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MARVIN WEISBORD AND SANDRA JANOFF

Future Search

Common Ground Under Complex Conditions

Nobody can force change on anyone else. It has to be experienced. Unless we invent ways where paradigm shifts can be experienced by large numbers of people, change will remain a myth.

—Eric Trist

Future Search in Action: IKEA and the FAA

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Two large systems, each with a complex problem and a myriad of technological, organizational, geographic, economic, and human pressures, discovered creative solutions in a single meeting called Future Search. One was IKEA, a global furniture company, and the other was the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a U.S. government ...

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