Book Review - 'Solutions Focus Working'
80 real life lessons for successful organisational change
Sep 17, 2024
Abstract
One-to-one conversation is the simplest model of human interaction for study purposes. The SF approach was originally developed as a form of psychotherapy. Research in therapeutics proceeds from the individual case to follow-up studies and then to controlled comparison studies. In the busi- ness sector a very different process is usual. Commonly businesses copy successful competitors, but aim to do it better and cheaper. For specific problems, there are intensive attempts to analyse failure in the hope of drawing better working principles from this analysis. The management guru Parkinson demonstrated these techniques using historical examples from business and economics. Parkinson, C.N. (1958, 1960, 1962). Parkinson’s Law; The Law and the Profits; Inlaws and Outlaws. London: John Murray.
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Mark McKergow
SFiO Director
SFiO Reviewed Practitioner
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Dr Mark McKergow is co-director of sfwork – The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an international consultant, speaker and author. Many people around the world have been inspired by his work in Solutions Focus – presented wth his inimitable blend of scientific rigour and performance pizzazz.
Jenny Clarke
SFiO Reviewed Practitioner
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Jenny Clarke is the co-Director of the Centre for Solutions Focus at Work (sfwork). Following a long career in the energy industry she has spent the last 15 years as an independent facilitator and coach. She works with large organisations, groups and individuals adapting to change and as a personal coach to managers and directors. She loves travelling and has worked in both hemispheres and east and west of the Greenwich Meridian.