PUBLISHED BOOKS:
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Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community and Results,
Rita Scweitz, Kim Martens, with Nancy Aronson
"Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community, and Results not only contains the most interesting array of (16) case studies in school districts that you will find anywhere, it illustrates how you can engage an array of stakeholders in any setting in helping to share and own their own futures. An exciting and an inspiring set of chapters for tackling deeper system transformation" - author of Leadership in a Culture of Change, Change Forces with a Vengeance and Change Forces: The Sequel
Rita Scweitz, Kim Martens, with Nancy Aronson
"Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community, and Results not only contains the most interesting array of (16) case studies in school districts that you will find anywhere, it illustrates how you can engage an array of stakeholders in any setting in helping to share and own their own futures. An exciting and an inspiring set of chapters for tackling deeper system transformation" - author of Leadership in a Culture of Change, Change Forces with a Vengeance and Change Forces: The Sequel
Deep Lessons on Collaboration: How Collaboration Really Works, Patrick Sanaghan and Nancy Aronson
Expanding on Margaret Mead's concept of the power of a few committed people, what if a few committed people joined with a few more committed people and they in turn were open to including a few more committed people? Thus, opening the door to participation and collaboration to those who have a stake in an outcome. If this were so, miraculous change could happen...Pat Sanaghan and Nancy Aronson give us a comprehensive perspective on how collaboration can be used to transform entrenched thoughts and ideas into solutions that meet the needs of diverse interests. The book makes you wonder why more communities and organizations are not using their approach to collaboration to address challenging issues. Luckily, Sanaghan and Aronson have created training to help people learn how to apply Deep Lessons on Collaboration to their own situations. Given the complexities of modern life, their timing is perfect. -Gabrielle Wanamaker "OD Consultant"
Expanding on Margaret Mead's concept of the power of a few committed people, what if a few committed people joined with a few more committed people and they in turn were open to including a few more committed people? Thus, opening the door to participation and collaboration to those who have a stake in an outcome. If this were so, miraculous change could happen...Pat Sanaghan and Nancy Aronson give us a comprehensive perspective on how collaboration can be used to transform entrenched thoughts and ideas into solutions that meet the needs of diverse interests. The book makes you wonder why more communities and organizations are not using their approach to collaboration to address challenging issues. Luckily, Sanaghan and Aronson have created training to help people learn how to apply Deep Lessons on Collaboration to their own situations. Given the complexities of modern life, their timing is perfect. -Gabrielle Wanamaker "OD Consultant"
The Handbook of Large Group Methods:
Creating Systemic Change in Organizations and Communities
From Fragmentation to Coherence: An Intervention in an Academic Setting, Barbeau, R. and Aronson, N. (2006)
"There is nothing more important in a complex, global interdependent world than to have some road maps and driving instructions on how to manage change in large systems. Bunker and Alban have provided the essential concepts of Large Group Methods, case examples, and, most important, prescriptions for how to manage large systems change successfully. This is a must-read for all enterprise managers."
—Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management-Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management
"There is nothing more important in a complex, global interdependent world than to have some road maps and driving instructions on how to manage change in large systems. Bunker and Alban have provided the essential concepts of Large Group Methods, case examples, and, most important, prescriptions for how to manage large systems change successfully. This is a must-read for all enterprise managers."
—Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management-Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management