Future Search An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities

by Weisbord, Marvin R.; Janoff, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9781605094281
• ISBN10: 1605094285
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-04
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

"Future Search" details this highly successful way for organizations and communities of all types to apply global thinking and democratic values to achieve rapid, whole-systems improvement. The authors provide guidance for every step of the way.

Author Biography

Marvin Weisbord, an international consultant for more than thirty years, is the author of Organizational Diagnosis, Productive Workplaces, editor/coauthor of Discovering Common Ground, and coauthor of Future Search. He is co-direcor, along with Sandra Janoff, of Future Search Network (formerly SearchNet), an international non-profit dedicated to community service, colleagueship, and learning.

Sandra Janoff, consultant and psychologist, works with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, communities and non-profits on whole systems transformation. She is the coauthor of Don't Just Do Something, Stand There, and Future Search. She is co-director, along with Marvin Weisbord, of Future Search Network (formerly SearchNet) an international non-profit dedicated to community service, colleagueship and learning.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

Part I: Learning
1 Any Sector, Any Culture: Future Search Cases from Everywhere
2 The Ripple Effect: How One Meeting Can Change the World
3 Conditions for Success
4 Origins of Future Search Principles
5 In Pursuit of the Perfect Meeting

Part II: Planning
6 Is Future Search for You?
7 Generating Money with Future Search
8 Planning to Succeed
9 Attending to the Details

Part III: Doing
10 Facilitating by “Just Standing There”
11 Riding the Roller Coaster
12 Same Principles, Other Uses

Part IV: Sustaining
13 Follow-up That Works
14 Listening to Leaders
15 Future Search Research and Evaluation
Epilogue: Could This “New Paradigm” Really Be an Old One?
Appendices
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Index
About the Authors