Business

• The complete redesign of a product line in sixteen hours: from raw materials to the showroom floor, using Future Search; read more
• Strategy development involving clients and suppliers
• Integration of cultures following a merger of any size
• Addressing quality, safety and productivity issues in manufacturing industry
• Whole Scale Change of a chemical company into an organisation which is able to constantly adapt itself and which focuses on delivering value to clients; read more

Government

• Development of new arrangements for fringe benefits with water board De Dommel; read more (Dutch)
• Meeting housing needs in the community of Santa Cruz, California; read more

Development cooperation

• Formulation of new policies for capacity development, using Open Space
• Identification and formulation of projects and programmes
• Search for a vision and planning for the future of the children of southern Sudan, sponsored by Unicef; read more

Communities

• After the civil war in El Salvador, Open Space was used to invite the former opponents to work out plans together for rebuilding communities
• Planning innovation of economic activity in a region with high unemployment together with schools, business parties and governmental agencies to boost employment opportunities for young people
• Planning for the renewal of a city centre together with all stakeholders
• Strengthening partnerships among agencies

Education

• Solving problems in a comprehensive school by involving stakeholders (students, teachers, parents, council, neighbourhood)
• Developing a vision and strategic planning together after schools have been merged
• Realising social work placements for students
• Finding strategies to use training experience in practical work situations in a Search Conference

Healthcare

• Improving collaboration between teams and task force groups within a district
• Planning the renovation of a hospital: design, logistics, planning, design of working procedures
• Coordinating the aid of "multi-problem" families

Consultancy

• Training consultants in organising and facilitating an LSI process for strategy and vision development with clients
• Empowering the network of the Society for Organisational Learning Netherlands (SoL Neth) using Open Space