At last week’s European Cell Symposium, Phil Potter spoke about the conference title, “A New Kind of Leader”. He drew together five images from recent books, articles and discussions about the need for changing approaches to leadership in a changeing world.

To wet your appetite, we were invited to move from…

1. lighthouses to rafts (attracting to attaching)

2. diving boards to surfboards (restructuring to reimagining)

3. orchestras to jazz bands (orchestrating to improvising)

4. generals to gardeners (controlling to cultivating)

5. spiders to starfish (retaining to releasing)

The full transcript is available todownload by clicking here. It raises lots of questions and issues, so please do add your comments.

(In his later session, Ben Wong, beautifully drew together all five points under the observation that the people of God have always craved a king, and the “senior pastor” tends to be happy to play that role - but God is into theocracy!)