Black Box

I learned this term at a conference about training, raising leaders and growth. And it's a topic we've discussed among the leadership at our church as well. A black box is a mystery and it's something few can figure out. And when it comes to leaders of things like sound/tech, etc... this can be quite dangerous. It means that not enough people are learning and growing and possibly even control issues.

I've been thinking about this for myself a lot lately as one of the tech leads at our church. We've been training a lot of people in the past few years and that's really exciting. In fact, recently I've removed myself from the Koinonia Sound Team so that the students can do the setup and one of the junior guys is leading it all. But I think this is not enough. I cannot and should not be the limiting factor for growth and transfer knowledge. Being replaceable is a very important trait to have for growth.

So I'm trying to train up with even greater zeal and intensity the next generation so that I can be phased out. So the focus of many of my posts is going to be on process and ideas and systems we have in place and that we should.