Future Search

[Tree Fitzpatrick]

Thank you, Agneta, for writing what you did.  This is how I feel about most
large-scale change methodologies:  they try to make me think about what they
think I should think about, they try to start and stop conversations, when I
should talk, with whom I should talk.  There can be lovely exchanges but,
fundamentally, somewhere, in any tool but OST, there is someone, somewhere,
deciding what people should think, do, say, and, even want.  Pish posh.

The only change tool I have ever come across that truly welcomes the
emergent, the evolutionary, is open space.  Well, I take that back:  an open
heart is an excellent change methodology, also.

Thanks, Agneta.

On 6/12/06, Agneta Setterwall <agneta.setterwall at telia.com> wrote:
>
>  Hello!
> Some years ago I attended a couple of future search conferences, and also
> a training in the method. I don´t know if I was perhaps not the right
> person, but I got angry and frustrated many times, not to say worse words.
> They tried to make me think about what the facilitator told me to think of,
> and they tried to make me stop think when the time was out, they tried to
> make us start conversations, and to stop conversations, they decided which
> group we should talk in, and they sliced the gruops and put us in new
> constellations not when we wanted but when their method so required. We then
> had to agree on what was left or at least keep our mouths shut. That was the
> "common ground".
>
> Still, it was much of the time nice, interesting and a creative clima - I
> thought that it was an interesting method, giving much more room for
> participants than many other. But after that I met Open Space...and I
> understood that I will never never recommend Future Search to anybody, if
> Open Space is an option.
> This is my opinion. Perhaps I am wrong.
> Agneta,
> in a too hot Uppsala, Sweden
>
> Vliex, Carla (cvl) wrote:
>
> Hi Lenore
>
> We are doing with soem people in the netherlands a research and an article
> on Future Search and one on Open Space. There are many differences but to
> keep it simple.  If you want to know waht people really think, want, wish,
> go for use Open Space but hen your never know with what tey will come....
> (it is often a concern of sponsors). Future Search is, I think a more
> structured process, you go form one predefine step to another. It will bring
> the participants sure to a *common ground* on what they want. As for Open
> Space you also get the diversity, the differences ans the disputes..... I
> think a three day Open space is more fun and gives a more complete picture.
> my two cents
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> Carla
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>  Met vriendelijke groet,
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> drs. Carla Vliex
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> *On Behalf Of *Lenore Mewton
> *Sent:* zaterdag 10 juni 2006 14:26
> *To:* OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Subject:* Future Search
>
>  Hello All;
>
> I have an OS related question- I've only recently come across the *Future
> Search* process and training. While it has several components similar to
> OS and World Cafe- and perhaps other participative processes- I'm wondering
> if any uses this process- and if so, does it dovetail with OS? Do you use it
> differentially - in specific situations? One major difference that I see,
> initially, is the length of time for these workshops, 2-3 days.
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any thoughts/info. on this!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Lenore
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Tree Fitzpatrick
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