by Chris Peterson & Gayle Pergamit
ISBN # 0-9658995-0-0

"A while back, we got an email from someone saying they were using our first book in some kind of management seminar called a DesignShop. Now, that first book was about nanotechnology, not business, but this email implied that they were finding the book useful in getting people to think creatively about the future and change their companies' strategies to adapt.

Well, this was flattering, but we couldn't figure out how it would work. What could this mean - that DesignShop participants were using our book - and what is a DesignShop? We put in a phone call to satisfy our curiosity, and so discovered MG Taylor: Matt Taylor with his background in architecture and design processes, Gail Taylor with her experience in accelerated learning and creativity with individuals, and how this combination evolved into DesignShops.

The techniques, environment, and thought underlying their work were fascinating. Now we were more curious than before - could reducing barriers to performance make as much of a difference as they claimed? Did environment really count so heavily in structuring group dynamics and promoting-or inhibiting-creativity? How could a short workshop make such a dramatic difference to organizations? Our list of questions only got longer. But we heard enough examples of solid success to want to understand the process better."
- from the Author's Preface

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