Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 732 pages
- Published by: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Edition: 2nd Edition January 4, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1576753794
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1576753798
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 8.1 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 3 pounds
Product Description
Originators and practitioners of such change methods as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, Gemba Kaizen, and Open Space Technology outline the distinctive aspects of their approaches, detail roles and responsibilities, share stories illustrating their use, and answer frequently asked questions. A comparative chart allows readers to evaluate the methods to find the one that seems best for them.
Publisher Description
Proven change strategies for tapping human potential in organizations and communities This extensively updated new edition of the classic bestseller features profiles of sixty-one change methods by the originators and foremost practitioners of such high-leverage change methods as Appreciative Inquiry, the World Café, Six Sigma, Future Search, and Open Space Technology. Each author outlines distinctive aspects of their approach, answers frequently asked questions, and provides case studies and references to learn more. A one-stop comparative chart helps you determine which methods will work best for you, along with chapters on mixing and matching and sustaining results. This awesomely expanded second edition is the definitive resource in the exciting area of engaging "whole systems" of people to create their own future.
"What the
Encyclopedia Britannica does for facts and the
Oxford English Dictionary does for words, this book does for changing whole systems (both organizations and communities). A definite reference must for your organizational book shelf."
--Martin Rutte, coauthor of
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work "Get ready to re-think your work and have it set in a greater perspective. This book is for those seeking a pragmatic blend of spirit and practice. It is the best book on large system change methods, bar none."
--Geoff Bellman, Consultant and author of
The Consultant's Calling "A treasure trove that, with disciplined application, can ignite a performance step change in an individual or organization. Its extremely practical tone brings distilled `What to do' insight and remarkable `How it works' clarity to each tool. This will be an invaluable contribution to even the best change agents in the world."
--Tony Singarayar, Senior Director, Business Models/Business Case, Advanced Technologies, Johnson & Johnson Consumer and Personal Products Worldwide
"
The Change Handbook is what I turn to when I want to review a process I have run before or select to a new one. Invaluable for all facilitators who want to rise above the ordinary!"
--Gifford Pinchot III, President, The Bainbridge Graduate Institute, and author of
Intrapreneuring "A terrific resource. I highly recommend this book to change leaders who want to find and learn about methods for creating and sustaining change."
--Francis M. Duffy, PhD, Professor of Change Leadership in Education, Gallaudet University
Reader ReviewsEDIT of 9 Feb 09 to add links (capability not available at the time) and to commit to attending NEXUS II in Bowling Green, OH thirty Mar - 1 Apr 08. I could spend the rest of my life trying to learn, use, and share each of the methods in this book, and never finish. When it was first published in 1999, it was before its time. Now, in 2006, this is a book made for our times, when Burning Man is now Green Man, Al Gore is a rock star, and even the greediest Wall Street CEO is starting to realize the party is over and we have to get real, real fast. I have been an admirer of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) and a champion of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and have gradually learned about other "opens" that are coming to the fore: Open Spectrum, Open Access, Open Culture, Open Innovation, and of course George Soros' Open Society. From this book I now add Open Circle, to complement the Open Space concept I learned recently in Seattle's Town Hall while listening to Paul Hawken talk about the World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility. I have to confess that this book is over-whelming, and I can barely scratch the surface. This is more of a book where you should read one author, one segment, each night, and fall asleep thinking about how to implement that one small section, how to embrace someone else and engage them with that one method. Having three teen-agers, all three of whom have completely rejected the prison/child care format and the rote learning objectives of the current school system (even as good as it is in Fairfax County) I will go so far as to say that this book, combined with serious games/games for change, is a complete one-to-one substitute for our current educational process. Everything in here is what we *should* have learned in school, what we *should* be practicing in fulfilling our civic duty (what we *actually* do is described in "The Cheating Culture," "Confessional of an Economic Hit-Man," and "Rogue Nation"). I am moving quickly and heavily into the intersection of Collective Intelligence (see my reviews of "The Tao of Democracy," "Smart Mobs," "Wisdom of the Crowds," or my longer list; and Natural Capitalism with its "true cost" meme. See my reviews of Paul Hawken et al, "Ecology of Commerce" and "Natural Capitalism," of the varied books by Herman Daly, and soon, my reviews of "The Great Turning," the "Omnivore's Dilemma," and others. For a broader sense of the possibilities, check out "Earth Intelligence Network" online. I still have the 1970's operating manual for spaceship earth someplace in my lower library. This book is the manual for spaceship earth for our children and those of us recommiting ourselves to the joy of learning and changing in our later years. It's not over until *we* decide its over. See these other books that have also inspired me and given me hope: The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All Society's Breakthrough!: Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition A Power Governments Cannot Suppress Escaping the Matrix: How We the People can change the world One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (BK Currents) The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy My lists are also a fast path to collections covering the ten threats, twelve policies, eight challengers, and various other aspects of saving humanity and the Earth from outselves.
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