Faith and Innovation

1. Faith and Innovation “Loving God, forgive us, and remind us again of your power to do the impossible, your power to make all things new, your power to give peace. Help us to translate our thoughts and words into acts of compassion and our faith into deeds. Amen” Wayne Presbyterian Church 3 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

2. Faith and Innovation Conversations from .. 3 JBInnovation.com

3. Faith and Innovation 7 week agenda • 2013 week 1 • 2013 week 2 • 2013 week 3 • 2014 week 1 – One-word vision and TED • 2014 week 2 – Idealized design and TED • 2014 week 3 – Reverse ideation and TED • 2014 week 4 – Idea olympics and TED 1 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

4. Innovation and Learning How do professionals innovate?How might you innovate? 8

5. Innovation and Learning IDEO’s rules for innovation • One conversation at a time • Stay focused • Encourage wild ideas • Defer judgment < penalty bell! • Build on the ideas of others

6. Faith and Innovation John 8:7 "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God” Closing words Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 5 James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourself. Do what it says. Amazing Grace Prayer“Thank you God for helping us look to see the big picture, the system and you in it, question our assumptions, even to question the obvious. Thank you for giving us the courage to be vulnerable, to accept and learn from others, and the faith to know that we are worthy to do your work. Please grant us the grace to discern your purpose for us on this earth and act on it. Amen” An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

7. Faith and Innovation Summaries of prior sessions at Wayne Pres., JBInnovation.com

8. Faith and Innovation 2013 week 1 – Understanding • What is innovation? What is faith? • Context: Your image of God • Context: What do you see? • Giants of innovation and faith Innovation: “Acting on ideas for a purpose” Faith: “Trust in a person or entity” [Can be self, God, God in self, other] • “God in nature; God everywhere; God all around; God in us; The power of God; All powerful; God is Love as seen in children, in Wayne, in South West Philadelphia..” “What you think you see depends on where you stand and how you feel” Five Blind Men David Roth 2 • If by life’s roadside I can plant a tree, beneath whose shade some wearied head may rest, I shall not have lived in vain while here 2 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

9. Faith and Innovation 2013 week 2 - Possibilities • Risk mistakes and accept being wrong • Thinking in different ways • Your innovation process • Giants and judgment Michael Jordan, St. Augustine and “wrongologist” Kathryn Schultz. • See the system. Observe self. Borrow a brain. Look for the next right answer. IDEO: Defer judgment. Pick something that matters. Suspend evaluation. Reduce barriers. Include others, neighbors, God. • Treat people as humans. Embrace those who disagree with you including your enemy. 2 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

10. Faith and Innovation 2013 week 3 - Action • Faith in action: learning from giants • Creating a “personal scorecard” • Giants, judgment and forgiveness Videos of and on Tutu, Mandela, King, Gandhi, Theresa and Wilberforce. 3 • Start with your purpose. Make promises. Then keep them! James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourself. Do what it says. • Borrow brains, think the opposite, it is free. • Act to forgive. Forgiveness is good for your health! 3 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

11. Faith and Innovation 2014 week 1 The Common Place(1/12/2014) • An interview with Brene Brown and TED • Interview with Jonathan Fields [5] • Excerpts from TED talks by Brene Brown_[15] • Idealized design for The Common Place “1-words” from flip chart in the Fireside Room South West Point of View | Quality vs. Quantity | Empowerment | Discernment | Listening into Speaking | Natural | Surprising | Serving | Assets | Equality | Authenticity | Time | Scale of Innovation | Original | 8 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

12. Faith and Innovation 2014 week 2 • Review: MLK video and others • Idealized design with systems thinking What are the elements of The Common Place, the Purpose and the Needs? An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com

13. Faith and Innovation 2014 week 3 • TED talks • Tying your shoes / Africa (understanding) • Where ideas come from (possibilities) • Reverse innovation: Possible issue: A 100 year old retreat center in a remote location. Purpose: “Live and work so all people may be united together as one.” • So what? (action) 3 1 18 An exercise in Faith and Innovation: Understanding, Possibilities and Action. JBInnovation.com