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As FILOs we must never be silos

Posted on November 1st, 2017

I have been thinking a lot about team. I suspect that many of our attenders would love to feel less overworked and stressed that they never get to breathe as they move from event to event to event with no end to tunnel of expectation. I suggest it’s actually a simple fix if there is a paradigm shift in what the job is. A true FILO ought to always be thinking about how our real job as Production Directors (or discipline leads for that matter) and is not to "do" a task, but rather to lead volunteers into a place they can serve as part of the Body of Christ. Let’s encourage our attenders to focus their energy on praying (Matt. 9:38) through who they invite with them to partner on the project. Let’s challenge our FILOs to see success as "working themselves out of a job" by training a volunteer to find their greatness in task rather than stooping to the lowest common denominator of finding identity as doing the task themselves.
Related, it’s important to remember that what we do with our "clock punching" and serving may be a virtuous thing, but it is vital to maintain the perspective that it is not the Work of God (John 6:29) - the Work of God is to believe in in Jesus, "ministry is simply a context for us to lift up Jesus as we help fill our position in the Body of Christ.

Initial ideation:
What about ideas of seeing the difference between a "one man band" and a conductor of an orchestra?

Strive for beauty with depth and layers

Posted on September 25th, 2015

Strive for beauty. Create with depth and layers.

Here’s a *slide from one of my Production Design Theory talks that I give. It was great spending time with FILO friends in Denver, Dallas, and Chicago this year as the conference met in each of those cities.

If you were part of those breakout trainings, please let me know what was helpful and what I should improve on. Also, please let me know if you have any followup questions that I might tailor an answer specifically for your unique context.

*It was cool getting to sub in the new photo from the Leadership Gathering

Eric G Wolfe

Creative Director | Process Architect. Design Strategist. Leadership Coach.