Good To Great Jim Collins

Jim Collins’s book, “Good-To-Great”, is about how to structure and manage a good organization into one that produces sustained lasting and profitable results. (Collins: pg. 14) This paper focuses on the concepts from Collins text that any church leader can acquire and apply to a local church context. There are six key concepts processed through three broad stares: disciplined people, disciplined thought, and disciplined action. Although this book references businesses, its concepts may also apply to churches. The concepts is Level 5 are, The leadership, first who-then what, confronts the Brutal Facts (Yet Never Lose Faith), the hedgehog concept, a culture of discipline, technology accelerators, the flywheel and the doom loop, and from

The Hedgehog Concept is when one knows one big thing, takes the complex and simplifies it, and leaves the biggest footprints. This concept comes from the famous essay, “The Hedgehog and the Fox” based on an ancient Greek parable. The story of a cunning fox who thinks he knows everything, even how to catch a hedgehog. Then there is the hedgehog that is a dowdier creature that is a genetic mix-up between a porcupine and an armadillo. The hedgehog is minding his own business when the fox tries to trap him. He escapes and wins by rolling up into a perfect little ball. The Hedgehog has the insight that allows them to see through complexity and discern underlying patterns. This concept follows three circles: One’s passion, One’s economic engine drive, and what one does best. As pastors, it is important that we assist our congregations in understand their passions, as it relates to being servants of God. We do this by equipping them with the knowledge that God gives us all a talent that we may use to serve Him. The hedgehog concept is not always the best strategy; we need to recognize, understand and employ our best