Merrelyn Emery
List of John Benjamins publications in which Merrelyn Emery is
involved.
Title
Searching: The theory and practice of making cultural change
Merrelyn Emery
Searching explains how to make the fundamental cultural change required for a desirable sustainable future. It describes the two-stage model of open-systems social science in action and covers two major methods: the Search Conference for strategic planning and community development; and the… read moreArticles
Charles Peirce's 'retroduction' is a form of hypothesis generation that takes its place alongside deduction and induction as forms of enquiry and logical inference. It is the only one of the three that can generate innovation and advance knowledge. It is fundamentally tied to open systems theory… read more This paper analyses an outbreak of fight/flight in a Search Conference. Knowledge ofBion's work, neglected of late because of an expedient belief in our poor communication skills, is essential for Search designers and managers. His basic group assumptions rarely appear in the Search Conference… read more 
