A democratic alternative to bureaucratic design.
Open Systems Theory is a body of knowledge developed over fifty years of research and practice. It explains how organisations interact with the environments around them — and how to design them so they thrive.
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The body of knowledge behind Open Systems Theory — concepts, principles and history.
A 2.5-day participative strategic planning process for organisations and communities operating in turbulent environments. The first half of the OST two-stage model.
The OST method for changing an organisation's design principle from DP1 to DP2, by having the people who do the work redesign their own structure for genuine democratic participation.
Custom DP2 workshops assembled from OST components to address a specific, precisely defined outcome.