1st Edition
Organizational Transformation through Appreciative Inquiry Experiences and Reflections on Drenching Processes
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Dr. David L Cooperrider
Preface to the book
Section 1: Stepping into the water
Chapter 1. Organizational Transformation
Chapter 2. Appreciative Inquiry
Chapter 3. Drench- a crucial step in organizational transformation
Section 1 Summary – Bringing the three concepts together
Section 2: Drenching experiences
Chapter 4. Develop Appreciative Eye for transformation
Chapter 5. Revere Diversity
Chapter 6. Embrace the Dream
Chapter 7. Nurture Use of “Us”
Chapter 8. Pause Within
Section 2 Summary – how Drenching in Ai led to Organization Transformation
Section 3: Staying drenched
Chapter 10. Models, methods and tools
Chapter 11. Drenching in the spirit
Chapter 12. Our Drench in the field
Section 3 Summary – Being, Drenching and Doing
In Closing – Conversations and contributions from the field
Biography
Sankarasubramanyan Ramamoorthy, MA, has 37 years of professional experience in human resources development, consulting, organization development (OD), and applied behavioural science. Sankar is the International Director in the Board of NTL (www.ntl.org) and the Director of Changeworks (www.changeworksindia.com), a consulting organization based in Mumbai, India. Sankar is a past president and professional member of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (www.isabs.org). Sankar has hands- on experience in OD, people process implementation, personal growth, leadership and team development, executive coaching, and Appreciative Inquiry (Ai)- based interventions. He is a Routledge author having published his book T- Group Facilitation – Theory and Practise of Applied Behavioural Science. He has also published two other books and many articles in peer- reviewed journals.
Wasundhara Joshi MSc, MD, is a paediatrician, change facilitator, OD consultant, coach, and yoga student and practitioner. She is the Director of Changeworks (www.changeworksindia.com). She is a professional member of ISABS (www.isabs.org) and certified in change facilitation, transformational coaching, appreciative coaching, and holds an MSc in Yoga. She is a faculty, and mentor for Level 2 training of coaches (PCC). She specializes in the use of Ai as a method for both coaching and organization change. She is engaged in the field of OD through Ai, leadership development, personal growth, and executive coaching for the past two decades. She has published many articles in the field in peer- reviewed journals.
“May this book become your mirror and your catalyst. May your organizations become places of collective savoring, where strategy dances with soul, and purpose becomes a living song. And may we all learn, as Sankar and Wasu have shown, not just to lead change but, with everyone involved, including ourselves as change-makers - to Drench in it.”
- Dr David L. Cooperrider
