discover more deeply what God is up to in people’s lives. Awareness and Understanding

  12. Next Steps Starting New Initiatives, free (pay for shipping) from the Office of Evangelism and Church Growth Process begins with session members Process expands to include other leaders What is God calling us to do?

  13. Next Steps Roxburghmissionalnet.com Pastor 360 assessment process Church 360 assessment process Moving Back into the Neighborhood workbook process

  14. Questions?

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