Hi my friends, I'm sharing a recent article published in JABS (Journal of Applied Behavioral Science) on "Whole-System Development" from my friend and colleague, Sandra Janoff. Sandra is a co-creator of a practice called Future Search (FS) that brings the "whole system" together to create a path forward. While the article uses FS examples, it is about the deeper principles that "create the conditions in which people can face what divides them without giving up on each other, discover what they share, and act together from there." An example of an outcome from working this way: "Differences that initially appeared as incompatible demands or entrenched conflicts became sources of information about what was actually happening. And in each case, that information made coordinated action possible.” While Open Space organizes itself differently, I find the principles Sandra names as relevant to the choices we make about who is in the room, and the calling question we shape. Not to mention the natural course of what unfolds in an Open Space (e.g., discovering breakthroughs that reframe differences so they make a difference for the whole system, self-management) You can read it or download it here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00218863261460939 Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger