Openfutures : An Operating System for Future Centers (Electronic book text)

In May 2006, fourteen innovation experts started a unique two-year exploration tour to explore Future Centers and other future-oriented collaborative working environments. They experienced and prototyped thirty Future Centers in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, UK,Italy,Israel, and elsewhere. This book summarizes their findings and provides insights into why Future Centers are set up, what their operating principles are, how they are planned, run, managed and create impact. It is a highly visual document, with artwork created to enrich the presentation of the many different concepts that make up the art and practice of Future Centers. The book is a useful resource for people planning to launch a Future Center or other type of innovation laboratory, for people who operate one and want to transform it, or simply for those intent on adding a touch of future orientation to their everyday working environments.