Have you read about Seth Godin's new "Alternative MBA" program he's doing?
He did an internship last Summer and says he was too hands off:
In running internships, I've tried to take a hands off approach. "Here," I say, "this is the goal, these are the tools, shout if you need me." The idea is that people with motivation ought to be able to push themselves if they just have the opportunity.
I've discovered that this doesn't work nearly as well as I'd like. It's simple: if it were easy to change, people would do it. It's the pushing and the coaching and the daily expectations that help the change occur.
Hmmm, sounds like trying to affect life change?
We're going to read books, have discussions but most of all, do stuff. Do it, complete it, push it through the Dip.
Hmmm, do stuff - sounds like a good way to learn something.
Here's the program I'm interested in creating:
One hour a day of class/dialogue
Four hours a day of working on my projects
Three hours a day of working on your personal project
Five hours a day of living, noticing, doing and connecting
Sounds like discipleship! Not the professor to the student, but the life-on-life, learn by doing, learn by watching, make mistakes kind of discipleship that Jesus had with his disciples. Not just relying on book learning, or lecture style knowledge transfer, it's following the teacher - Seth is planning on pouring a lot of time into his disciples, more than just giving them token projects and a few lunch meetings.
My point? Jesus did this, Seth Godin's doing this, maybe it actually works?
What other programs like this exist? Is anyone using this technique to make develop disciples of Christ? (perhaps it doesn't work? we'll see...)
