Leading change

Margaret Attwood, Mike Pedler, Sue Pritchard and David Wilkinson are colleagues in Whole Systems Development, the consulting network.

• Contents: Forewords Will Hutton and David Fillingham; Prologue; Why do we need whole systems change?; How do we put these fine words into action? An overview of whole systems development; The emerging practice of whole systems development; Leadership: keeping the big picture in view; Public learning; Valuing difference and diversity: getting the whole system into the room; Meeting differently: large and small group working; Follow-through and sticking with it; From organisations to networks; Confirming cases: local problems and local solutions within whole systems; Epilogue.

"... strikes an excellent balance between theory and practice, losing neither in the process, and should appeal to both academics and practitioners of change." The British Journal of Healthcare Computing & Information Management