This book is about leveraging the power of self-organization for high performance in all sizes and types of organizations. Harrison Owen shows how self-organization is the most powerful force in organizations – but a force that is often muffled by well meaning yet constricting management and leadership practices. He reveals how self-organization is the magic behind the immense success of open space technology, and he applies the principles of open space technology to day-to-day management and leadership (not just to meetings and change programs, which is where open space technology has previously been most used). Owen has written the book “from the fundamental premise that there is no such thing as a non-self-organizing system, although there may well be some mildly deluded individuals who think that they did the organizing and remain in control.” He writes that “as we learn to cooperate with the force of self-organization underlying our businesses and institutions, our...