The Change Handbook Group Methods for Shaping the Future [Paperback]

The Change Handbookfeatures chapters by the originators and foremost practitioners of such high-leverage change methods as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, Gemba Kaizen, and Open Space Technology. The authors outline distinctive aspects of their approach; detail roles and responsibilities; share a story illustrating usage; and answer frequently asked questions about how to put it into practice. Examples of successful change efforts acquaint readers with the diverse array of methods being employed today. A one-stop comparative chart allows them to evaluate the methods to determine what will work best fro them, and an in-depth reference section helps them locate the resources they need to get started.Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Essential Fundamentals

Part I: Navigating Through the Methods
1. The Big Picture: Making Sense of More Than Sixty Methods
2. Selecting Methods: The Art of Mastery, Steven Cady
3. Preparing to Mix and Match Methods, Peggy Holman
4. Sustainability of Results, Tom Devane

Part II: The Methods
Adaptable Methods
In-depth
5. Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change, David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney
6. Collaborative Loops, Dick Axelrod and Emily Axelrod.
7. Dialogue and Deliberation, Sandy Heierbacher
8. Integrated Clarity: Energizing How We Talk and What We Talk about in Organizations, Marie Miyashiro and Marshall Rosenberg
9. Open Space Technology, Harrison Owen
10. The Technology of Participation, Marilyn Oyler and Gordon Harper
11. Whole-Scale Change, Sylvia L. James and Paul Tolchinsky
12. The World Café, Juanita Brown, Ken Homer, and David Isaacs
Thumbnails
13. Ancient Wisdom Council, Wind Eagle and Rainbow Hawk Kinney-Linton
14. Appreciative Inquiry Summit, James D. Ludema and Frank J. Barrett
15. The Conference Model, Dick Axelrod and Emily Axelrod
16. Consensus Decision Making, Tree Brl³*