Horizontal leadership, formally known as complex systems leadership, can energize your church by fostering a culture of generative thinking and innovation. "Generative thinking" is the result of encouraging people to continually and actively consider new and refreshing ideas about how to accomplish the mission of the church or organization.
Fostering such a culture will allow your members (agents) to interact at all levels, learning from one another, offering change possibilities (innovation and adaptation) needed to stay in touch with your constantly changing environment, and assisting the development of emergent new approaches that allow a sustainable future. These actions are functions of what we know as a "complex adaptive system" or CAS -- the home of what I call "horizontal leadership."
Four key characteristics of horizontal leadership have been noted in the previous two articles along with four key core values of millennials. The two lists complement each other well -- that is, the four key characteristics of horizontal leadership directly address the four key values of millennials.
But you may ask what "horizontal leadership" is all about. What makes it any different from the typical leadership used by churches for decades? Keep reading
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