Seeing Systems, 2nd Edition

About the Author

For over forty years, Barry Oshry has been on a single-minded quest to unlock the mysteries of power and powerlessness in social systems. Throughout his career he has created organizational and societal simulations that have served as both learning environments for participants and research laboratories for himself. He began his work in the 1960s at Boston University, where he developed large-scale organizational simulations for undergraduates in business. Throughout the 1960s, Oshry continued his research at the university and at the National Training Laboratories' Management Work Conferences and Community Laboratories.

In 1970, he created the Power Lab, which continues to attract executives, managers, educators, and consultants ...