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title:Leading Systems : Lessons From the Power Lab
author:Oshry, Barry.
publisher:Berrett Koehler
isbn10 | asin:1576750728
print isbn13:9781576750728
ebook isbn13:9781583763896
language:English
subjectSocial systems, Leadership, Power (Social sciences)
publication date:1999
lcc:HM701.O85 1999eb
ddc:306
subject:Social systems, Leadership, Power (Social sciences)
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Leading Systems
Lessons from the Power Lab
Barry Oshry
Page iv Copyright 1999 by Barry Oshry All rights reserved No part of this - photo 2
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Copyright 1999 by Barry Oshry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oshry, Barry, 1932
Leading systems: lessons from the Power Lab / Barry Oshry.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57675-072-8 (alk. paper)
1. Social systems. 2. Leadership. 3. Power (Social sciences)
I. Title.
HM701.085 1999
306dc21 99-34616
CIP
First Edition
05 04 03 02 01 00 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Cover designed by Richard Adelson
Text designed by Greene Design
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for Lauren and Matthew
Page vi
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I discovered recently that the philosopher Baruch Spinoza once said he was less interested in changing the world than in merely understanding it. For many years that has also been my quest. Yet I am convinced that Spinoza and I share the belief that with deep understanding the world cannot help but change.
Barry Oshry
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I have looked at what the universe has shown, to bear witness to it through my paintbrush. Put your hand in mine and let us help one another see things better.
Claude Monet
Page ix
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
Prologue: Ants, Bees, Termites, and Us
1
Introduction: The Power Lab and the Search for System Leadership
4
Part I
Lessons from the Inside
13
1. The First Encounter
14
2. You Bet a Bus, I'll Raise You an Airplane
22
3. One That Got Away
29
4. Begging with Barry
39
5. Leadership Lessons from the Inside
48
Part II
Lessons from the Outside
55
6. System Story I: The Predictable Lives of Tops, Middles, and Bottoms
56
7. Last Hope, Lost Hope: Part I
70
8. Last Hope, Lost Hope: Part II
96
Part III
Seeing and Leading the Whole
109
9. Exhilarating Concepts
110
10. Processes of the Whole: What Does IT Do?
113
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