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Articles

Appreciative Leadership and Participatory Planning: Published in Participatory Quarterly, December, 2007, The Journal of the International Association of Participatory Planning. Diana Whitney, Ph.D. PDF, 143KB.

Diana Whitney Interview with President of Chesapeake Bay OD Network: February, 2010.

Leading by Design: The Five Elements of Appreciative Leadership as Design Criteria: Diana Whitney, Ph.D. PDF, 125 KB.

Why Appreciative Inquiry Works: excerpted from Chapter 11: “Why Appreciative Inquiry Works,” The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change, Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003. PDF, 160 KB.

Appreciative Inquiry and Management Team Development in Education Programs: Carolyn Miller, PDF, 64 KB.

The Art of Appreciative Inquiry: Theodore Kinni. Published in HBS Working Knowledge (Faculty Research at Harvard Business School), 9/22/2003. (Archived online)

Exploit What You Do Best: Theodore Kinni. Published in Harvard Management Update, August, 2003. PDF, 72 KB.

IAP2 Core Values Award for Project of the Year – Citywide Strategic Plan for Longmont, Colorado: Excerpted from February 2007 issue of Participation Quarterly,  by the International Association for Public Participation. PDF, 776 KB.

Improving Nursing Practice and Patient Care – Building Capacity with Appreciative Inquiry: Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), Nov. 10, 2006. Donna Sullivan Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN; Susan O. Wood, MS, BA; Jennifer Leeman, DrPH, MDiv. PDF, 268 KB.

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Universidad
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 Editor.
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Chile,
2009.
 PDF, 344 KB

Appreciative Inquiry: Creating Spiritual Resonance in the Workplace: Publication pending in Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion: Diana Whitney, Ph.D. PDF, 532KB.

GTE: The Culture Initiative in Excellence in Practice, Volume 2: Scott Cheney, American Society for Training and Development, 1997.

Workshop Materials

Handouts from the October, 2007 Advances in Appreciative Inquiry workshop:

Designing Organizations as if Life Matters: Principles of Appreciative Organizing: Diana Whitney, Ph.D. Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 2, Avital, M., Boland, R., and Cooperrider, D. (Eds.), Elsevier, 2008. PDF, 644 KB.

Managing as Designing with a Positive Lens], Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 2, Avital, M., Boland, R., and Cooperrider, D. (Eds.), Elsevier, 2008. PDF, 136 KB.

Strategic Inquiry → Appreciative Intent: Inspiration to SOAR: Stavros, J., Cooperrider, D. and Kelley, D., AI Practitioner, November 1, 2003. PDF, 504 KB.

Sustaining Appreciative Change Through Organization Design: Loures, R., Transformation (World Business Academy), April 17, 2002, Vol. 16, Issue 4. PDF, 144 KB.

Sustaining Positive Change: Inviting Conversational Convergence through Appreciative Leadership and Organization Design: Mantel, M. and Ludema, J., Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 1, Cooperrider, D. and Avital, M. (Eds.), JAI Press, 2004. PDF, 668 KB.

Creating Appreciative Learning Cultures: Barrett, F., Organizational Dynamics, January 1, 1995, Volume 24, Issue 1. PDF, 1.2 MB.

The Heart of Appreciative Inquiry: Sutherland, J. and Stavros, J., AI Practitioner, November 1, 2003. PDF, 348 KB.