Breakthrough Thinking

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Breakthrough Thinking

• James C. Galvin, Ed.D.
• Galvin and Associates, Inc.

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Youth culture is continually shifting, morphing,
and changing
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You need to think creatively to surf the trends
of youth culture
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Life or ministry grows more complex and we soon
become overloaded
Goals
Growth of Complexity
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Breakthrough thinking takes you to the simplicity
beyond complexity
New Goals
New State of Simplicity
Old Goals
Growth of Complexity
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Use creative thinking tools for personal and
ministry breakthrough

• Reframing
• Five Whys
• What if
• Reverse
• PMI
• Idealized Design

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Wheelbarrow
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Tool 1 Reframing
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Try viewing a problem or situation through a
different frame
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Try to step back and see the larger system
surrounding your problem
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Avoid the common trap of simply trying harder
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When have you successfully reframed a problem?
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Tool 2The Five Whys
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Go ahead and ask why
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Tool 3What if
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What if I were a toaster?
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What if I were in an elevator falling at the
speed of light?
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What if I were a ministry website?
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What if the Junior High students in our ministry
all had edible clothes?
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What if someone donated three genuine NASCAR
retired race cars?
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What if we created a serious study Bible for high
school students?
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What if you could get customizable Bible studies
on any passage?
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Tool 4Reverse
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How could we severely reduce attendance at Alive?
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What are some ways to accelerate the decline of
the retreat center?
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How can I be less effective?
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Tool 5 PMI
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Its easier for us to criticize an idea that to
reinforce the positive
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School systematically wipes out our natural
ability to think creatively

• Children enter school as ?s and leave as .s
• Neil Postman

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You can use PMI to evaluate and process any idea
or suggestion
Write idea or suggestion here
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This glass is now half-empty
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QA

• Reframing
• Five Whys
• What if
• Reverse
• PMI
• Idealized Design

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Tool 1 Reframing
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Tool 2The Five Whys
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Tool 3What if
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Tool 4Reverse
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Tool 5PMI
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Tool 6Idealized design
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Tool 6 Idealized Design
System as we want it
System as it is
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Improving the System
System as we want it
Inactive
Reactive
Active
System as it is
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Flip the Switch
System as we want it
Inactive
Reactive
Active
System as it is
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GM Hydrogen Car
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Leadership Network
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Gods Word to the Nations
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Like any other way of thinking, practice using
idealized design
System as we want it
System as it is
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QA

• Reframing
• Five Whys
• What if
• Reverse
• PMI
• Idealized Design

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Breakthrough Thinking

• www.galvinandassociates.com