CHAPTER SEVEN
OD in the Post-Modern Age
Jane Magruder Watkins and Jacqueline M. Stavros
A ppreciative Inquiry (AI) is a theory of change in human systems that shifts the perspective of every organization development (OD) method or model. AI practitioners are discovering that an appreciative perspective increases the power, effectiveness, and sustainability of any classical OD intervention, from strategic planning and organization redesign, to team building and diversity, to coaching and personal growth workshops such as NTL’s T-group process. AI is being used world-wide in both small- and large-scale change initiatives (case studies, podcasts, and video clips are available at
http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu ...
