RTSC is an approach that engages organizations and their members as living systems, focusing on spirit and community as well as on strategies, structures, and processes. However, RTSC is not just an approach to organization-wide change. It is also a way of doing business, a way of thinking and acting on a daily basis. Seeing change in this way, as a normal part of doing business, is an example of the paradoxical thinking that permeates the RTSC approach.
Principles form RTSC's foundation--the solid and fixed basis of this approach. The six RTSC principles support lasting change because they provide guidance in any situation--for change work and for daily work as well.
Having only six principles provides focus and clarity, guiding choices during and beyond change efforts. Being principle-based allows great flexibility in application so that organizations can shape unique pathways to their future. The principles allow RTSC to operate as an “open platform,” creating possibilities for leverage and synergy with any other approaches to organizational change and development that are congruent with them.
The ultimate reward from RTSC work is sustainable performance, uniquely defined and measured by each organization using both hard numbers and qualitative organizational health and well-being assessments. It shows up in organizations that are valued as places to learn, grow, belong, and contribute, with well-understood values and norms. It shows up in the awareness and assessment of changing marketplace moods and shifts and of how and when to respond to these shifts.
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Synopsis
The Collaborating for Change series offers concise, comprehensive overviews of 14 leading change strategies in a convenient, inexpensive format. Adapted from chapters in The Change Handbook, each approximately 48-page booklet is written by the originator of the change strategy or an expert practitioner, and includes
* An example of the strategy in action
* Tips for getting started
* An outline of roles, responsibilities, and relationships
* Conditions for success
* Keys to sustaining results
* Thought-provoking questions for discussion
If you're deciding on a change strategy for your organization and you need a short, focused treatment of several alternatives to distribute to your colleagues... Or if you've decided on a change strategy and want to disseminate information about it to get everyone on board, the Collaborating for Change booklets are the ideal choice.
Other titles in the Collaborating for Change series:
* Appreciative Inquiry
* The Conference Model
* Future Search
* Gemba Kaizen
* Open Space Technology
* The Organization Workshop
* Participative Design Workshop
* Preferred Futuring
* Real Time Strategic Change
* The Search Conference
* The Strategic Forum
* The Think Like a Genius Process
* Whole-Scale Change
* Whole Systems Approach
