6 December, 2002 7:53 PM
Two nights in a row with the house to my self - its bizarre enough being home two nights in a row, let alone on my lonesome. Have had my fill of Thia food and some nice red - might be an early night on the cards!
Had emails today from Sal and Tam both of whom are overseas and got word of LR from independent sources - its amazing how news travels - virus like stuff!
Have been reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell lately. I'm facinated with his work - makes alot of sense to me. He writes about the transmition of 'ideas and information' between humans. Basically he compares the spread of an idea to the spread of a virus. Various factors contribute to such a spread - one of which is the type of people the idea or information is passed onto. All it takes is it to get into the 'right' type of persons mind and it'll have an amazing impact.
The three types of people are 'Connectors' (the type that knows everyone...and is able to connect a wide variety of types of people with one another and ideas) , 'Mavens' (information specialists - they come up with or find the ideas and info in the first place) and 'Salesmen' (obviously those who are able to sell the idea - who can communicate it and have others buy into it).
Not sure which I am - perhaps more of a Maven. I know I'm married to a Connector (V can't help herself but do that) - she might be a bit of a Salesperson to I suspect.
It'd be interesting to do a study of Church plants (successful and unsuccessful - whatever that means) and take a look at the type of people in their core teams. I wonder if there is any correlation to these functionaries and their success? Anyone have any ideas?
Of course 'Tipping Point' has alot more to say - but so far the above is what sticks out.....
