Discovering Common Ground

This book brings together cases from around the world of an approach to strategic planning, empowerment, consensus building and whole systems improvement. Hundreds of organisations and interest groups in business, government and the nonprofit sector have used this approach to create shared vision, innovation, commitment, and collaborative action that exceed what people thought possible. In this approach - called "future searches", "search conferences" or simply "searches" - people from all walks of life who have a stake in an organisation or issue (employees, managers, customers, suppliers, owners, and community and government groups) come together for two or three days to explore their mutual past, present and future in a global context. Using a self-managing format, they seek common ground among their diverse interests, invent ideal futures rather than work old problems, and generate creative strategies, action plans, and broad-based commitment to implement strategies and plans.

ISBN 1881052087   Pages 460 ISBN13 9781881052081 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Berrett-Koehler   Weight (grammes) 589 Imprint Berrett-Koehler   Published in San Francisco Format Paperback   Height (mm) 233 Publication date 01 Jan 1993   Width (mm) 157 Library of Congress HD30.28.D5   Spine width (mm) 33 DEWEY 658.4   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC12A

		Preface
		The Authors
Pt. 1		Origins, Core Concepts, and Values
		Introduction		1
1		Applied Common Sense by Marvin R. Weisbord		3
2		Inventing the Search Conference: Bristol Siddeley Aircraft Engines, 1960 by Marvin R. Weisbord		19
3		Building Collaborative Communities by Eva Schindler-Rainman and Ronald Lippitt		35
4		Parallel Paths to Community by Marvin R. Weisbord		45
5		Conditions for Success by Fred Emery and Marvin R. Weisbord		55
Pt. 2		Functioning of Future Search Conferences: Structure, Process Content
		Introduction		71
6		Search Conference Methodology for Practitioners: An Introduction by Oguz N. Baburoglu and M. Andy Garr, III		73
7		Adapting to Rapid Change Using Search Conferences: Lessons from Norway by Rolf Haugen		83
8		Informing Participants of What to Expect by Ivar K. Brokhaug		95
9		Touring 'The Four-room Apartment': a Dynamic View of Future Searches by Marvin R. Weisbord		101
10		Future Search Conferences and the New Science: What Process Should We Trust? by Margaret Wheatley		105
11		Dialogue as a Path Toward Wholeness: David Bohm Interviewed by John Briggs		111
Pt. 3		Single-Organization Cases
		Introduction		125
12		Strategic Planning in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by John T. Wooten and Kathie M. Libby		127
13		Revising Brigham Young University's Business School Curriculum by Margaret Wheatley		137
		Concept: Theory into Practice by Gary Frank and Dave Angus and Bob Rehm		141
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