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Appreciative Inquiry at 20: Questioning David Cooperrider

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T+D, 60 (8): 21-22 (August 2006)M3: Interview; Salopek, Jennifer J. Email Address: jsalopek@covad.net; Source Information: Aug2006, Vol. 60 Issue 8, p21; Subject Term: INTERVIEWS; Subject Term: ORGANIZATIONAL change; Subject Term: POSITIVE psychology; Subject Term: EQUALITY; People: COOPERRIDER, David -- Interviews; Number of Pages: 2p; Document Type: Interview.

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The article presents an interview with David Cooperrider, pioneer in appreciative inquiry. Cooperrider believed that organizational development field should not lag behind a deficit-based theory of change. He asserts that the positive psychology movement and strength-based theory have created intense effects on him. He stressed that appreciative inquiry addresses the fundamental facts of human life including exceptionality, essentiality, and equality.; The article presents an interview with David Cooperrider, pioneer in appreciative inquiry. Cooperrider believed that organizational development field should not lag behind a deficit-based theory of change. He asserts that the positive psychology movement and strength-based theory have created intense effects on him. He stressed that appreciative inquiry addresses the fundamental facts of human life including exceptionality, essentiality, and equality.

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