This booklet gives an overview of the Search Conference, a change strategy which uses open systems principles in strategic planning, thereby creating a well-articulated, achievable future with identifiable goals, a timetable, and action plans for realizing that future.

The Collaborating for Change series offers concise, comprehensive overviews of 14 leading change strategies in a convenient, inexpensive format. Adapted from chapters in The Change Handbook, each approximately 48-page booklet is written by the originator of the change strategy or an expert practitioner, and includes

• An example of the strategy in action
• Tips for getting started
• An outline of roles, responsibilities, and relationships
• Conditions for success
• Keys to sustaining results
• Thought-provoking questions for discussion

If you're deciding on a change strategy for your organization and you need a short, focused treatment of several alternatives to distribute to your colleagues... Or if you've decided on a change strategy and want to disseminate information about it to get everyone on board, the Collaborating for Change booklets are the ideal choice.

Other titles in the Collaborating for Change series:

• Future Search
• The Strategic Forum
• Participative Design Workshop
• Whole Systems Approach
• Preferred Futuring
• The Organization Workshop
• Appreciative Inquiry
• The Think Like a Genius Process
• Real Time Strategic Change