Welcome to the "AI Commons"--a worldwide portal devoted to the fullest sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change. This site is a resource for you and many of us--leaders of change, scholars, students, and business managers--and it is proudly hosted by Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.

In the years since the original theory and vision for "Appreciative Inquiry Into Organizational Life" was articulated by two professors at the Weatherhead School of Management (see David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva, 1987) there have been literally hundreds of people involved in co-creating new concepts and practices for doing AI, and for bringing the spirit and methodology of AI into organizations all over the world. Commenting on her assessment of AI's uniqueness, a senior executive at one company recently said: "I know what Ai is about...it is about creating a positive revolution in change". And in words that echo the same thing, University of Michigan Professor Robert Quinn, in his acclaimed book Change the World writes: " Appreciative Inquiry is currently revolutionizing the field of organizational development."







 
 
     
     
 
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Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Managment Knowledge Leading Positive Change A Global Forum was held October 22nd-25th, 2006 at Case Western Reserve University and online uniting top business leaders and educators which focused on ways of doing business that are both profitable and succeed in addressing the world’s most pressing social needs. For information and summaries of the forum visit http://worldbenefit.case.edu/forum2006/. The Global Forum was sponsored by: The Academy of Management, The United Nations Global Compact and Case Weatherhead School of Management

Appreciative Inquiry Programs at Case Weatherhead School of Management: Come to Case Weatherhead School of Management and experience Appreciative Inquiry at its origins with founders Dr. David L. Cooperrider and Dr. Ronald Fry. The Weatherhead AI experience includes expert faculty, intimate learning environments and peer scholarship unlike any other in the world. Explore this proven approach to accelerating positive change in Foundations and Frontiers in Appreciative Inquiry or participate in the AI Certificate in Positive Business and Society Change. The Foundations and Frontiers in Appreciative Inquiry presented in Longboat Key, FL in December will be taught by Dr. David Cooperrider and the offering in Cleveland, OH in March will be team taught by Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Ron Fry. Learn more...

MPOD - MS in Positive Organization Development and Change: The first graduate level OD program in the country to link with the positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship movements. Creating extraordinary organizations and advancing the science of human strengths. Learn more...

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