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For information about Barry Oshry's programs, books, and video on the topic of powerful human systems, go to Power & Systems. We particularly like Barry's books, Seeing Systems, Leading Systems, and The Possibilities of Organization. Also available at this website is information about the video documentary, The Power Lab: Living in New Hope, that is an entertaining and educational rendition of Oshry's societal experience called the Power and Leadership Conference.
One of our favorite books is The Hoop & the Tree: A Compass For Finding A Deeper Relationship With All Life by our friend Chris Hoffman. In this book, Chris explores these two deeply human symbols (hoop and tree) and the power they hold for understanding ourselves and our place in the world. Understanding the power of the hoop and tree in human history and mythology has relevance for anyone working to improve organizational life. Please visit The Hoop and the Tree.
Our colleagues at RGA Consulting are leaders in organization transformation efforts going on globally, with clients in Southern Africa, the UK, Australia, and other countries. They have developed a systemic change approach using methods that include those discussed in Rehm's book People in Charge.
You can tap into the Future Search Network. This website has lots of information about doing future search. A future search is a similar method to the search conference that we do and is used throughout the world to bring diverse stakeholders together in a large planning meeting to discover their common ground future. This website is facilitated by Sandra Janoff and Marvin Weisbord, the developers of Future Search.
Hawthorn Press, the publisher of Bob's book People in Charge, is located in Stroud UK, Hawthorn Press publishes books on topics ranging from social ecology to conflict and peace, crafts and festivals, parenting, and personal development.
Fran Ryan, of People In Charge, Ltd., is a colleague of ours located in Oxford, UK. She specializes in using participative approaches involving all the stakeholders to ensure that the right problem and the right solution gets identified.
The Center For Emerging Leadership is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating healthy, sustainable work cultures. They sponsor workshops, retreats, publications, and learning communities to explore the principles and practices for healthy work cultures. Nancy highly recommends their Women in Leadership program.
Blue Sky Productions was founded in 1987 by Allen Kobernick to develop and distribute training and documentary videos on workplace change strategies for business and industry.
Caridas Consulting builds productivity and performance through people. They open channels between business leaders and their people. They help organizations redesign the work environment to maximize the knowledge of innovative employees and the leadership of skilled managers.
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