Catalyst One Day: Andy Stanley on Momentum
Last night Mark Beeson and I had a great opportunity to eat dinner with the Catalyst team, including Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel. Every time I’m around those guys—I see they are the real deal. Humble. Authentic. Guys who put their families above their ministries. I respect them both immensely.
Andy began the day with a session on momentum. Some quotes…
Andy began the day with a session on momentum. Some quotes…
- Momentum = forward motion fueled by a series of wins.
- In the business world, a company that doesn’t have momentum takes quick action.
- In the church world, we put up with lack of momentum for a long time as long as we can still pay the bills.
- In the church world, momentum is not the norm. It is very disruptive, unsettling and uncomfortable.
- If you have momentum and you don’t know why—you are one stupid decision away from killing it.
- If you lack momentum, you need to understand why.
- Anything new creates momentum.
- Momentum is never triggered by tweaking something old. It is triggered by introducing something new.
- Complexity kills momentum. The process of tearing down complexity is painful, but must be done.
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GJ - I am overwhelmed by the awesomeness of these guys promoting each other. But alas, they are familiar names to me. Ski and Katie have attended Drive '09 (Stanley). Ski blogged about worshiping at Drive '08. Ski attended Catalyst (Stanley and Groeschel). Ski and Katie attended Granger Community Church (Beeson et al.)
When I was following Katie's Twitter posts, one was especially interesting. A former member of St. Marcus
Awkward!
7 comments:
"When I was following Katie's Twitter posts, one was especially interesting. A former member of St. Marcus Lutheran Church had joined Granger Community Church and was thrilled to see Ski and Katie there for training."
That says a lot about the inadequacy of Sausage Factory training.
Momentum also equals backward motion when accelerating down a slippery slope on rails laid by the Evil Foe greased by the errors of previous apostates.
• In the church world (huh?) momentum actually IS the norm, as long you focus on Baptizing and Catechizing. Stick to the Great Commission and the church will always have as much momentum as God requires of it. It will be forward momentum too.
Because they have no firm foundation, the apostates get panicky about the fear of lost momentum when there are no highly visible results (and cash!)
• "Anything new creates momentum." Really? In what direction?
• "Never triggered by tweaking/ need something new." This sounds like Delphi technique - change agent manipulation.
• "Like sitting in a staff meeting." This drivel about momentum is the excretion that one gets from consultants in shabby suits. Let me guess, there's a book to buy that explains more?
The awesomeness of shallow thinking!
Momentum assumes there is movement. Most of WELS is at a dead standstill. Before WELS needs to think about momentum, it must move and show that it is alive.
Gee, I went to the Ski & Katie site, they could use some bigger bandwith, it takes too long to load, I got tired and moved off the site.
What's that red thing in his hand?
I don't get it? Looks dopey to me.
err, bandwidth. I got it off too fast
The UFH (unidentified flying humanoid) has been identified. It is none other than Craig Groeschel. He was spotted numerous times in Mexico where people panicked.
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