The Search Conference for ecological strategy development
The Search Conference produces learning, planning organisations and communities committed to making their own futures.
By partaking in a SC participants learn about the SC process itself so that they can continue to adaptively change.
As an intensive, participative event the SC:
- Provides a strategic framework within which other improvement programs, for instance a corporate social responsibility or lean manufacturing program, can be integrated
- Explores the relevant external environments such as:
- The changing physical planet in order to develop plans to influence change for a sustainable future
- The changing market and industry conditions so that the plan developed both responds to the changing environment and influences it for a more desirable and feasible future
- Produces a coherent group that is committed to implementing developed plans
The Participative Design Workshop for democratic team-based organisational structures
The Participative Design Workshop transforms costly inefficient bureaucratic structures into highly productive democratic team-based organisations.
The PDW creates the conditions for motivation, cooperation and creativity, which enables organisations and communities to quickly and innovatively respond to the opportunities or threats produced by changes in external environments.
OST surveys and action research reports
We produce a wide range of reports dealing with issues of relevance to organisations and communities including organisational structures and their consequences such as innovation, retention and health, and cultural change. We also do action and market research customized to the client's needs.
Unique OST Designs
AMERIN can design programs to produce unique OST solutions to meet unique client needs. Examples have ranged from getting acceptance of new technology, introducing new terms and conditions of work, changing cultures in order to reduce carbon footprints and so on, through to planning large group events to address national social issues
The AMERIN Sustainable Future Planning & Design (SFP&D) development program is a unique OST design that was initiated in 2009. It introduces business, education and community leaders to OST planning and design tools that can be applied in their organisations and communities to develop effective strategies and action plans for mitigating and adapting to climate change.
Because global warming is such a critical issue for humanity we have launched a dedicated website for the SFP&D program. See www.sustainablefutureplanning.com.au for details
The OST development program
The OST development program is a systematic and comprehensive approach towards accrediting Practitioners and Specialists. The accreditation program is aimed at passing on the knowledge of OST in a combination of theory and learning-on-the-job activities while maintaining the integrity of practice in the field.
A summary of the OST development program and its associated benefits can be found in the Services & Programs section of the "Sustainable Future Planning" website. For further information click here