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What We are Learning in a VUCA World: Crowdsourcing Expedites Learning

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”  ―  Kenneth H. Blanchard As we minister in a VUCA world  of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, we have to be able learn from others.  One way to do this is through crowdsourcing.   Merriam-Webste r defines crowdsourcing as  “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.” Crowdsourcing may be the 21 st  century version of mentoring.  A mentor is someone who shares with you things that she or he has learned so you don’t have you discover them for yourself.  Move the idea from an individual to a group and add the Internet; the result is crowdsourcing. In this time of COVID-19 crisis, few people have the playbook to do what needs to be done, including ministers.  I have found in recen...