Burnout or Breakout
Learning Community
Description

Systems Thinking Sessions beginning February 8 for five consecutive Mondays.

Session 1
What is a system? What makes the church a system?

• Essential characteristics of a system
• Characteristics of a social system (church)
• Big Idea #1: A system is perfectly designed (structured) to get the outcomes you see.

Session 2
What are the big ideas of systems thinking?

• Linear vs. systems thinking
• Tool #1: The Systems Iceberg
• Treating symptoms or solving problems?

Session 3
Is systems thinking biblical

• Exodus 18: Moses and Jethro
• Jethro: first church consultant
• A system designed for burnout

Session 4
How does systems thinking help me be a better church leader

• Discovering what’s really happening
• Tool #2: Behavior over time graph
• The role of mental models