Category Archives: Video

Networks Are The Primary Metaphor Of The Future

In this video, Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft, explains how networks have become the primary metaphor for understanding our world and solving major challenges. The shift from hierarchical thinking to systems thinking has impacted nearly every human endeavor. In what ways do you think the modern mission movement has also been impacted by this shift?…  

How To Stop Solving The Same Problem Over And Over Again

Have you ever found yourself in network or partnership meetings “solving” the same problem over and over again? These meetings can lead to solutions that don’t stick because we move too quickly from discussion of the problems to disagreements about proposed solutions. In this video, productivity consultant Ed Muzio explains the 50/30/20 rule of the hourglass model. This is a simple tool you can use to help organize a group decision-making meeting that works…  

Collaborative Mentoring: Growing Effective Collaborative Leaders

Mentoring collaboration leaders requires a collaborative style of mentoring that goes beyond sharing experience and advice. In this webinar, Tim Brown, Senior Advisor for visionSynergy, shares a partnership-based approach to mentoring collaborative leaders developed over 10 years of working with oral culture leaders to expand their collaboration capacity.
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Group Decision Making That Works

In the context of networks and partnerships, we must constantly make group decisions. Unfortunately, we often go into these meetings without any real clarity on HOW a decision will actually be made. We wrongly assume that a decision will simply emerge. In this video, productivity consultant Ed Muzio explains a basic model for group decision making that will help overcome these issues and make your meetings more effective…  

How to Form a Partnership to Reach a Specific People Group

India has about 4635 people groups. Many are yet to be reached with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. One of the effective ways of reaching the unreached is through a People Group approach… In order to reach a particular People Group (like Marwaris, Sindhis, Lingayats) etc., a coordinated strategy to work together will be very useful. We call this working in partnership….  

The Peloton Principle

… In the early days of the Tour, cyclists were not allowed to ride close to each other, but as cycling speeds have become faster and faster over the years, the modern peloton has become a central feature of the race. That is the Peloton Principle – racing together saves energy and increases performance. Think about that for a moment in your own ministry context. Could you imagine a 40% improvement in your work?…  

Consensus Decision-Making

Consensus decision-making is vital to the effectiveness of mission networks and partnerships. However, many of us who serve as network leaders struggle to build genuine consensus in our networks, partnerships, or working groups. The reason is that consensus decision-making processes are very different from the top-down decision-making processes most of us know from our own organizations….  

The Secret To Successful Meetings

Leaders of networks and partnerships know that helping groups collaborate together can involve countless meetings. Unfortunately, we have all been in meetings that seemed to go nowhere and achieve nothing. In this video, productivity consultant Ed Muzio shares a simple agenda tool that will make your meetings much more effective…