More than 19 years since apartheid legislation was dismantled in South Africa, the dialogue in that country is one of increasing frustration, especially from the people who have given their […]
What a great place to be for an improviser, past week in Ghent, the 5th World Conference of Appreciative Inquiry. (Read everything about it on 2012waic). Especially as a practitioner […]
Skills for Justice is a social profit organisation aiming at improving the skills of workers in security jobs. Facing a big loss of funding due to changing banking strategies, they […]
Highlight in the already enlightening dialogue between Ken Gergen and Danielle Zandee was their little play about how conversations can degenerate, and how to prevent this – or even turn […]
‘Every organisation needs a positive revolution’. With this strong statement – a variation on the great Thomas Jefferson quote – renowned AI consultant and author Diana Whitney opens her keynote. […]
It can be quite a challenge: delivering a keynote speech on the final day of an intense conference, the 2012 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference April 25-28. Not a problem for […]
By David L. Cooperrider and Lindsey N. Godwin August 10th, 2010 “Fields change. And the field of organization development (OD) is changing more than most.” (see Cooperrider et al, 2005; […]