The change handbook : the definitive resource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems / Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, Steven Cady, and Associates.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [707]-709) and index.

[Part 1: Navigating through the methods] The big picture : making sense of more than sixty methods -- Selecting methods : the art of mastery / Steven Cady -- Preparing to mix and match methods / Peggy Holman -- Sustainability of results / Tom Devane.

[Part 2: The methods] Adaptable methods -- In-depth -- Appreciative inquiry : a positive revolution in change / David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney -- Collaborative loops / Dick Axelrod and Emily Axelrod -- Dialogue and deliberation / Sandy Heierbacher -- Integrated clarity : energizing how we talk and what we talk about in organizations / Marie Miyashiro and Marshall Rosenberg -- Open space technology / Harrison Owen -- The technology of participation / Marilyn Oyler and Gordon Harper -- Whole-scale change / Sylvia L. James and Paul Tolchinsky -- The world café / Juanita Brown, Ken Homer and David Isaacs.

[Thumbnails] -- Ancient Wisdom Council / WindEagle and RainbowHawk Kinney-Linton -- Appreciative Inquiry Summit / James D. Ludema and Frank J. Barrett -- The Conference model / Dick Axelrod and Emily Axelrod -- Consensus decision making / Tree Bressen -- Conversation Café / Vicki Robin -- Dynamic facilitation / Jim Rough and DeAnna Martin -- The Genuine Contact Program / Birgitt Williams -- Human systems dynamics / Glenda H. Eoyang -- Leadership dojo / Richard Strozzi-Heckler -- Evolutions of open systems theory / Merrelyn Emery and Donald de Guerre.

[Thumbnails] OpenSpace-Online Real-Time methodology / Gabriela Ender -- Organization workshop / Barry Oshry and Tom Devane -- PeerSpirit Circling : creating change in the spirit of cooperation / Sarah MacDougall and Christina Baldwin -- Power of Imagination Studio : a further development of the future workshop concept / Petra Eickhoff and Stephan G. Geffers -- Real-time strategic change / Robert "Jake" Jacobs -- SimuReal : action learning in hyperdrive / Catherine Perme and Alan Klein -- Study circles / Martha L. McCoy -- Think like a genius : realizing human potential through the purposeful play of metaphorming / Todd Siler -- Web lab's small group dialogues on the Internet Commons / Steven N. Pyser and Marc N. Weiss.

[Planning methods] Dynamic planning and the power of Charrettes / Bill Lennertz -- Future Search : common ground under complex conditions / Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff -- Scenario thinking / Chris Ertel, Katherine Fulton and Diana Scearce -- Search conference / Merrelyn Emery and Ton Devane -- Thumbnails -- Community summits / Gilbert Steil, Jr. and Mal Watlington -- Large group scenario planning / Gilbert Steil, Jr and Michele Gibbons-Carr -- SOAR : a new approach to strategic planning / Jackie Stavros, David Cooperrider and D. Lynn Kelley -- Strategic forum / Chris Soderquist -- Strategic visioning : bringing insight to action / David Sibbet.

[Structuring methods] -- Community weaving / Cheryl Honey -- Participative design workshop / Merrelyn Emery and Tom Devane -- Collaborative work systems design / Jeremy Tekell, Jon Turner, Cheryl Harris, Michael Beyerlein and Sarah Bodner -- The whole systems approach : using the entire system to change and run the business / William A. Adams and Cynthia A. Adams -- Improving methods -- Rapid results / Patrice Murphy, Celia Kirwan and Ronald Ashkenas -- The six sigma approach to improvement and organizational change / Ronald D. Snee -- Action learning / Marcia Hyatt, Ginny Belden-Charles and Mary Stacey -- Action review cycle and the after action review meeting / Charles Parry, Mark Pires and Heidi Sparkes Guber -- Balanced scorecard / John Antos -- Civic engagement : restoring community through empowering conversations / Margaret Casarez -- The cycle of resolution : conversational competence for sustainable collaboration / Stewart Levine -- Employee engagement process / Marie McCormick -- Gemeinsinn-Werkstatt : project framework for community spirit / Wolfgang Faenderl -- Idealized design / Jason Magidson -- The practice of empowerment : changing behavior and developing talent in organizations / David Gershon -- Values into action / Susan Dupre, Ray Gordezky, Helen Spector and Christine Vaienza -- WorkOut / Ron Ashkenas and Patrice Murphy.

[Supportive methods] Online environments that support change / Nancy White and Gabriel Shirley -- Playback Theatre / Sarah Halley and Jonathan Fox -- Visual recording and graphic facilitation : helping people see what they mean / Nancy Margulies and David Sibbet -- The Drum Café : building wholeness, one beat at a time / Warren Lieberman -- JazzLab : the music of synergy / Brian Tate -- The learning map approach / James Haudan and Christ Contardi Stone -- Visual explorer / Charles J. Pails and David Magellan Horth.

[Part 3: Thoughts about the future from the lead authors] -- From chaos to coherence : the emergence of inspired organizations and enlightened communities / Peggy Holman -- High-leverage ideas and actions you can use to shape the future / Tom Devane -- Hope for the future : working together for a better world / Steven Cady -- Quick summaries -- References suggested by multiple contributing authors -- Index.

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