Flexibility.
The bar code went through several phases. The original design was a circle. But designers soon discovered during printing that the ink would smudge in the direction of the running paper. So the linear form we know today was created.
The original creators of the circular bar code could have scoffed at the proposed change, but they were flexible.
The idea was not about shape or form, but rather, use.
If you’re working through an idea for your church, then make it simple, standard and … flexible.
Neither simplicity nor standards should become so rigid that — as the change implementation begins — an idea cannot evolve over time. A good idea becomes better through the multi-workings of the people in the church.
As the leader, most changes will begin with your ideas. But your ideas are not the endpoint. The best vision for a church combines the simplicity of a leader’s idea with the involvement of the people.
As a leader, you must be flexible with your ideas in order for the entire congregation to make them their own.
It’s fun to dream up new ideas. The hard work begins in attempting to implement new ideas.
Change occurs most smoothly when ideas are simple, standard and flexible.
