How true are these observations about committees?!
- To get something done a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent. (Robert Copeland)
- If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. (Arthur Goldberg)
- If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in. (Author Unknown)
- Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. (Katharine Whitehorn)
For me, they’re all true, but if I’m going to be on a committee or form a committee, I’m going to follow Katharine Whitehorn’s advice.
Yet, there is no doubt that the leadership of the early church was collaborative and groups of leaders met to make key decisions. Deacons worked together in the Jerusalem church to distribute aid to the widows and orphans, and I’m pretty sure that meant they had to meet and discuss the strategy and implementation process.
