How to Handle Knots
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How to Handle KnotsNetwork Mapping as a Tool for Bringing Light Into Darkness
What Kind of Network Do You Want?
Lies, Confusion, Obfuscation, Knots? Truth, Clarity, Transparency, Nodes?
Network Components
Lies• Satan is the Father of Lies
• Lies tie networks in knots
• Resources get stuck in knots
• Communication becomes confusion
• Lies build strongholds for Satan
Truth• Jesus Christ is the Truth
• Truth sets networks free
• Resources flow freely
• Communication becomes communion
• Truth generates vessels for Christ
Confusion
• Confusion supports lies
• Confusion links together two things, reducing them both
• Confusion results in darkness
• Confusion isolates individuals
• Confusion limits communication
Clarity
• Clarity supports truth
• Clarity links together two things, magnifying them both
• Clarity results in light
• Clarity builds community
• Clarity facilitates communication
Obfuscation
• Obfuscation hides
• Hiddenness supports sin
• Sin ties more knots
• Knots propagate disorder
• Disorder prevents the flow of information & resources
Transparency
• Transparency reveals
• Revelation supports virtue
• Virtue builds more links
• Linked nodes generate order
• Order facilitates the flow of information & resources
Knots
• Interfere with life, light, truth
• A maze that leads nowhere
• Made weak by strong ties
• Individuals imprisoned, lost
• Impossible to envision growth that won’t lead to worse tangle
• No room for new members
Nodes
• Radiate with life, light, truth
• A path that leads to solutions
• Made strong by weak links
• Individuals served, shining
• Easy to see growth strategy that will lead to greater results
• Strong and weak nodes needed
Untangling Knots – 1
• Identify the Persons Involved
Untangling Knots – 2
• Trace the paths between them to see who is tied together
Untangling Knots – 3
• Determine which paths are lies and expose them
Untangling Knots – 4
• Cut the ties to lies, sin, darkness
Untangling Knots – 5
• Make straight paths, clarify shared values, expose all connections
Untangling Knots – 6
• Hubs will begin to emerge
Untangling Knots – 7
• Individual contributions become clear
Untangling Knots – 8
• People who bridge between groups are identified
Exposing a Knotted System – 1
It’s not working, resources are stuck, individuals are dissatisfied, needs are not being met.
What’s wrong?
You don’t see the connections.
Exposing a Knotted System – 2
Without a map, you don’t even see all the persons involved.
Exposing a Knotted System – 3
Start with what you can see.
Map the flow of money, the lines of authority and responsibility, the ties of influence and shared affiliation, and the public record of votes, opinions, recommendations, etc… to see where there are networks affecting performance.
Exposing a Knotted System – 3Who pays whom? Who is in control of this organization? Who voted for whom?
Look for connections that undermine the system to find out why the system doesn’t work: influence that works against stated goals, controllers without authority, people with a vested interest in hiding their actions and affiliations.
Exposing a Knotted System – 4
It becomes clear why things aren’t running smoothly.
A Way That Leads to DeathConnect with those who undermine your values
Link your reputation to those who are infamous
Hide your affiliations from plain view
Support people, organizations and ideas that conflict with one another
Resist efforts to map your networks
Lie, deceive, cover for heresy, approve sin
Disregard your own vows, promises, constitutions, founding principles, bylaws
Develop in discontinuity with history
A Way That Leads to LifeConnect with those who share your values
Link your reputation to those who are virtuous
Acknowledge your affiliations in plain view
Support people, organizations and ideas that resonate with one another
Support efforts to map your networks
Tell the truth, give no support to sin or heresy
Keep your vows, promises, constitutions, founding principles, bylaws
Develop in continuity with history
What Kind of Network Do You Want?One that Leads to Death?
• Connect with those who undermine your values
• Link your reputation to those who are infamous
• Hide your affiliations from plain view
• Support people, organizations and ideas that conflict with one another
• Resist efforts to map your networks
• Lie, deceive, cover for heresy, approve sin
• Disregard your own vows, promises, constitutions, founding principles, bylaws
• Develop in discontinuity with history
One that Leads to Life?
• Connect with those who share your values
• Link your reputation to those who are virtuous
• Acknowledge your affiliations in plain view
• Support people, organizations and ideas that resonate with one another
• Support efforts to map your networks
• Tell the truth, give no support to sin or heresy
• Keep your vows, promises, constitutions, founding principles, bylaws
• Develop in continuity with history
Created by Charlotte OstermannIn the interest of truth.
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