About Australian Future Search Network
About AFSN
The AFSN is a non-profit organisation that exists to:
“Facilitate development and change in Australian organisations and communities using the best approach that we know how - Future Search.”
The Network does this in three ways:
1. Through providing information on this website on the approach.
2. By providing the best trained and experienced facilitators around Australia for your organisation or community.
3. Through workshops focused on the Future Search principles.
[On this last point, our next Workshop could well be a once in a lifetime opportunity as it features the US based creators of Future Search, Marv Weisbord and Sandra Janoff delivering their new workshop on Changing Organisations & Communities - One Meeting at a Time.]
More information on our Services.
It is also our aim to create State Chapters focused on learning and sharing information about Future Search.
About the Founder
In association with the international Future Search Network, the AFSN has been founded by Joe Bowers, who has also founded Distilled Community Development and the recently created Great Schools Australia (both of which also utilise the Future Search approach).
Joe is a former partner in charge of the Sydney Indirect Tax Practice of Coopers & Lybrand with 45 people and $10M turnover. A small sample of his clients have included Australian Museum, Sydney City Council, Macquarie University, Ryde Council, Ryde Business Forum, Kings Cross Partnership, Panthers World of Entertainment, Australian Telecommunication Users Group, Boral, Channel 7, QBE, GIO and others.

