Foreword: The Coming Epidemic of Positive Change

David L. Cooperrider

Appreciative Inquiry in Action: The Unfolding of a Provocative Invitation

Frank Barrett

Ronald Fry

Part I Building Relations Resources: fostering Human Cooperation

Putting the Client before the Horse: Working with Appreciative Inquiry in a Small Business

Marsha George

Adrian McLean

Meaning Making in Teams: Appreciative Inquiry with Preidentity and Postidentity Groups

Gervase Bushe

Part II Renewing Organizational Vitality: Transforming Systems in Decline

Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry in the Urban Catholic School

William Van Buskirk

Creating Unity from Competing Integrities: A Case Study in Appreciative Inquiry Methodology

Charleyse Pratt

Generative Metaphor Intervention: A New Approach for Working with Systems Divided by Conflict and Caught in Defensive Perception

Frank Barrett

David L. Cooperrider

Part III Building Enduring Collaboration: Transforming Organizational Culture

Imagining Inclusion: Men and Women in Organizations

Marjorie Schiller

Appreciative Inquiry and Culture Change at GTE: Launching a Positive Revolution

Diana Whitney

David L. Cooperrider

Maureen Garrison

Jean Moore

Creative Applications of Appreciative Inquiry in an Organization-Wide Culture Change Effort: The Hunter Douglas Experience

Amanda Trosten-Bloom

Part IV Building Community: Transforming for the Global Good

The Appreciative Summit: The Birth of the United Religions Initiative

Gurudev S. Khalsa

Appreciative Storytelling: A. Narrative Approach to Organization Development and Change

James D. Ludema

Conclusion: Rethinking What Gives Life to Positive Change

Ronald Fry

Frank Barrett

References

Selected Bibliography

Dawn Dole

Loren R. Dyck

Leslie Sekerka

Index

About the Editors and Contributors