Creating the futures we desire - getting the whole system into the room: part I

For our organisations to flourish, they need to engage the intelligence, creativity and energy of the whole workforce and involve all stakeholders. One way of doing this is to use whole system approaches to planning and implementing change and what have come to be known as large-group methods. This...

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Published in:Industrial and commercial training 1998-02, Vol.30 (1), p.4-11
Main Author: Nixon, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advantages
Employee involvement
Empowerment
Future
Groups
Guidelines
History
Implementation
International
Methods
Open systems
Organizational change
Organizational learning
Planning
Strategic planning
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Summary:For our organisations to flourish, they need to engage the intelligence, creativity and energy of the whole workforce and involve all stakeholders. One way of doing this is to use whole system approaches to planning and implementing change and what have come to be known as large-group methods. This article, the first of two parts, makes a case for these approaches and describes the major benefits, outlines their history and describes two well-tried methods: future search and open space technology.
ISSN:0019-7858
1758-5767
DOI:10.1108/00197859810197681