Chapter 13 · 75 min
Feeding the Five Thousand: An Organizational Case Study
Big idea
Five thousand fed: inventory taken, crowd grouped, work delegated, distribution supervised, leftovers collected. Compassion executed as operations.
Session objectives
- ◆Walk a real operation through the same five steps
- ◆Practice delegating distribution rather than doing it
- ◆Build accountability into the end of a task, not the start
Opening question
What is our version of feeding five thousand with what is already here?
Discussion questions
- 1.What resources do we already have that we have not counted?
- 2.How do we break large needs into manageable groups?
- 3.Who supervises quality once the work is handed off?
- 4.What do we do with the leftovers — the follow-up nobody wants?
Group exercise
Five-step run-through
- 1Choose one upcoming initiative
- 2Take inventory: what and who do we already have?
- 3Group the need into units small enough for one person
- 4Assign owners and set the collection point where results are reported
Commitment before next session
Run your next event using the five steps and debrief the group afterward.
JOI categories addressed
Delegation & EmpowermentServant Leadership
Facilitator note: open with the question, keep discussion to half the session, and end with every participant naming their commitment aloud.