Context, Context, Context by Barry Oshry
Barry Oshry explains the problem with organizational structures in this dialogue between two consultants about a change initiative. A guide to Systems Thinking for Organizations, it's as engaging and helpful as any business book you've ever read. Give it to team leaders, trainers, HR people, managers and chief execs and transform your organization.
"Barry Oshry's latest work is as compelling as it is conciseWith immense care and great clarity, he sets out a powerful language to describe and understand whole systems. The concepts not only help us to grasp more securely the profound personal and organisational consequences of our blindness to the contexts in which we live our lives but also grant us fresh perspectives from which to appreciate those contexts anew. Oshry shows us that there is a different way to enact our whole system lives, a way that elaborates and realises our individual and collective potential. As I have become more familiar with Oshry's work, I have increasingly drawn on it to inform my teaching of healthcare professionals undertaking courses in leadership, quality improvement, strategy and innovation. The powerful positive response to his work of students and colleagues working at all levels in the health system is testament to the transformative potential of Oshry's insights. This book will further elaborate that potential. " Prof Martin McNamara, Professor and Associate Dean for External Relations, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Ireland "Barry Oshry has hit a home run with his informative, instructive and inspiring book. His work encourages leaders to be totally awake to the essential importance of context and current realities in promoting deep organizational learning. Oshry's contextual framework is a powerful organizational tool for us as we continue to push our leadership thinking and actions while striving for a mountain top perspective. " Richard Streedain Ed.D Professor of Leadership Studies, National-Louis University
Barry Oshry is a pioneer in the field of human systems thinking. His life’s work has been to empower individuals and organizations by transforming system-blindness into system-sight. The educational programs he has developed include The Power Lab, the Organization Workshop on Creating Partnership, and the When Cultures Meet Workshop. In 2013 he launched The Worldwide Week of Partnership, during which Power+Systems trainers across the globe conduct pro bono partnership events for educational, charitable, advocacy, and service organizations in their local communities. In 2015 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Organization Development Network. Barry is the author of The Systems Letter, Seeing Systems, Leading Systems, In the Middle, and The Possibilities of Organization. He is also a playwright whose stage productions include “What a Way to Make a Living,” “Hierarchy,” “Power Play,” and “Peace.” In 1975 he and his wife and partner, Karen Ellis Oshry, founded Power+Systems, Inc. whose worldwide network of trainers continues the work of empowering individuals and organizations by transforming system-blindness into system-sight.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911193289 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911193287 |
| Title | Context, Context, Context |
| Author | Barry Oshry |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Triarchy Press |
| Year published | 2018-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 158 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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