{"id":832,"date":"2013-05-26T06:05:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T06:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dminlgp.com\/exploring-a-question-this-weeks-reading-from\/"},"modified":"2014-07-16T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T13:20:41","slug":"exploring-a-question-this-weeks-reading-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/exploring-a-question-this-weeks-reading-from\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-832 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/exploring-a-question-this-weeks-reading-from\/attachment\/833\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mne69mSeKs1rcndfjo1_12801-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Exploring A Question<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>This week\u2019s reading from Roam: The Back of the Napkin was an interesting and valuable tool to include in a leader\u2019s toolbox.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The tool explores a visually creative and systematic way of generating innovative ideas and problem solving.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The tool simplifies the entire process, brings clarity, and shows an explicit way to present ideas, and solutions.<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>With this tool and the associated visual techniques learnt, I set out to understand and explore a question that has gained much attention in the past decade.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Will the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century belong to India?<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Will India be a leader? And if so, what will it take for India to be an empowered country?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>India\u2019s power within is its people. The 1.2 billion strong, it is quite a force to reckon with.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This power coupled with global influences in the past decade has caused the country to emerge from the shadows.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Presently with the growth and development in economy, technology and infra-structure and other efforts to create a global presence, India is viewed not just as a \u2018developing\u2019 nation, but as an \u2018emerging\u2019 country.<span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>To envision an empowered nation, India needs to take a closer look at its people power.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With almost 65% under the age of 35, young people in the country are its greatest assets. <span>\u00a0<\/span>But they lack direction, inspiration and motivation. Strategic efforts focused on youth empowerment in the next 10 years will lead the way for a transformation from an emerging country to an empowered one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>While there are secular methods employed to empower young people, the question remains as to the depth and sustainability of their empowerment.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The church, as a time tested channel, is a only viable catalyst to effect change in body, mind and spirit. The church, therefore, has a crucial and important role to play in providing direction, skills development, leadership development and capacity building leading the way to an empowered people and an empowered nation.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Should the church take such a lead, there is no doubt that the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century will be \u2018India\u2019s century\u2019.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Roam, Dan. <em>The back of the napkin: solving problems and selling ideas with pictures<\/em>. 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